Divisional Head of & Information | and North West NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

We are looking to appoint a Head of Performance & Information who is highly motivated, experienced and business-focused to lead, develop and enhance a coherent strategy for the Information and Performance teams’ reporting.

• The post holder will work closely with the Division’s Associate Director of Finance, Performance and Contracts and the Trust’s Associate Director for Information and Business Intelligence to ensure that the performance reporting for the Division fulfils statutory, regulatory and management reporting requirements.
• Lead on the provision of data from the clinical system to support quality improvement, clinical audits, transformation initiatives, business case development or any other requirements for data within the Division.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to understand information requirements; advise, interpret and develop definitions and deliver solutions.
• Provide subject matter expertise across the Division on the use of statistical and data analysis tools, techniques and best practice.
• Develop the analyses and business insights into the services within the Division, establishing a robust analytical and insight function to inform efficiency and cost improvement initiatives.
• Work with the Assistant Director for Performance and Information to develop the Trust’s Business Intelligence and reporting solution, supporting and promoting the implementation of self‑service analytics and data‑driven decision making.
• Develop the Trust’s data strategy ensuring that all key activity and performance reporting is delivered to a high standard, resolve gaps in data collection, data quality and reporting, and lead continuous improvement across the Division.
• Represent the Division in supporting the development and implementation of intelligent analytics models around key Trust and Divisional areas such as demand & capacity planning and forecasting.
• Use expert skill and knowledge of healthcare data and systems to bridge the divide between operational management teams’ need for intelligence and the vast array of data that, when processed and analysed, becomes valuable, relevant information.
• Work with the Central Performance and Business Intelligence Team to develop holistic and integrated business intelligence and data reporting within the Division and across the Trust, defining and implementing new metrics to support operational delivery of services through enhanced insight and understanding of data; bridge the gap between the Divisional Performance and Quality Governance teams and develop ‘Early Warning Systems’ to identify trends and process variations as part of a continuous improvement monitoring system.

The successful candidate will embody our values of compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership, possess a wealth of experience and passion for operational delivery, be a visible and approachable leader and have excellent business acumen.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we hope to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

You will be joining a supportive team where we support and encourage your personal and professional career development.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our team.

To work with the Assistant Director for Performance and Information to develop the Trust’s data strategy ensuring that all key activity and performance reporting is delivered to a high standard and taking the lead to resolve any gaps in data collection, data quality and reporting, leading on the implementation and continuous improvement across the Division.

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