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Employer: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Town: London

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 14/03/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

Moorfields - A global leader in Ophthalmology

We are Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Founded in 1804, Moorfields Eye Hospital is a world-class centre of excellence for eye health services, ophthalmic research, and education.

This is an exciting time to join Moorfields. The pandemic fast-tracked a huge amount of innovation which is changing the way we work and deliver care. Construction is under way on Oriel, our new eye care, research, and education centre being built in Camden.

If you want to be part of delivering world-class eye health services and you share our values: excellence, equity, and kindness, then we would love to hear from you!

Job overview

We are at a pivotal stage of our digital journey and have an ambitious portfolio of digital technology initiatives ahead of us, all grounded around empowering patients and service users, improving the experience navigating the healthcare system and joining up systems and data across to better meet the needs of citizens.

The data engineering service provides a central platform to support the Trust’s data analytics, reporting and day-to-day operational service delivery and is responsible for the end-to-end data engineering lifecycle.

Main duties of the job

Asenior data engineerdesigns and leads the implementation of data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems.

  • Write complex ETL (extract, transform, load) scripts and code and optimise to ensure processes perform optimally
  • Recognise opportunities to reuse existing data flows
  • Lead the build of data flows / data streaming systems

You will support all parts of our organisation, and be focused on one or more areas:

  • Clinic and ward builds
  • Active referrals and referral to treatment (RTT) pathways

You will put people at the heart of everything you do – with a relentless focus on user experience and ensuring all our user needs are met across sites at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Working for our organisation

At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:

  • Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
  • Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
  • Free 24/7 independent counselling service
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Easy and quick transport links
  • A range of attractive benefits and discounts
  • Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
  • Free Pilates classes
  • Full support and training to develop your skills
  • Flexible working friendly organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership

  • Mentor and coach other members of the Data Engineering team.
  • Champion quality across the Digital, Data and Technology teams.

Communicating between the technical and non-technical

  • Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team.

Data analysis and synthesis

  • Undertake data profiling and source system analysis.
  • Present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data.

Data operations

  • Ensure the data operational environment is maintained.
  • Develop and maintain accurate data knowledge documentation.

Governance

  • Ensure our data engineering and operational practices consider secure by design principles.

Person specificationEducation and qualifications

  • Degree, or equivalent relevant level of experience with additional specialist knowledge.

Experience

  • Experience in the role of a data engineer / data warehouse engineer.
  • Experience designing, developing and operating multiple data / data warehouse technologies.

Skills and knowledge

  • Systematic and methodical approach to problem solving.
  • Good communication skills.

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory DBS disclosure and two references.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture.

Moorfields is a flexible working friendly organisation, and we are committed to helping our employees achieve a work-life balance.

If we receive sufficient applications, we will close this ad prior to the closing date.

If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team at.

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