Analytical Support Officer

Job summary

This post is part of the Chief Operating Officer Directorate. The purpose of the COO Directorate is to lead on operational performance and improvement for the South East Region including:

• monitoring performance against annual operating plans and constitutional standards
• delivering bespoke improvement support to systems via the virtual improvement hub to optimise their overall performance and reduce unwarranted clinical variation
• leading the co-ordination of regional operational planning and assurance
• supporting the delivery of effective and efficient use of resources across the health service

A key part of the COO Directorate is the Regional Data and Analytics team. This team works across all Directorates in the region, with individual responsibilities flexing according to regional priorities. The roles being recruited to, may cover any of the following areas: Primary Care, Public Health, Population Health and Community. However, the role may flex with business needs, potentially covering other programme areas such as urgent and emergency care or planned care.

Main duties of the job

As an Analytical Support Officer, you will work as part of a team delivering a high-quality data analytics service to regional colleagues. You will build upon existing technical skills in statistics, data management, business intelligence and analytics.

Example projects include:

• supporting public health and primary care colleagues with regular reporting to help with monitoring and assurance of delivery

• bespoke analysis to understand the true performance of the NHS and identify areas of good or poor performance.

• developing new indicators tomonitor performance, this can involve working with policy leads, commissioners, providers, and other organisations to identify, create and test indicators.

The team is developing technical skills to build and share reproducible code and further enhance our suite of automated analytical products.

For this post, existing analytical skills in Python, R, SQL, Power BI, or similar technologies, are beneficial. The team has a strong learning culture so a passion for learning new skills along with enthusiasm to share knowledge and help other team members develop are particularly welcomed.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.