Job summary
- Main area
- Analyst
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-TD-D&A-6823870-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS England Office in Leeds/London
- Town
- Leeds/London
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Analyst (Principal Information Analyst)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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
Within Data and Analytics our vision is to be the leading data services provider for health and social care across England through creating innovative and high-quality data products and services that give our customers the knowledge and capabilities required to deliver the best outcomes for citizens.Ìý
Main duties of the job
Medicines Value and Access (MVA) Directorate seeks to develop evidence based / data driven policies that support best outcomes for patient access, while securing value for money from medicines. Data and Analytics within MVA provides insight and evidence to inform these policies and commercial activities.
The Senior Analyst (8a) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver project-based analysis across different areas of medicines policy and strategy.Ìý
The role offers the individual the opportunity to apply their skills in developing policy by applying economic principles and analytical methods, often using (and linking) large patient-level datasets. The range of projects will require the postholder to evidence ‘the problem’, identify and evaluate potential solutions as well as monitor impacts.Ìý
As the postholder leads projects, they will be communicating insights to a variety of audiences at different levels within NHSE and across the NHS. Collaboration will be important, as the postholder will work closely with analysts from a variety of disciplines as well as policy, clinical and commercial colleagues in MVA/NHS England and partner organisations such as NHS Business Services Authority and Department of Health and Social Care.Ìý
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
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
This advert has attached Assignment Briefs/ information relating to roles currently vacant. However, please be aware that this recruitment may also be used to fill other positions that become vacant after the time of advert, for which Assignment Briefs or team information are not available. This will be limited to roles where the competencies to be assessed and requirements for the role are appropriately similar.
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 such as Health Service Research, Social Research) or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to analysis and statistics such as: problem structuring, modelling and analysing large data sets in languages such as R, SQL or Python to answer a specific policy question.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to plan and lead projects or programmes of analytical work.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Consultancy skills; able to understand the real issues underlying a request such as the policy context and ability to agree and manage scope of work.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills, able to convey complex information.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sam Alderson
- Job title
- Senior Analytical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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