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Plymouth, Devon | United Kingdom
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Directorate: Finance Job Description Job Title: Information Analyst Pay Band: 5 Base and Service: Working from Home / Office usage as required Business Intelligence Reports to (Line Manager): Performance and Information Manager Accountable to (Professionally/managerially): Performance and Information Manager Dimensions and Context of Role: Business Intelligence is responsible for the development and delivery of all Information systems within the organisation. The teams primary function is to supply senior managers, Commissioners and executives with the information they require to make sound business decisions that will improve the effectiveness of all services. In addition the team support various operational systems with system technical support plus provide operational and ad-hoc reporting for all staff. The Information Analyst will play a key role in the provision of an efficient information service to the Organisation and its Commissioners. This will focus primarily on the regular reporting and analysis of patient waiting times and clinical activity for national returns, commissioning datasets, contract monitoring and clinical quality indicators. This roles primary purpose is to enable LSW to extract, create, build and maintain timely data submissions to the NACR (National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation), in the required formats / methods. Data quality and integrity are key elements to this project and this post will support this in collaboration with the BI Team. The Information Analyst will be required to interrogate large, complex and sensitive datasets and undertake comprehensive analysis in response to both internal and external information requests and provide interpretation and narrative to ensure the message is understood. The Information Analyst will be responsible for maintaining data completeness and accuracy by identifying and analysing data anomalies and instigating corrective action. The post holder will be expected to prioritise their workload, interpret the relevant policies and use their own initiative to achieve expected work tasks and outcomes, within agreed deadlines for regular data processing, internal and external reporting. Key Tasks and Responsibilities of the Post: To primarily support a project linked to NACR (National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation) in which we are required to create, build and support a reporting function to support Cardiovascular prevention and Rehabilitation services. To provide this reporting function through the dedicated milestones required in collaboration with the BI Team. To support the Cardiac Directorate with reporting and ensure stakeholders, commissioners and external bodies are communicated with and supported with the NACR reporting function. To work with the rest of the Business Intelligence Team to ensure the organisation meets its business intelligence needs. This covers internal/external, statutory/mandatory requirements and ensuring that deadlines and timescales are met. To take responsibility in ensuring that reports are available to all teams within the organisation and to assist stakeholders in making decisions. To have an acute awareness of data quality in all work undertaken and to put measures into place to resolve or escalate problems as appropriate. To act as the business intelligence support for a nominated locality team within LSW. This will involve regular liaison with service managers within the locality and providing specialist advice and guidance with regards to the services provided by the Business Intelligence Team. To have a good working knowledge of the systems managed by the Business Intelligence Team and to ensure that reporting is accurate and up to date. Highlight potential conflicts and problems or issues to the Information Manager and enable, implement and deliver changes and solutions. To maintain and enable open communication, and to give advice and guidance to other departments, senior managers, clinicians and external stakeholders in a professional manner To represent the organisation in forums as agreed with the Information Manager. These will include forums at an internal / external local, regional and national level in support of the national agenda to ensure the organisation is aware of and can meet future requirements. To have a good understanding of the use of the organisations clinical systems and to contribute to the delivery of a pre-defined training package to users of the systems. To undertake appropriate training and to enhance skills to enable and improve the Business Intelligence provision. To understand and participate in general duties within the Business Intelligence Team To undertake other relevant duties as may be required by the Performance and Information Manager.
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£28.41k - £34.58k per annum
