Assistant Data AnalystNHS

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Data analyst as part of our data and analytics team.

This role would suit an individual wanting to develop new skills with a view to developing a career within Data & Insights, including the opportunity to dovetail this role with an appropriate apprenticeship.

The role will give the opportunity to develop a wide knowledge in NHS datasets and technical tools, across a range of areas, It will also include working with Partners across different organisations including Public Health, Secondary care, Primary Care and Community and many more working to improve the lives and health of the people of South Yorkshire.

We are looking for a proactive individual willing to learn and develop their skills and knowledge in health care and engage in a diverse role where producing reports and analysis is key to ensure the organisation are making good data driven decisions.

We are a values-based team and promote a culture of openness and learning where all contribute to how the team works and how we best meet the needs of our colleagues and stakeholders.

The role is 37.5 hours and will involve a hybrid working model with time spent at our Eyre Street site in Sheffield, Home working and may include travel to our sites across South Yorkshire in Barnsley, Rotherham, and Doncaster or external meetings at our partner sites.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role

Main duties of the job

The key objectives of the post are:

Collate, validate, analyse and present patient activity and information to support performance management, commissioning and Senior Managers.

Be responsible for maintaining, owning and developing reports, dashboards and analysis automating where appropriate and ensuring products are accurate, fit for purpose and innovative. Bring to the attention of senior managers any anomalies in information, ideas for new ways of working and details of any potential blockers to tasks.

Represent the department at internal and external meetings regarding the information and data needs of the organisation.

Be responsible for ensuring the quality of data in the work we produce and ensuring we are compliant with IG rules.

This is a very varied role and as a team we all pitch in to do whats needed, the post holder will be doing various levels of tasks, from admin support to the team, using our Dev Ops system to track work and ensure incoming requests are logged on the system to ensure flow through, working with our data centre colleagues to assisting with onboarding new data sets.

Job description

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.

Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer