Reporting Officer

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 has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to work as a Reporting Officer within its Analysis and Reporting function team.

The Healthcare Analytics department is pivotal to ensuring the data and analytics needs of the organisation are met and in supporting the organisation to make data driven, evidence based, decisions.

You will have a range of responsibilities including the submission of statutory reporting, regular reporting and adhoc analysis and insight.

Mid and South Essex along with its partners across the Integrated Care System in Mental and Community Health are embarking on an ambitious and exciting 'first of type' EPR deployment which will see a single Unified Electronic Patient Record system (EPR) implemented across all care settings. This is an exciting time to join the organisation and be part of this transformational programme.

This role is fully remote and therefore the successful candidate will require a suitable home working environment.

The Healthcare Analytics department is part of the Planning and Performance Directorate and is comprised of the following functions: Analysis and Reporting, Data Warehousing and Commissioning Information.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for delivering high quality analytical support across a wide range of areas . The role includes the submission of statutory returns, production of regular reports and the completion of ad hoc data requests and analysis. You will contribute to the delivery of core functions within the team and be responsible for providing accurate, complete and timely outputs.

You will competently produce detailed analysis and reports and will need to have experience of working in a NHS analytics and/or reporting environment and experience of extracting, processing and analysing data from different source systems.

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

Are you looking for an exciting Reporting Officer role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Previous applications need not apply.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Informatics or Information Management Qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Thorough understanding of NHS data definitions, reporting requirements, sources and information flows.
• Knowledge of relational database operation and experience of writing SQL queries, extracting data and completing analyses of data
• Experience of extracting, processing and analysing data
• Advanced skills with Microsoft office specifically MS Excel

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the NHS

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to forge effective professional relationships

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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