Senior Costing & Data Analyst

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Costing and Productivity team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Are you passionate about using data to improve healthcare? We're looking for a Senior Costing & Data Analyst to help us maintain and develop our costing models while driving productivity improvements across the Trust. If you have exposure to costing and a keen interest in helping make operations more efficient, this could be the perfect role for you.

In this role, you'll be responsible for maintaining and updating costing models, ensuring they're accurate and up to date for mandatory returns, service line reporting, and key decision-making. You'll collaborate with clinical divisions and corporate directorates, providing them with valuable insights while also supporting the development of productivity models that help improve efficiency across the Trust.

What do you need? We're looking for someone with a solid foundation in data analysis and exposure to costing, but most importantly, we need someone who is detail-oriented, enjoys working with complex datasets, and is keen to make a difference by improving productivity. You'll work closely with different teams and will need to communicate findings clearly to help drive better decision-making.

Why work with us? At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we're committed to providing a supportive and dynamic environment where you can make a real impact. You'll have the chance to shape the future of healthcare delivery, driving both financial sustainability and operational excellence.

If you're looking to take your career to the next level and be part of a team that values your contributions, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help us make a difference!

Please note: We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

"We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need"

Main duties of the job

• To provide an efficient, high-quality, and comprehensive patient-level costing and productivity service within the Trust, offering timely appropriate information, advice, and recommendations on total absorption costing methodology to clinical divisions and corporate directorates.
• To maintain and update a complex costing database to support the preparation of mandatory costing returns, including national cost collection (NCC), in-year quarterly service line reporting (SLR), and decision-making reports and analysis.
• To provide technical knowledge, support and lead on the activity and income data delivery within the costing model and productivity, working closely with the Head of PLICS & Productivity, Senior Costing Analyst, Business Intelligence team and financial management and Income team.
• To support and incorporate all developments with approved costing guidance and the national and system-level tariff payments system into the trust's costing and productivity model.
• To undertake periodic benchmarking reviews with local, peer and national averages.
• To prepare benchmarking reports in liaison with other trusts and communicate the findings to line management and key stakeholders at the directorate, divisional and trust levels.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CCAB qualified (or equivalent)
• Educated to degree level
• Or Educated to Master's Degree level or equivalent experience in data analysis

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Comprehensive IT skills, including computerised financial accounting and costing software
• Good knowledge of database systems with the ability to expertly handle highly complex data from multiple sources
• Able to plan and prioritise work for self and others
• Able to work under pressure and meet objectives while handling conflicting demands and challenging deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Developing dashboards using Power BI or QlikSense
• Experience of maintaining and updating Tabular models (SSAS)
• Knowledge of NHS data including its structure, definitions and relationship to clinical activity recording

Experience

Essential criteria

• Worked within the NHS or similar organisation.
• Knowledge of NHS finance with a focus on NHS Costing Standards.
• Experience in undertaking complex analysis
• Experience with computerised systems and software, including spreadsheets, databases, word processors and email
• Project management and review
• Experience of working to tight deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Provision of costing support to the development of business cases

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 682.3KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 304.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)