The Performance & Business Intelligence Department supports the Clinical Divisions within the Trust as well as supporting the SLA function by preparing monitoring reports and planning data. The department also plays a major role in identifying areas where the Trust needs to review practices by identifying areas where the Trust is performing below benchmark performance.
It is at the forefront of service development, understanding future needs and identifying in advance areas of potential growth – looking at demand and capacity analysis and taking into account the wider NHS agenda.
Looking at how implementing new systems are going to impact on Information reporting and assuring that systems meet NHS data standards as well as the Trust’s Information requirements.
Primary duties:
- Develop and build innovative systems and reports to support changing and emerging business requirements for information provision and reporting.
- Lead the development and implementation of improvements in automation of existing processes, validation and reports.
- Production of routine internal and external reports in an accurate, timely and complete way.
- Lead on the ongoing development and use of the BI hub.
- Lead in the development of business intelligence tools. Lead, train and assist the wider information team to develop technical solutions for reporting requirements, including automation of reports and processes, and the use of data visualisation tools such as PowerBI and SSRS.
- Ensure access to BI developed reports is consistent with the needs and role of the user, in particular reports that contain PID. Ensure that appropriate security controls are in place and align to corporate policies and procedures in regard to Information Governance.
- Work closely with end users to define intelligence requirements and provide quality assurance by routinely reviewing outputs, the purpose and design to ensure it is appropriate and insightful.
- Implementation of a clear development path to deliver dashboards and other relevant data visualisations to specific deadlines.
- Be the source of expertise for all corporate information.
- Provide knowledge and expertise on the optimal use of BI visualisation
Please refer to the Applicant Guide via the link below for key information: - Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream
- To lead on the design and review of the departmental branding strategy, ensuring adoption and compliance with the wider trust branding strategy and guidelines. Maintain accurate branding templates and documentation and ensure BI & Performance analysts utilise branding throughout report development.
- To design and develop systems that improve the interface with users, which reduce data processing time and improve the usability of these systems.
- To develop and support finding efficiencies and better ways of achieving the Trust’s corporate objectives.
- Responsibility for designing Trust-wide policies (in respect of activity recording, specialty allocation, management and control etc.)
- To support the department heads in developing a cohesive strategy that help meet the ongoing requirements for more information.
- To co-develop the policies of the Trust’s Business Intelligence function, designing and operating a comprehensive and formalised framework of policies, guidance, and controls and ensuring it adapts quickly to properly support the Trust’s delivery of its services in the fluid and changing external environment.
- To lead on processes to automate regular processing and report distribution.
- To develop regular and ad hoc management information reports that support management decision-making, performance, planning and evaluation.
- To produce regular and ad hoc reports for use by internal and external stakeholders, within the remit of the role, which are accurate and produced to schedule.
- Present highly complex management information reporting solutions in a clear and understandable format to groups or meetings, including making formal presentations to large groups and/or workshops, considering the background of the audience.
