Job overview

·      The Data Analyst will play a key role in supporting the Medicines Optimisation team 
to manage the performance, by working to implement consistent measurement and 
monitoring of KPIs and quality metrics, and ensuring statutory returns are developed 
and delivered to a high standard. 

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The Data Analyst will develop and manage pro-active analysis and modelling 
expertise to provide a service to clinical, operational and managerial colleagues.

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The post-holder must have a strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skill set 
and be able to draw conclusions from analysis undertaken in order to guide people 
to make sound decisions based on the results.

·       The Data Analyst will lead on one or more service areas such as Prescribing, 
Performance; Population Health, Planned Care, Unplanned Care, Mental Health; or 
support the translation and interpretation of intelligence for a specified locality.

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The post-holder will be the organisation’s subject matter expert for that area or 
areas.

Main duties of the job

Support the Medicines Optimisation function/Locality management team to manage the teams to deliver business intelligence to end users

• Where required: manage an analytical resource consisting of analysts, data 
engineers, data scientists and and/or primary care data facilitators.
• Provide oversight of individuals within the Medicines Optimisation 
function/Locality 
• To support the Medicines Optimisation senior management team in devising, 
implementing and monitoring strategy and policy in relation to data and 
intelligence and outcomes in their specialist area(s)
• develop and maintain an understanding of the national perspective and future 
strategy for the NHS and related areas of Health and Social Care
• To perform to high standards and develop innovative ways of working.
• To influence professionals within their area of responsibility to make key 
business decisions based on the use of robust finance, activity, outcomes and 
patient experience analysis.
• To play a key supporting role in the innovation and transformation of the use of 
intelligence within the local health and social care economy, including the use 
of non-traditional information sources.

Working for our organisation

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care 

Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.

Our NHS People Promise

Our NHS People Promise –the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staff and their intersectionality. As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.