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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
About
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS organisations in the region, employing over 12,000 staff and serving a population of almost 800,000 residents. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes.
We are an ambitious trust with a simple vision, to provide the communities we serve with excellent healthcare and build a better future for the people of East Suffolk and North Essex. To help us do this, we will work closely with our local partners to deliver more of the joined-up services and care our residents need.
For our staff and our patients we have the same philosophy: time matters. We concentrate on removing or improving the things we do that don't work for our patients. For our staff, this means more time to care for patients and greater opportunities to develop skills and experience. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
To be the best, we need to attract and keep the best staff. Our size puts us in a strong position to grow, providing more of the latest services. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training. Support from technology and logistics help us see patients at the right time.
If you are passionate about patient care, want to develop your skills and knowledge and if your ambition matches ours, its time to work together.
Strategic Planning Analyst
Accepting applications until: 22-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 22-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Colchester/Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Colchester/Ipswich
- Postcode
- CO4 5JL
- Major / Minor Region
- Essex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
Salary
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Main area
- Analytics
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical individual to join our team as a Strategy Analyst at ESNEFT. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of strategic initiatives aimed at improving healthcare services. You will work closely with senior management to analyse data, identify trends, and provide insights that will inform decision-making processes. Your ability to take initiative, think critically, and communicate effectively will be essential in driving our organisation’s strategic goals.
As a Strategy Analyst, you will conduct comprehensive research and analysis on various aspects of healthcare delivery, including patient outcomes, operational efficiency, and financial performance. You will prepare detailed reports and presentations that highlight key findings and recommendations. Additionally, you will collaborate with different departments to ensure that strategic plans are aligned with the overall objectives of ESNEFT.
In this role, you will provide analytical expertise to support strategic planning and investment decisions and will play a key role in increasing the Trust’s analytical capacity and capabilities to drive forward analytical collaborations with external stakeholders. As part of your day-to-day work, you will also engage with the transformation team and support them with high-quality analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and to help them drive change across the organisation.
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- The Strategic Planning Analyst is hosted within the Business Informatics Team and the post holder will work closely with the Strategy, Research and Innovation Team.
- The Strategic Planning Analyst will collaborate with the Transformation team to drive process efficiencies, cost reduction and standardisation through optimising organisational value and resource scheduling through robust data analysis.
- The Strategic Planning Analyst will promote continuous improvement and value stream analysis techniques and philosophy to deliver both incremental and radical change. Working with Transformation and the Strategy, Research and Innovation teams, they will ensure change is clearly communicated, planned and implemented in a safe, smooth and clinically supported manner
- They will work closely with the Senior Finance colleagues to provide data inputs and parameters to long-term financial models and comprehensive investment analysis to support Trust investment strategy and planning.
- You will support the Director of Strategy, Research and Innovation and the Head of Analytics to develop our analytical capability, both within the Trust and across the ICS.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of working in a senior management/leadership role related to the provision of analysis for healthcare services or healthcare policy
- Experience in working alongside a PMO to articulate the case for investment and change
- Leading changes in practice in a complex environment to improve performance/services
- Business Case development and associated analytical methodologies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing and motivating a large team or teams
- Responsible for a significant budget and budget setting
- Identifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience in a numerical subject, such as Maths, Accountancy, Physics, Economics, Operational Research, Statistics or Social Research
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Further relevant training
Desirable criteria
- Management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Project Management Qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Use of analytical techniques, including supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms, such as regression modelling, decision trees and classification, and/or systems dynamics and simulation modelling.
- Benchmarking, modelling and forecasting skills
- Awareness of evaluation frameworks
- Advanced user of MS Office suite, in particular Excel & SQL Server
- In depth understanding of the current NHS agenda and healthcare policy
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of using R or Python to develop web apps and dynamic documents (e.g. R Shiny and Markdown)
- Knowledge of health economics
- Knowledge of data warehouse environments and ability to liaise with suppliers.
- Working knowledge of NHS Data Standards and Information Systems
- Risk management and governance
- Understanding of NHS data flows and information issues, including Data Standards, the Secondary Uses Service and commissioning information
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Hugo Herrera
- Job title
- Head of Analytics
- Email address
- [email protected]
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