Specialist Analyst Acute Care in Birmingham

The post holder will deliver accurate, timely reporting and basic insights that support operational decision‑making. In carrying out your role, at least one of the agreed strategic anchors should be at the core of everything you do:

• Commissioning for Value and Outcomes
• Accelerating Neighbourhood Health at Pace
• Making the Best Use of Digital Solutions in our Pathways
• Integrated Partnership

Main duties of the job:

• Support the operational delivery of day‑to‑day reporting across the system, focusing on financial reporting, contracting monitoring and performance analysis. This includes:
• Analyse utilisation of health and care resources at locality and neighbourhood level
• Benchmark published productivity data and ICB/provider expenditure
• Provide solid activity and costing data
• In‑year monitoring of financial performance, including ERF and other activity monitoring
• Provide provider and place‑based performance analytics against national standards, constitutional targets, and locally commissioned objectives
• Build and maintain routine reports/dashboards (Power BI/Excel) for performance standards (RTT, A&E/UEC, diagnostics, cancer, mental health, primary care) to meet the ICB delivery plans and NHSE/I assurance programmes.
• Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
• Maintain metadata and data dictionaries; version control code/queries and manage a report/data library within the information environment.
• Responsible for Acute Care Analytics.
• Monitor data quality and completeness; raise anomalies early via agreed QA checklists, clean, join, validate and document data (e.g. SUS+, ECDS, RTT PTL, DM01, MHDS, eRS, GP appointment data).
• Work with Information teams to develop business rules for automated data cleansing to ensure datasets are available with optimum data quality and that colleagues have access to robust information.
• Implement proactive data quality monitoring with automated notification processes to provide timely alerts to data quality issues.
• Promote analysis and evidence, ensuring the team's work is accessible and perceived as valuable.
• Encourage system colleagues to draw on data, analysis and evidence in setting out and implementing their delivery plans.
• Provide technical skills training to other staff.
• Support the efficient use of team capacity by compiling with the management systems.
• Ensure compliance with all confidentiality and governance requirements within the department.

About us:

Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care System bring together the NHS, councils and voluntary sector to serve 2.7 million people. Our vision is to be the healthiest place to live and work, improving life chances and reducing inequalities. You will model system values, champion inclusion and actively address health inequalities, helping create an environment where everyone can thrive. In return, the Cluster offers a supportive, ambitious and inclusive environment with opportunities to develop and work across partners to deliver meaningful change. The ICB is committed to having a workforce which is representative of the population of Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull Cluster. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as representative as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We would actively welcome applications from women and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require to participate in the recruitment process.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification, or significant experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area.
• Post‑graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas.

Experience:

• Demonstrate an understanding of datasets and data sources including the quality and reliability of the data.
• Operational knowledge of NHS performance indicators and national targets.
• Experience of triangulating data from different sources and demonstrate an appreciation of the differences that might occur in large datasets.
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at a senior level and to a range of audiences.
• Experience of managing risks and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience of co‑ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
• Understanding of the public sector.

Skills and Abilities:

• Good working knowledge with relevant analysis software including Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SQL Server.
• Experience in generating reports in a visualisation tool.
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
• Demonstrated capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Putting the long‑term health, social care and well‑being needs of the population first (system first).
• Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do.
• Holding yourself and others to account for delivering better outcomes.
• Being inclusive, supportive and empowering at all times.
• Engaging and enabling those working towards the aims we have as a collective.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long‑term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.

Personal Qualities:

• You conduct yourself in a caring and considerate manner at all times.
• You are respectful to others and listen to others.
• You operate with openness and honesty and ensure you are approachable in conducting your role.
• Professionalism and understanding difference is key.
• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership).

Autonomy:

Demonstrated capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.