Information Analyst Specialist
Job summary
Are you an experienced data and information professional with a passion for using data to improve health outcomes? Public Health Wales is seeking an Information Analyst Specialist to join the Wales Cancer Registry and play a key role in delivering high-quality cancer intelligence that supports patient care, service planning, research, and national policy. Based within a specialist cancer registration team, you will work with complex healthcare datasets, provide expert analytical and technical support, and contribute to the continuous development of cancer registry services across Wales.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a nationally important service that supports cancer surveillance, research, service planning, and policy development across Wales. You will join a supportive team committed to innovation, quality improvement, and delivering high-quality cancer intelligence that makes a difference to population health.
Main duties of the job
As an Information Analyst Specialist, you will provide specialist expertise in areas of cancer registration, healthcare data analysis, and information management. Working with complex datasets from multiple sources, you will support the collection, validation, linkage, analysis, and interpretation of cancer data to ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and robust cancer intelligence products.
You will collaborate with stakeholders providing specialist advice, supporting research, and helping shape the future development of cancer registration services in Wales.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
We are Public Health Wales - the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is 'Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.
We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage the acquisition, validation, linkage, and maintenance of cancer registration and healthcare datasets.
- Analyse and interpret complex cancer and healthcare data to support intelligence, surveillance, research, and service improvement.
- Use SQL and other analytical tools to extract, manipulate, and quality assure data.
- Produce routine and ad hoc reports, data outputs, and intelligence products.
- Investigate and resolve data quality issues and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide specialist advice on cancer registration standards, methodologies, classifications, and data quality.
- Support research studies, publications, and contribute to official statistical outputs.
- Contribute to system development, process improvement, and innovation within cancer registry services.
- Deliver training, mentoring, and guidance to colleagues and stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with information governance, confidentiality, and data protection requirements.Please be advised that the vacancy may close earlier that is noted subject to number of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
- Degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline eg, Health Informatics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science
- Proficient in SQL querying, data extraction and data manipulation techniques
- Sound understanding of database structures, data management and analytical methodologies.
- Well-developed knowledge of information analysis, data quality assurance and information management principles.
- Knowledge of cancer registration methodology, healthcare information systems and data quality standards.
- Knowledge of information governance, confidentiality and data protection legislation
- Knowledge of data linkage, record matching and validation methodologies.
- Professional qualification in informatics, analytics, cancer registration or data science
- Advanced understanding of cancer staging, classification and coding systems.
- Registry-specific expertise
- Knowledge of NHS Wales datasets and information systems
Experience
- Significant experience acquiring, processing, validating and analysing complex healthcare datasets
- Experience loading and maintaining data within large databases or information systems.
- Experience using SQL to interrogate, extract and manipulate complex datasets.
- Experience producing routine and ad hoc analytical outputs and reports.
- Experience implementing data quality assurance and validation processes.
- Experience supporting research projects through data extraction, analysis and dataset preparation.
- Experience investigating and resolving complex information and data quality issues.
- Experience supporting information system development, testing or implementation activities.
- Experience presenting information and providing specialist advice to a range of stakeholders.
- Experience of handling sensitive patient identifiable data in line with information governance procedures
- Experience of training and supporting colleagues in data systems or processes
- Experience working with cancer data and other related healthcare datasets.
- Experience of producing health intelligence outputs
- Experience supporting audits, service evaluations or research publications
- Experience developing automated analytical processes.
- Experience of registry systems and record linkage methodologies.
Skills and Attributes
- Proficient in SQL querying and database interrogation skills
- Advanced data manipulation, transformation and validation skills
- Excellent analytical, statistical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to analyse highly complex datasets and identify trends, anomalies and quality issues.
- Ability to design and implement robust quality assurance processes
- Ability to prepare and quality assure data extracts for research, audit and publication purposes.
- Ability to interpret complex information and communicate findings effectively.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail and professional integrity
- Work independently within broad professional and organisational policies, exercising specialist judgement when determining analytical approaches, resolving complex data issues and prioritising competing work demands.
- Training, coaching or facilitation skills
- Experience of ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) processes.
- Experience using analytical and data visualization tools eg, Power BI, SAS
- Experience of automation, workflow optimisation and service improvement methodologies.
Other
- Commitment to Public Health Wales values and behaviours.
- Commitment to continuous professional development
- Flexible approach to supporting service requirements and organisational priorities.
- Ability to travel within Wales and England, including overnight stays when required.
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
Public Health Wales
Address
2 Capital Quarter
Tyndall Street
Cardiff
CF10 4BZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://phw.nhs.wales/