About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced analyst who wants to see your work directly influence nursing services, workforce planning and patient care?
We are creating an exciting new Band 7 Senior Analyst role within Corporate Nursing. Working closely with the Associate Director of Nursing and senior nursing leaders, you will turn complex information into clear insight that supports assurance, improvement and effective decision making.
The initial focus will be nursing and midwifery workforce intelligence. However, this is a flexible Corporate Nursing role which will respond to changing priorities across quality, safety, workforce, performance, service improvement and transformation.
This is an opportunity to shape a new role and make a visible difference. If you enjoy asking the right questions, finding the story behind the numbers and helping leaders make better decisions, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You will bring together information from systems, people, services and finance to develop a joined up understanding of performance, demand, quality, outcomes and workforce across Corporate Nursing.
You will develop reports, dashboards and analysis that help senior leaders understand what is happening, why it is happening and where action may be required. You will identify trends, variation, risks and opportunities, undertake forecasting and modelling, and evaluate the impact of changes and improvement work.
You will provide analytical support across the wider Corporate Nursing portfolio in response to organisational priorities.
You will work with colleagues across nursing, quality, rostering, workforce, finance, digital and the wider Group analytical service to translate complex information into clear recommendations and meaningful action.
About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Senior Analyst will lead the development and delivery of analytical and business intelligence support for Corporate Nursing. The postholder will analyse and interpret complex information from a range of clinical, operational, workforce, quality and financial sources.
They will develop accessible reports, dashboards and analytical products, identify trends and variation, undertake forecasting and modelling, and provide specialist advice to support planning, assurance, improvement and transformation.
The postholder will work independently, manage routine and urgent analytical requests and respond flexibly as Corporate Nursing priorities change. They will present complex findings clearly to technical and non technical audiences, constructively challenge interpretation and support leaders to move from data to practical action.
The role will work collaboratively with colleagues across Corporate Nursing, clinical services, quality, workforce, finance, digital and the wider Group analytical service. It will promote consistent definitions, effective information governance and the best use of available data and analytical systems.
The postholder will support wider Corporate Nursing priorities where analytical input is required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent learning/experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Proficient in the analysis and interpretation of data from both non-financial sources and financial systems (e.g. problem formulation, data management, explicative analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, evaluative analytics, communicating analytical results, project management, interpreting spreadsheets, ledgers, etc).
- Interprets and resolves highly complex statistical/ epidemiological/information problems
- Persuasion, motivation and negotiation skills to resolve gain agreement and reduce conflict
- Experience of managing complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options/highly complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
- Experience of analysing, investigating and resolving complex statistical/analytical/epidemiological queries and issues/problems, where there is a range of solutions/ analyses
- Experience of effective partnership working including working with clinicians.
Desirable
- Relevant skills gained in the NHS
- Relevant experience gained in NHS workforce, staffing or healthcare analytics
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of tools (could include SPC, Excel, Data Warehouse, SQL, R, PowerBI, SPSS, SystmOne, electronic staff records, PLICS, and approaches e.g., Modern Hospital, statistics, population health, population health management, epidemiology, information analysis and the use of information across large, complex organisations or systems)
- Understanding of the wider determinants of health and the significance of health inequalities
- Knowledge of improvement skills and techniques to support change
- Understanding of key national and local strategies, policy drivers and population health management
Desirable
- Relevant knowledge of these areas pertinent to the NHS
- Knowledge of both Acute and Community settings.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Will be required to work across sites
- Good general IT and keyboard skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)