Job summary
- Main area
- Analyst
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7 Annex 21
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 22 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-MID-6812290-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham (Midlands - Flexible)
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £36,966 70% of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate; per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Analyst
NHS AfC: Band 7 Annex 21
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition,Ìýalthough the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
As a Public Health Information Analyst you will focus on analysing health and care data to improve public health outcomes in line with the Midlands strategy, support decision-making, and enhance the efficiency of healthcare services. The role involves working with diverse data sources, collaborating with partners, and developing a data driven approach to population health improvement.ÌýÌý
This role will be based within the Midlands Regional Analytical Team but will work, as needed, on cross organisational project work with Integrated Care Boards, local authorities and other statutory and voluntary organisations.ÌýÌý
This Master’s degree level apprenticeship is for early career professionals who study theÌý health of populations, plan, commission, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health andÌýsocial care policies and services. It provides a route to complete a Master’s degree level HCIS apprenticeship to study the health of populations, plan, commission, manage, deliver, monitor and evaluate health and social care policies and services. Public Health training will be delivered by JGA with final accreditation from NHS National School of Healthcare Science
Main duties of the job
The person is expected to complete a Master’s degree level HCIS apprenticeship (Health & Care Intelligence Specialist) as accelerated training over a 22 month period.
The successful candidate will spend around 20% of their time studying and willÌýbe in a cohort class of other apprentices for peer support.
Apprentices will learn how to design studies in population health, public health and epidemiology and lead on analytical projects that will improve implementation of services and inform evidence-based decision making and policy across health and social care.
They will obtain and work with existing health and care data, and also have responsibility for designing or carrying out bespoke data collections when required.ÌýÌý
Modules cover:
- The Health and Social Care SystemÌý
- Personality, Stakeholders and Working RelationshipsÌý
- Leadership and ManagementÌý
- Project Management and LeadershipÌý
- Information, Evidence and RecommendationsÌý
- Study Design and MethodologiesÌý
- Data analysis and Evidence Informing Decision MakingÌý
- Interpretation, transfer and dissemination of informationÌý
- Finance, Economics and PlanningÌý
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visitÌýhttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the .Ìý
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an Analyst specialising in Public Health, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary community supporting managers and staff across the Midlands. The post holder will use their Public Health focus to support the Midlands region to access the right intelligence to underpin the work that they do and the decisions that they make. Additionally, it is expected that the successful candidate will support the adoption of a public health ethos into healthcare analysis: both within and across health and care organisations.
The post holder will support a team of senior analytical managers within the Midlands Regional Analytical Team which will provide strategic analysis for insight into Public Health across the region.
In particular the post holder will:
- Demonstrate knowledge and established practice of a variety and depth of analytical techniques (including advanced Excel skills) to provide quality, timely analysis and intelligence.
- Conduct comprehensive data analysis to support/ evaluate public health initiatives.
- Be adaptable when finding analytical solutions to problems, to analyse and triangulate data in innovative ways and present findings clearly to a range of audiences. Understand the importance of maintaining quality within analysis.Ìý
- Be able to largely drive their own work programme. Use initiative to identify Public Health data sources and determine appropriate analysis techniques.
- Provide guidance to the team and support the use of best practice to ensure data analysis aligns with public health polices and regulations.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline) or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of datasets and data sources including the quality and reliability of the data.
- Experience of triangulating data from different sources and demonstrate an appreciation of the differences that might occur in large datasets
- Demonstrable specialist knowledge in a relevant discipline.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
Skills Capabilities and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Evidence of familiarity with and application of statistical techniques beyond those of descriptive statistics. For example, standardisation and confidence intervals.
- Actively researches work area before starting a new project and regularly updates research to inform direction and technical aspects
- Able to build and document complicated and varied types of models including forecasting performance
- Experience in using a range of statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, R, and SQL
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr. Nicola Farthing MPhys
- Job title
- Senior Public Health Intelligence Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07456536222
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