Cancer Data Analyst

Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Cancer Data Analyst to join our team. They will assist in managing and operating the Trust's cancer database system (Infoflex). The role involves supporting the development of Power BI dashboards, using SQL to extract and analyse data for both routine and ad-hoc reporting, and identifying opportunities for improvement through internal and external data analysis.

You will assist with the timely and accurate upload of cancer datasets to both the National Cancer Waiting Times and National Audit Databases, ensuring submissions are fully compliant with national reporting requirements. This includes verifying that submitted data accurately reflects the Trust's performance and meets all relevant timescales and data quality standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a analytical background and a passion for data integrity to contribute to improving cancer care outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be responsible for daily and weekly data validation, supporting the Patient Tracking List (PTL) process, verifying information against systems, and producing monthly cancer service and trustwide performance statistics. They will also contribute to monitoring service standards in line with national and local targets, undertake project work, perform data quality checks, and support training for staff across cancer services and the wider Trust.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential
  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area or post grade qualification
  • Extensive, advanced experience of Microsoft SQL Server in a complex organisation
  • Strong knowledge of providing reporting insights, preferably through a reporting tool such as Power BI
Desirable
  • Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of cancer / health services.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential
  • Performance reporting, data analysis, interpretation and report generation
  • Experienced user of Microsoft Products such as Excel, Word etc
  • Intermediate / advanced skills in the use of SQL
  • Experience in the development and maintenance of database and systems
  • Forecasting of Healthcare data
  • Data modelling and benchmarking of health data

Personal Attributes

Essential
  • Ability to work under own initiative, managing workload to deliver information solutions to agreed timescales, as well as ability to work within a team.
  • Patient calm and tactful when dealing with people who are unfamiliar with Information or undergoing change processes.
  • Ability to work under own initiative, managing workload to deliver information solutions to agreed timescales, as well as ability to work within a team.
  • Patient calm and tactful when dealing with people who are unfamiliar with Information or undergoing change processes.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Wye Valley Trust

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/

Company
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Location
Hereford, United Kingdom HR1 2ER
Employment Type
Fixed-Term
Salary
£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Posted
Company
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Location
Hereford, United Kingdom HR1 2ER
Employment Type
Fixed-Term
Salary
£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Posted