Information Specialist

Are you an expert in Analytics and Reporting, looking to apply your skills in a role that makes a real difference to patient care? We are seeking an Information Specialist to join our Information Services department and provide specialist advice and support relating to information analysis, interpretation, and reporting.

At the heart of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s ambitious Digital Strategy is the provision of high-quality data to support intelligence-led decision making. This role is key to the delivery of this element of the strategy through the use of the latest analytical techniques that turn data into innovative, compelling and intuitive information.

As one of the senior members of our Analytics team, you will:

• analyse complex data and develop information reporting solutions
• communicate highly complex or sensitive information to managers and clinicians
• facilitate team working and collaboration within teams, departments, and across organisational boundaries
• Explore and champion advances in analytical methodologies

The successful candidate will hold an honours degree in a subject with a substantial numerate content and have specialist knowledge and expertise in Analytics and Reporting, equivalent to postgraduate degree level.

The post-holder must have excellent inter-personal skills – pro-actively developing strong working relationships across relevant teams and ensuring that there is excellent communication with all relevant parties

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

• To provide specialist advice and support relating to information analysis, interpretation and reporting.
• To manage, maintain and develop information and performance monitoring systems.
• To contribute to the development of strategic and operational plans.
• To take a key role in improving data quality and data integrity throughout the Trust by providing ongoing specialist training to managers and clinicians.
• To analyse complex data and develop information reporting solutions
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c)