Principal Data Engineer FTC

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London
1 month ago
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The Information and Digital Departments at Chelsea and Westminster are a cutting edge working environment, looking to further utilise modern technologies and methods.

The post-holder will be expected to work closely with all members of the digital team, data engineering team, and other key stakeholders, providing dynamic and creative support within the teams, as well as, for the wider organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with an evolving team, utilising cloud technology platforms and modern development tools.

The post-holder will serve as a senior member of the Digital, Information and data Warehousing departments, taking responsibility for designing, building, maintaining and optimising data infrastructures, creating pipelines which collate data from multiple sources and making it available for analysis by other stakeholders.

Responsibilities
  • To contribute towards continual improvements to the Trust's Azure based Data engineering environment.
  • Contribute towards aspects of Data engineering solution designs, SQL code, and the overall cloud architecture of the warehouse.
  • To develop specialist datasets and oversee the data management and availability of clean and relevant datasets for appropriate teams in a timely and accurate manner.
  • To ensure the continuation of the provision of high quality data to be used for reporting and analysis by the departments involved.
  • To support with evaluating key business intelligence reports, combining detailed operational awareness with knowledge of data and systems.
  • To lead, when required, on the technical design, maintenance and development of special datasets based on specifications agreed with the departments.
  • To engage with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to map and improve data flows and quality.
  • To lead on the communication of complex technical specifications and intelligence reports to Trust senior managers and executives.
  • To quality assure key reports/applications before they are published and highlight on exception performance issues to seniors.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates.

Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.


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