Pharmacy and Medicines Data Analyst
Job summary
To provide specialist information performance support to the Pharmacy Department and work as part of the Information Team. The post holder will be a lead information specialist in designated functions/project areas and will be required to provide specialist advice and support in these areas. The post holder will be required to implement policies and propose changes to practices and procedures for designated functions/project areas.
Main duties of the job
This role will play a key part in the production of routine monitoring reports, ensuring all data queries relayed back from the Pharmacy Department and other areas are completed within agreed timescales to minimise the risk of inaccurate reporting or lost income to the Trust.
About us
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University 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
Please refer to attached job description/personal specification to view the full range of duties and responsibilities
Person Specification
Experience
- Proven experience in a data or information analysis role
- Demonstrable experience of database management, analysis, maintenance and development
- Working within an NHS information/ data analysis or admin role
Skills
- Performance reporting, data analysis and interpretation, and report generation
- Intermediate/advanced database query skills using MS Access functions and/or SQL
- Intermediate/advanced use of Access and Excel
- Knowledge and understanding of Pharmacy practices and procedures
Personal
- Proven team worker with the ability to work well with a variety of people on all levels
- Flexible and committed
- Reliable and honest
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
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Records Office
Harold Street
Hereford
HR12QX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/