Job summary

The Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) Integrated CareBoard (ICB) is seeking to recruit a Data Analyst to deliver analytical work inpopulation health management (PHM). PHM is an approach to healthcare that useslinked data to design and implement proactive models of care which will improvehealth and wellbeing today as well as in the future.

As a key member of the PHM analytics team, the post holderwill play a role in developing and enabling PHM insights from data andanalysis. They will work with stakeholders across organisations to provide dataanalysis, including segmentation modelling, risk stratification, analysis offull patient pathways, and identification and monitoring of healthinequalities. They will also play a supporting role in enabling stakeholders toaccess, interrogate and interpret insights from the ICSs analytics environmentand reporting platform.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work with alinked, longitudinal dataset. This exciting resource brings together carerecords across primary care, secondary care, adult social care, and widerdeterminants of health data to enable analysts to identify health needs. Theywill use state-of-the-art analytical tools, hosted in a cloud-based integrateddata and analytics environment. They will work as part of the SNEE ICSIntelligence Function, an analytical collaborative, which is leading to significantinvestment in data science and advanced analytics capabilities.

Main duties of the job

Togenerate insights from data by querying, analysing and modelling datasets usingan array of analytical techniques.

Providerelevant and timely information to inform patient care.

Assistingin producing regular and ad hoc analysis for stakeholders.

Developspecialist analytical skills.

Assistin the development, design and maintenance of data visualisation reportingtools.

Assistin provision of advice and support/guidance on specialist analysis.

Implementationof policies and processes for own area, especially those relating toinformation governance and protection of patient level data.

About us

The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board(ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function iscommonly referred to as commissioning. To do this, we work within a budget of around£ billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with localgovernment and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by howwell our local health and care system as a whole is working, including thehealth outcomes of our communities. The ICB has delegated some authority to the threehealth and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex toact on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas areaddressed. The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, includingthose it has delegated. Local residents have a big role to play in theoperation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of ourcommunities to help shape our decision-making.

Job description

Job responsibilities

TheSuffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking torecruit a Data Analyst (Band 5, Agenda for Change) who will work within the populationhealth management analytics team to deliver a portfolio of population healthintelligence.

PopulationHealth Management (PHM) aims to improve physical and mental health outcomes,promote wellbeing and reduce health inequalities across an entire population.It supports population health by helping us understand our current health andcare needs and predict what local people will need in the future. The aim is touse data to design and implement proactive models of care which will improvehealth and wellbeing today as well as in the future.

TheSNEE Integrated Care System (ICS) is now implementing its PHM Strategy and enhancingits analytical capabilities through the development of a SNEE ICS IntelligenceFunction. This is an analytical collaborative, with significant investment indata science and advanced analytics capabilities, ensuring SNEE ICS is wellserved by a sophisticated and high performing analytical function. SNEE ICS hasenhanced its infrastructure and intelligence capabilities by developing alinked, longitudinal dataset. This brings together care records across primarycare, secondary care, and adult social care to enable analysts to identifycohorts of the population with risk factors or long-term health needs. Inaddition, the SNEE ICB has established a cloud-based integrated data andanalytics environment with modern analytical tools to enable the exploitationof the linked data capabilities.

Thepost holder will play a supporting analytical role in developing and enablingPHM insights from data and analysis. Their analysis will include working withdata from across primary, secondary and care sectors, as well as data on widerdeterminants of health. They will work with senior analytical managers toprovide data management and data analysis to support segmentation modelling,risk stratification, analysis of full patient pathways, and identification andmonitoring of health inequalities. They will also play a supporting role inenabling stakeholders to access, interrogate and interpret insights from theICSs population health insights platform. They will work with stakeholdersacross health and care as part of a virtual network of analysts in the SNEEIntelligence Function. They will use linked data to tailor the provision ofcare to identify people who would benefit most from proactive intervention andto tailor services to best meet population need.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level in a subject with a substantial statistical component, or relevant work experience

Desirable

Postgraduate training in analytics and statistical analysis Able to demonstrate commitment to continued professional and personal development

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Ability to use descriptive statistics and visualisation software to summarise complex datasets Ability to effectively communicate findings to analytical and non-analytical audiences Ability to work to own initiative, balancing complex and competing demands by working flexibly and reprioritising effectively to meet the demands of the role

Desirable

Ability to use advanced statistics to generate insights, for example, linear modelling, or machine learning techniques Ability to use coding and version control ( Git) for reproducible analysis

Personal Attributes

Essential

Demonstrates a desire to improve performance and services Self-aware and able to maintain high levels of personal performance Able to establish and maintain positive relationships and mutual respect with people at all levels Evidence of holding public service values, including integrity, fairness, passion, openness, honesty, mutual respect and challenge

Desirable

Confident and resilient and responsive to change

Experience

Essential

Use of statistics software, including coding in at least one of SQL, R, or Python Experience in analysing, visualising, and interpreting complex data

Desirable

Experience of working in a data analyst, data science, or data engineering role Data retrieval using SQL Working with health and care data and IT systems

Other

Essential

Ability to occasionally travel within the East of England and to travel outside the region, as required, for the role

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of how data can be used to understand population health

Desirable

Knowledge of data security and confidentiality issues in relation to healthcare data