Job summary
The post holder will support the maintenance, development, and use of the Trust Data Management and visualisation platforms. The post-holder will support the specification and development of reports and visualisations to enable Information Services to deliver a first class, comprehensive and proactive service to the Trust.
The post holder will contribute to the development of the Data Engineering programme and ensure all reporting is presented in the most dynamic and meaningful way. The post holder will ensure the integrity of data across all datasets used both internally and for local and national returns.
Data Science and clinical intelligence are revolutionising healthcare, offering opportunities for continuous clinical improvement as well as more personalised care. You will play a key role in developing and maintaining MFT's Trust-wide reporting and analysis service, using a range of business intelligence products and data warehousing technology. As we seek to improve clinical quality through informatics, we'll look to your expertise to ensure we deliver a first-class service to the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for the regular collection and storage in a central repository of key performance data items from departments around the Trust. The post-holder will also be required to design the central repository, the processes that are used to refresh the data and keep a register detailing all the data sources with detailed data definitions.
This post will be set within the Data Engineering team working collaboratively with other colleagues to integrate the key performance data items into our performance dashboards and other reports. This will require the post-holder to lead on the development of the central data repository within the Data Warehouse.
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.
The post-holders will play a critical role in the future development of the Trust's data warehouse, associated reports and 'dashboards' in partnership with the Performance and Information Managers.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £ & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at .
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Degree qualification and / or relevant experience.
Desirable
Evidence of continued personal development
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
Thorough understanding of current information issues and requirements in the NHS, including financial issues Good understanding of data protection, FOI and Caldicott Guidance Significant demonstrable Information Management and Technology experience. Experience of being responsible for collecting and storage of performance related data.
Desirable
Experience of working with NHS data./EPR/Agile & DevOps
Skills
Essential
Technical - SQL query Technical - Developing visualisation/reporting Technical - Data Science/ML/Cloud Technical - Python/R/other general purpose programming languages/statistics
Desirable
Associated technologies
