Job summary The Performance & Insight Team at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is excited to welcome a skilled Information Business Partner to join our team, supporting both corporate and clinical groups.
We are open to candidates who meet the role's technical and experience requirements as well as those who may have less direct experience but show strong potential and enthusiasm for growth.
NHS analysts eager to advance their careers are encouraged to apply, with potential employment and pay progression opportunities available under Annex 21 of Agenda for Change.
In this role within our Information Team, the successful candidate will ideally bring a solid foundation in the "business-as-usual" functions typical of an acute provider information team.
We're seeking individuals who excel at building strong, collaborative relationships within their business areas, providing essential data and insights that drive operational planning, service delivery, and continuous improvement.
Additionally, the role involves ensuring compliance with all mandatory information and data flow requirements.
We are looking for someone with exceptional analytical abilities, robust leadership qualities, and confidence in both verbal and written communication.
The Performance & Insight team is dedicated to fostering personal development, with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and expanding skills across the department to support professional growth and success.
Main duties of the job .
Expert Statutory Reporting Compliance: Manage statutory reporting for acute healthcare standards, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of reports.
Data Analysis & Presentation: Analyse complex data and transform it into actionable insights, tailoring presentations to diverse audiences and utilising various formats to optimize understanding and impact.
Team Knowledge Transfer & Development: Share expertise effectively within the team, fostering skill development and creating a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
High-Level Communication Skills: Exhibit exceptional verbal and written communication, building productive relationships across all organisational levels.
SQL Proficiency: Use advanced SQL skills to efficiently manage, manipulate, and extract data, supporting evidence-based decision-making.
Advanced Reporting with Power BI/SSRS: Leverage Power BI and SSRS to create, manage, and present insightful reports that drive strategic action.
Executive & Governance Reporting: Prepare and present professional, precise reports for board and executive meetings, aligned with organisational goals and priorities.
These duties will empower the role-holder to make a significant impact on data-driven decision-making and team development across the organization.
About us Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff.
Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.
As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH .
If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding.
The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.We have three strategic objectives: Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staffOur Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we doOur Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives Job description Job responsibilities For further information relating to this position, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification Experience Essential Experience at a senior level in an NHS information role.
Proven experience of managing a team Highly developed specialist knowledge and expertise within NHS Information.
Evidence of ability to apply expert knowledge of acute hospital data collection to support development projects.
Ability to assimilate and interpret highly complex and ambiguous information across a wide range of data Involvement with data quality audits and processes Experience in producing information reports for executive level audiences Advanced experience of a wide range of report writing and analysis tools including MS Access, MS Excel, Business Objects and SQL (database query tool) Competence with other PC software packages including , SQL, Office 365 and data visualisation tools.
Proven ability and confidence to work with numbers, formulas, percentages, variances, trends and graphs Proven experience of validating figures on complex reports Desirable Experience of work within the NHS or local government Qualifications Essential Recognised management qualification Numerate graduate Educated to Postgraduate lev Desirable PRINCE 2