Information Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be successful in this role you will;

• Understand healthcare information
• Possess excellent excel skills
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Have good planning, administrative and numeracy skills
• Pay attention to detail and accuracy
• Ensure output of consistent and high quality to deadline
• Adopt a flexible approach to pressures of the department and work as part of a team

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 GCSEs or equivalent grade C or above including Maths and English or relevant experience
• Level 4 Data Analyst or equivalent qualification or experience

Knowledge and Experience

• IT skills to allow full use of MS Excel, MS Word and all MS packages
• Experience in day to day use of spreadsheets and experienced in using advanced Excel formulae
• Experience of analysing and interpreting large datasets
• Understanding the importance of maintaining confidentiality, in accordance with Data Protection Act and national/local guidelines

• oExperience of working within an NHS setting
• oUnderstanding of NHS performance metrics
• oKnowledge of current issues both in the national and local health economy
• oExperience of data entry and reporting
• oUnderstanding of relational databases
• oEvidence of knowledge or training to basic level in analytical software such as SQL server, SSRS, Microsoft Excel, Power BI or QlikView
• oKnowledge of statistics and the ability to analyse and present statistical information clearly

Skills

• oGood organisational skills relating to creating and maintaining electronic filing systems, locating data and information and meeting deadlines
• oAbility to provide complex information in a format that is easy to understand.
• oAbility to understand and interpret user's information requirements
• oPossess good mathematical and analytical skills.
• oA logical and analytical approach to problem solving demonstrated in an information systems environment
• oExcellent communication skills.
• oAbility to establish and maintain good relationships with other team members and with service users
• oMust be able to use own initiative and work as a team member
• oA methodical approach to work, with attention to detail in checking and verification of data
• oAbility to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

• oAbility to manage a shared inbox, plan and manage related tasks

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.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Infinity House, Crewe

Electra Way

Crewe

CW1 4QJ

Employer's website

https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/