About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
The Directorate of Pharmacy provides medicines leadership across all sectors of NHS Lanarkshire. This includes medicines supply and logistics, pharmaceutical care, medicines governance and direct patient care in our communities, primary and secondary care. NHS Lanarkshire has three acute hospital sites serving a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities.
The purpose of this job plays a key role in the collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation of data to support the information needs of the Directorate of Pharmacy with a focus on the acute sector and pharmaceutical public health.
To support NHS Lanarkshire’s values of fairness, respect, quality and working together through the application of appropriate behaviours and attitudes.
As a member of the health intelligence team you will be expected to provide input into Directorate work in analysis and interpretation of data and its use to guide stakeholder’s decision making
You will provide highly developed skills for the compilation (collection, cleaning and managing data), analysis, presentation, and interpretation of a wide variety of complex data sets, using a range of packages.
You will also support senior managers to provide advice on issues of data standards and quality as necessary
You will provide expert input into the development of reporting metrics ensuring they reflect the information needs of key stakeholders and adhere to information governance policies
Your role will be to provide key information support and analysis as requested across the Directorate
You will present complex and sometimes sensitive information to a range of audiences both within the Directorate and wider stakeholders
Assisting in the production of all activity information such as Information Requests
Please note this is a fixed term post for 24 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
In this key role, you will:
Assist the Directorate leadership in the overall management and performance of information functions.
Lead in the design of developing user focused management reports. Production of accurate and timely regular and adhoc information.
Lead the information requirements of work undertaken in the field of medicines utilisation, health inequalities research, epidemiology and surveys.
Participate in providing a culture of learning within the Directorate, ensuring that staff are individually and collectively knowledgeable in relevant areas of NHS Lanarkshire’s business.
Assist the Director of Pharmacy and senior leadership team in the development and implementation of the eHealth Strategy for NHS Lanarkshire in respect of the better use of information to support core and non-core activities.
What You'll Bring:
Degree with a high numerical and statistical content
Skills gained through a mixture of internal and external formal training, e.g. graduate diploma qualification
5 years experience of Information Management in a Health Care environment with at least 2 years at a senior level
Specialist knowledge of the organisation’s information requirements
Highly developed IT and information analysis skills with an in-depth specialist knowledge and experience of application of NHS data definitions, information standards and policies is essential
Effective and confident communication skills are required to present, advise and instruct analyses, procedures and standards to a senior audience.
What we Offer
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
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Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
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Generous NHS pension scheme
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Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
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NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
For informal discussion, please contact Barry Melia, Lead Pharmacist - Public Health on [email protected]
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on [email protected]
