Senior Data Analyst

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:
• Supporting client-facing responsibilities, leading on data extraction and analysis for several concurrent projects.
• Lead on and build data science models in R or Python to meet users' needs using statistical, machine learning and AI approaches to solve problems
• Proactively evaluate how new tools fit into the wider technical landscape, and assess whether they would help solve problems or improve technical implementation and present back to wider analytic team.
• Enhance and explore new data science and AI methodologies and identify model to problem fit
• Supporting the writing of proposals to meet client project briefs, including resource requirements, cost estimates and timescales and the development of new business opportunities and services.
• Collecting, interpreting, and writing a wide range of technical specifications to support clinical and operational research and contracts for services.
• Leading on the data quality, information governance, data processing and information assurance for the portfolio of projects within ICHP
• Using visualization applications to present information and share findings in a creative and appealing manner

Key tasks
• Extracting, analyzing, and presenting health outcomes/activity in relation to client objectives.
• Writing complex SQL queries, analyzing data through SQL Management Studio, and having demonstrable understanding of the data warehousing frameworks.
• Writing complex R or Python scripts, utilizing AzureML, in the data and statistical analysis required.
• Handing conflicting information and making decisions under uncertainty in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice and verification as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
• Undertaking ad-hoc analysis of highly complex and varied datasets upon request from clients, often with little prior warning, under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Prioritizing and coordinating work for projects and ensuring tight and conflicting deadlines are met.
• Managing the technical architecture and data loads from multiple sources of the WSIC de-identified server.
• Analyzing and reviewing the Data Quality of provider datasets and ensuring technical data load processes are in place and mapped to defined specifications of the database.
• Ensuring change management, release management, and backlog management for the delivery of tasks within de-identified section of the whole systems integrated care project environment.
• Ensuring ICHP/WSIC assets are maintained, and making use of existing systems to solve business problems.
• Developing and implementing new information systems and information flows to collect and store data, analyze, and automate information reporting.
• Keeping up-to-date knowledge of the technologies/software/tools available for data curation and managing the data integrity within a data warehouse.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Essential criteria

• Writing complex SQL queries, analyzing data through SQL Management Studio, and having demonstrable understanding of the data warehousing frameworks.
• Writing complex R or Python scripts, utilizing AzureML, in the data and statistical analysis required.
• Overview knowledge and understanding of the NHS, including the funding and organizational realities
• Adept at constructing technical specifications reflecting the client brief, and to lead work (giving expert advice on data related issues) autonomously but requesting management support as appropriate.
• Ability to work as part of a team and establish and maintain good working relationships, and to be self-directed working on your own initiative

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of epidemiology / biostatistics, particularly analytical issues relating to studies of treatment effectiveness, disease progression, adherence, healthcare utilisation, etc.

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Senior Data Analyst Job Description (PDF, 360.6KB)
• Senior Data Analyst JD and Person Spec (PDF, 368.6KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 371.1KB)
• Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
• Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
• Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
• Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)