Senior Information Analyst - PACS/RIS

Job summary

Senior Information Analyst - PACS/RIS (6 Month Fixed Term /Secondment)

The Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is excited to offer an opportunity for an ambitious individual to join our Data and Informatics team as a Senior Information Analyst on a Fixed Term Contract to support the implementation of the new PACS and RIS systems.

We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking individual to work closely with the Data Warehouse and Informatics teams within the Trust to enable the successful delivery of effective reporting from the new PACS and RIS systems.

To be successful in this role you will have a real eye for detail, an analytical mind-set, excellent communication skills and a willingness to adapt your approach with our stakeholders and interpret requirements with the enthusiasm to get the job done to the highest standards.

Experience of working with NHS data is highly desirable but candidates without a previous NHS background will be considered provided they can demonstrate significant technical proficiency in BI and DWH toolsets such as PowerBI and SQL.

Main duties of the job

As Senior Information Analysts are the key information leads for one of the divisions of the Trust. As such they need to:

• Quickly acquire a broad understanding of the data for their area and within a year become the expert.
• Own the clarity between Information and the relevant Division as to agreed reporting and ensure its timely delivery and support ongoing development.
• Take responsibility for delivery, solving problems as they arise and escalating by exception when needed.
• Review information for their area monthly and brief both their own team and the relevant division on anything material or noteworthy.
• Be the main contact with their Division for the above and for any ad-hoc analysis or modelling, with front line responsibility for the information service provided to their Division.

The senior analysts together with the Head of Business Intelligence are the core senior management team within Information. They will need to provide group leadership to support the wider team on an ongoing basis:

• Advice and guidance to the rest of the team based on their skills and experience with an expectation that each senior analysts will have a particular area of high level skills/knowledge to share (e.g. analysis, reporting systems, SQL, operational needs etc..)
• Promoting a focus on what the data means and the story rather than just the numbers and deputise for Head of Business Intelligence, both internally and externally.

About us

This is an exciting time to join our Data and Informatics team, increasing demand on services means that healthcare in Swindon and Wiltshire is changing and being an integrated acute and community Foundation Trust means that we are at the forefront of the most exciting transformation the sector has seen.

We are seeking to fundamentally change the way we do things whilst always keeping the patient at the centre of everything we do. High quality information and analysis is at the core of this, so that our change is intelligent and evidence-based. The aim is not just to serve the local people - it's to offer outstanding services in appropriate care settings that exceed expectations.