(**) Analysis and Reporting Manager

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

The Healthcare Analytics department is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Analysis & Reporting Manager for maternity cover. This is a key management role with a strong focus on leading people, developing capability and ensuring the team delivers a high-quality, responsive service.

You will have responsibility for the performance, development and day-to-day management of the team, creating clear expectations, supporting colleagues to develop their skills and ensuring that individuals and the wider team are able to perform at their best. A key part of the role will be turning wider priorities and direction into clear operational plans for the team. You will help determine what needs to be delivered, when and by whom, balancing planned work with changing priorities and new requests. You will need to be comfortable making decisions, managing competing demands and ensuring that the team's time and expertise are focused where they can add most value.

The department is pivotal to ensuring the data and analytics needs of the organisation are met. You will work closely with senior and operational colleagues across the Trust, helping to understand what they need and translating this into clear, deliverable pieces of work.

This role is fully remote and therefore the successful candidate will require a suitable home working environment. There are twice yearly directorate Away Days held in person that the successful candidate will be expected to attend.

Main duties of the job

The Analysis & Reporting Manager provides leadership to the Analysis & Reporting team and ensures the delivery of a high quality service. The post holder manages the team on a day-to-day basis overseeing the prioritisation of work and allocating resources as required. They are responsible for leading on the training and development of the team to upskill staff and also lead on implementing improvements to processes and other innovations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the service. The post holder ensures the team communicates effectively within the team, with colleagues in Healthcare Analytics and across the Trust. The post holder deputises for the Head of Analysis & Reporting as required.

The Analysis and Reporting team is a welcoming, experienced and supportive team. There are clear and documented processes to help the team members navigate through the various requirements of their roles. To support home working there are daily huddles to understand priorities for the day, key achievements and successes to be celebrated and opportunity to raise any issues or identify where support is required.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the accompanying job description for further details of the responsibilities of the Analysis and Reporting Manager.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware applications for this vacancy will be capped.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of knowledge gained through relevant work experience

Desirable criteria

• Information Management Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Expert user of Microsoft office products including advanced functions of MS Excel
• Thorough understanding of NHS data definitions, reporting requirements, sources and information flows.
• Significant experience of designing, developing and publishing reports and dashboards across a broad range of areas using PowerBI
• Significant experience of extracting and processing data from multiple source systems using SQL
• Experience of working with stakeholders as part of report design and development
• Successful management of a team including staff development

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Oracle Millenium
• Experience of Medway or Lorenzo PAS

Skills

Essential criteria

• Supporting information demonstrates how you would keep abreast of new concepts relating to Healthcare Analytics and horizon scans to identify and implement best practice
• Work history and supporting information demonstrates successful implementation/support of change and service improvement
• Work history and supporting information demonstrates ability to identify development opportunities
• Demonstrates oversight of analytical demand from senior stakeholders, rationalising complex, competing or overlapping requests

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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