Head of Public Health Insight Knowledge, Performance and Research

Job responsibilities

Work with the CPH team to establish the priorities and vision for analytics within Public Health, using evaluative judgement and ensuring alignment with the strategic priorities for the Council, the wider analytics function and the broader health and social care system.

The post holder will use their advanced health intelligence and analytical skills to lead and support the improved use of resources and the evaluation and performance management of public health programmes and services.

Ensure the integration of evidence-based decision making and robust evaluation methods into the organisations culture. Ensure public health intelligence is highly influential in terms of strategic decision making.

Lead a City of Stoke on Trent Public Health Insight team that provides a high level of complex technical competence and expertise to extract, interpret, analyse and report Public Health data to members, senior management and the public. Provide professional support and expertise, identifying relevant training and development needs, so the team display the relevant behaviours and competences to deliver an exemplary service and keep abreast of developments and practices in public health intelligence.

Work with Corporate Performance team in the wider City of Stoke on Trent Analytics function and with intelligence leads in the wider Health Intelligence community to promote consistency in approach, the sharing of good practice, a two-way dialogue with City of Stoke on Trent Members and Corporate Directors and with senior leaders in the wider Health system about research insights, and to drive an evidence-based decision-making culture.

Manage a portfolio of projects that draw on the full range of analytical techniques as appropriate, including the use of integrated datasets, to generate relevant findings, including scrutiny and challenge of performance and service improvement initiatives and activity that measures economy, efficiency and effectiveness.

Work with colleagues and partners to secure appropriate access to data and intelligence to inform directorate and corporate strategies, and decision making.

To lead the Insight function, informing public health and wider policy and service development across the Council and NHS, including through the use of needs assessment, evaluation and other analytical processes.

To provide expert analytical and epidemiological advice and guidance to senior officers and elected members across the health and care system.

To lead the delivery and development of the JSNA and Annual Public Health Report, working closely with other strategy, intelligence and programme leads across the Council, NHS and wider system.

Contribute to the delivery of public health strategies and delivery plans, monitoring and managing progress; strategies through use of insights and intelligence.

Facilitate stakeholder and community involvement in needs and impact assessments, service re-design and development, and evaluation; to ensure proper involvement in decision-making undertaken by the relevant partnership or governance groups by organizing and chairing workshops, consultation events, information events, forums and steering groups as appropriate.

Act as directorate champion for data, ensuring that accurate and reliable data is collected, maintained and analysed on relevant business systems in the manner and frequency required, including financial and performance data, to ensure service improvements.

Develop and maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislation, guidelines and government policy in relation to Public Health in order to support and develop effective collaboration with service managers from across the division, Council and wider partners.

Undertake other duties appropriate to the post that may reasonably be required from time to time to deliver the Public Health function.

Set operational processes and prioritise system and report requirements to meet team workplan requirements. Plan, control and deploy financial, staffing and other resources the post holder manages to ensure the delivery of identified service priorities including the management of the team budget.

Provide specialist information and analytical knowledge to interpret complex trend analyses, impacting on strategic, and operational, planning, forecasting and financial areas, and facilitate the provision of any associated contract monitoring and financial flows information requirements.

To provide detailed insight on performance, highlighting key performance results, trends, forecasts and areas of concern, detailing reasons for variance.

To liaise closely, and become first point of contact, within the department on all matters relating to the production and use of data, promoting the effective usage of information throughout the Directorate.

Represent, and advocate for, the directorate on issues relating to corporate data strategies, IT and digital strategies. Ensure the unit is an active participant within the corporate and regional BI communities.

Ensure the service maintains a good understanding of new and emerging methods of analysis, including automation, machine learning and AI. Advise the Directorate on their effective and ethical deployment.

Ensure the Department complies with all GDPR and NHS Digital requirements, understanding the impact of storing and accessing personal level data and making sure there are no breaches.

To have complete knowledge of existing Data Set Changes Notices (DSCNs) and Information Standard Notices (ISNs) and ensuring on going knowledge of ...