Information Specialist - Statutory Reporting (2024)

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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 23 April 2024

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Information Professional to join the Information Services department to lead on Statutory and Mandatory Reporting.

Applicants must have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills as well as proven staff management experience. The post holder will be required to develop and maintain queries and processes, and to automate those processes where appropriate, to ensure all statutory returns are accurate and submitted on time.

The post holder will act as the Trust lead for statutory and contractual reporting including all commissioning, clinical and central return datasets.

Interview date: 9 May 2024
37 hours 30 minutes/week

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Main duties of the job

To ensure all data activity collected, processed and reported is accurate, effective and to agreed timescales.

Ensure that target waiting times for inpatients and day case treatments, outpatients and diagnostics are monitored and potential breaches acted upon.To support the development of the Trust choice of reporting tools for the monitoring and reporting of Trust complianceTo take a key role in improving data quality throughout the Trust and promote the importance of data quality throughout the organisationWork with the Trust Data Quality team in identifying and resolving data quality issues

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Date posted

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

317-2024-15-64-DR

Job locations

Regent Point

317 Regent Point

NE3 3HD

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as the Trust lead for statutory and contractual reporting including all commissioning, clinical and central return datasets
Ensure that target waiting times for inpatients and day case treatments, outpatients and diagnostics are monitored and potential breaches acted upon.
To ensure all data activity collected, processed and reported is accurate, effective and to agreed timescales.
To support the development of the Trust choice of reporting tools for the monitoring and reporting of Trust compliance
To take a key role in improving data quality throughout the Trust and promote the importance of data quality throughout the organisation
Work with the Trust Data Quality team in identifying and resolving data quality issues

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as the Trust lead for statutory and contractual reporting including all commissioning, clinical and central return datasets
Ensure that target waiting times for inpatients and day case treatments, outpatients and diagnostics are monitored and potential breaches acted upon.
To ensure all data activity collected, processed and reported is accurate, effective and to agreed timescales.
To support the development of the Trust choice of reporting tools for the monitoring and reporting of Trust compliance
To take a key role in improving data quality throughout the Trust and promote the importance of data quality throughout the organisation
Work with the Trust Data Quality team in identifying and resolving data quality issues

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

Possess a degree level qualification in a relevant subject or Post Graduate Certificate in Health Information Systems, plus signification experience within NHS Management Information at Information Analyst level, or extensive equivalent analytical /statistical experience

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Have previous experience in a supervisory role
Possess specialist knowledge in the following areas
NHS data systems, data flows and the Data Dictionary
Computer literacy, coupled with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications
Developing complex spreadsheets, in particular through Microsoft Excel
Experienced to a high level in writing SQL queries or similar
Experience of writing VBA
Previous experience of Microsoft Power BI or similar Business Intelligence software

Desirable

Be a member of Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA)
Experience of writing VBA

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Excellent communication skills and be able to work to deadlines
Possess decision making skills and have the ability to delegate tasks and motivate staff
Be able to design and implement practical data collection policies, procedures and processes
Possess strong numerical and statistical skills
Possess good presentation skills

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

Possess a degree level qualification in a relevant subject or Post Graduate Certificate in Health Information Systems, plus signification experience within NHS Management Information at Information Analyst level, or extensive equivalent analytical /statistical experience

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Have previous experience in a supervisory role
Possess specialist knowledge in the following areas
NHS data systems, data flows and the Data Dictionary
Computer literacy, coupled with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications
Developing complex spreadsheets, in particular through Microsoft Excel
Experienced to a high level in writing SQL queries or similar
Experience of writing VBA
Previous experience of Microsoft Power BI or similar Business Intelligence software

Desirable

Be a member of Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA)
Experience of writing VBA

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Excellent communication skills and be able to work to deadlines
Possess decision making skills and have the ability to delegate tasks and motivate staff
Be able to design and implement practical data collection policies, procedures and processes
Possess strong numerical and statistical skills
Possess good presentation 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).

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