Senior Information Analyst

Job summary

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We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Senior Information Analyst to join our friendly and supportive Business Intelligence team. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the development of a performance focused culture where safety, effectiveness and patient experience are consistently delivered through the provision of high-quality performance information, analytical interpretation, benchmarking, forecasting and intelligent modelling.

Reporting to the Head of Operational Intelligence, the post-holder will assume specific areas of work and will provide high-quality timely, accurate and relevant information that enables effective performance monitoring and intelligence-led decision making. The ability to work as a flexible team member is essential.

You will have excellent communication skills, and will represent the Business Intelligence function at senior level meetings; you will be required to work closely with clinical and operational teams, providing in-depth specialist information, analysis and advice and developing new performance management reporting, indicators and dashboards.

The role is offered on a hybrid working pattern, working two days a week in the office as you will be expected to attend face to face meetings and provide support to colleagues working on-site.

Candidates will be required to attend a face-to-face interview and test.

Main duties of the job

Using your highly developed analytical and data skills, you will contribute to the development of reporting to enable data-driven business decisions across Trust. You will have a strong track record in analytics, an eye for detail, excellent communications skills, be proactive, methodical, an enthusiastic self-motivated team player capable of balancing several competing demands, you will work logically, with great attention to detail and be tenacious in resolving problems.

You will have strong technical skills in SQL and Excel to an advanced level; you should have knowledge of NHS datasets, definitions and standards and will have experience of creating insightful reports and dashboards (ideally using Tableau).

You must be willing to attend meetings,have good powers of persuasion and be confident to present complex, sensitive or contentious information to senior staff.

This post is ideal for an experienced analyst who has the initiative to develop the role further.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice