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Infection Prevention Data Analyst

IWT PHU Single Corporate Service
Portsmouth
3 days ago
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Job Description

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:

· Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board

· Southern Health Foundation Trust

· Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

· University Hospital Southampton

· Solent NHS Trust

· South Central Ambulance Service

· Isle of Wight NHS Trust

· Hampshire Hospitals

 

Band 4: £27,485 - £30,162

Permanent contract

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the infection prevention and control team at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Do you have a passion for using data to create insight that benefits patient safety? Do you want to be part of a dynamic and pivotal team? Do you have excellent communication and IT skills?  If so then, this could be the role for you. This would be an ideal opportunity for someone who is looking to start their career in healthcare, or expand their portfolio.

Key roles and responsibilities include:

  • analysis of a wide range of infection-related metrics to improve service delivery across the Trust
  • supporting the Quality Manager with the production of reports and papers
  • line management of two data administrators

The successful candidate will have excellent IT skills, including MS Excel and Word, and an ability to communicate confidently with people across the organisation. You should be highly organised with an eye for detail, be able to manage a busy and diverse workload, and have experience of working as part of a team.

Please see attached Job Description for additional information

If this sounds like you, then we would like to hear from you.

For further details, please contact: Kathryn Noble (Infection Prevention Quality Manager/Analyst). Telephone number:


Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Good standard of education; GCSE Maths and English grade C or above, or equivalent
  • BTEC Level 2 Business Administration, or equivalent
  • ECDL, or equivalent experience

Experience

  • NHS experience an advantage, but not essential
  • Data analysis experience
  • Experience of data manipulation and interrogation of databases

Skills and Knowledge

  • Good literacy, numeracy, and communication skills
  • Good organisational skills and ability to work with minimal supervision using own initiative
  • Ability to prioritise workload and be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines
  • Ability to achieve a high level of accuracy
  • Ability to analyse numerical and written data
  • Ability to interpret guidance and policy requirements
  • Knowledge of database systems and/or data warehouse systems

Personal Qualities

  • Flexible approach to work and changing needs of the team
  • Resilient
  • Self-motivated
  • Team orientated with an inclusive style
  • Attention to detail
  • Willing to undertake training as required
  • Understand and adhere to the requirements of confidentiality



Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

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