Contract Monitoring Developer

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. We are currently recruiting for a new Contract Monitoring Developer within our Contract Monitoring team. The post holder will work with the Development Manager to manage the Contract Monitoring System to enable internal and external reporting at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospitals. We are seeking an experienced Contract Monitoring Developer with excellent technical and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellent knowledge of NHS Data and database management tools. They will also have strong analytical skills working with large and complex data sets.

Main duties of the job

• The post-holder is responsible for providing technical support to the Contract Monitoring team in assuring and reporting the Trust’s contractual position to external and internal audiences, with a monthly value of approx. £200m.
• The post-holder is responsible for delivering the technical development of the CMS by ensuring the current rules for assigning activity groupings and tariffs are accurate as well as the rules for determining the appropriate commissioner.
• The post-holder will provide advice and guidance to colleagues on NHS Clinical Information to enhance the understanding of Trust activity by both internal and external audiences.
• The post-holder will support delivery of the Trust’s contracting strategy by aligning Contract Monitoring with the Trust’s income plan and developing and maintaining master look-up files that determine how contracting information is presented and categorised.
• As part of the Contract Monitoring management team, the post-holder will be expected to contribute to the broader information management agenda of the Trust.

Person specification

• Graduate with high level of numeracy.
• Degree in informatics-related discipline, or equivalent experience within the area of information management.
• Knowledge of current NHS issues relating to acute hospital contracting information management including national tariffs, HRGs, SUS, contract monitoring.

Previous Experience

• Knowledge of NHS data including its structure, definitions and relationship to clinical activity recording.
• Experience of working with contract monitoring and experience of working with contract monitoring software suppliers.
• Broad experience of using information derived from large and complex data sets.
• Considerable post-graduation experience required in a post with a significant analytical component.
• Experience in collection, management, reporting and presentation of financial and activity data.
• Experience of managing staff, including staff development.

Skills/ Knowledge / Ability

• Mature and confident manner capable of negotiating and influencing clinical and managerial staff.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work as part of a team and operate effectively in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Demonstrable ability to interpret meaning of numeric reports and explain complex concepts to a lay audience.
• Excellent organisational skills with a demonstrable ability to balance competing demands and priorities.
• Good information presentation skills, evident in use of graphics and design of reports.
• Advanced Excel skills including macros.
• Self-motivated with genuine interest in subject-matter.
• Specific experience of Power BI and Qlikview.
• Demonstrable aptitude for SQL and techniques of database design, management and interrogation, including the use of Sequel Server Integration Service (SSIS) from Server Data Tools (SDT).
• Advanced knowledge of a range of report development software and techniques.
• A high standard of written skills, evident in report writing.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

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