Research Data Engineer (FTC 12 moths) | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,698 - £65,095 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW10 0XD |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6202004/289-CR-1542 |
Summary
We are seeking a band 8A Research Data Engineer to oversee the data management and availability of clean and relevant datasets for projects in a timely and accurate manner. The role requires strong analytical, people, communication and project management skills. It offers intellectual challenge, autonomy, and an opportunity to work at one of London's best performing foundation trusts at a challenging and exciting time for NHS organisations.
Key responsibilities• To oversee the data management and availability of clean and relevant datasets for appropriate teams in a timely and accurate manner.
• To ensure the continuation of the provision of high quality data to be used for reporting and analysis primarily by the two departments involved.
• To support and develop specialist datasets, including supporting the curation of a commercially viable, deep, longitudinal research datasets such as oncology and metabolic diseases.
• To be support with evaluating key business intelligence reports, combining detailed operational awareness with knowledge of data and systems.
• To lead, when required, on the technical design, maintenance and development of special datasets based on specifications agreed with the departments.
• To engage with senior clinicians and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to map and improve data flows and quality.
• To lead on the communication of complex technical specifications and intelligence reports to Trust senior managers and executives.
• To quality assure reports/analysis/datasets before they are published and highlight on exception performance issues to seniors. Including adhering to appropriate research approval and information governance processes.
• To work as an effective and integral part of the Information/Data Warehouse team to ensure reporting is consistent and accurate and is delivered within the agreed timescales.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Roles and responsibilitiesInformation Systems• To be responsible, when required, for support with Qlik applications as part of the agreed work programme, with the support of analysts of the team and the Information Business Partner for Research
• To bring together through various reporting methodologies, the individual strands of External and Internal reporting for the two departments through making appropriate datasets available.
• To be responsible for dataset creation for complex clinical outcome benchmark models commissioned by the departments.
• To follow the Information Team strategy of using Azure SQL/DataBricks/Palantir Foundry to return datasets from the Trust’s Data Warehouse and support in the use of Qlik applications/Foundry to disseminate the results to the Trust
• To support where appropriate to developing integration of EHR and Research EDC (eCRF) systems to reduce duplicate data entry and increase efficiency and data quality.
Communication and Relationships• To receive, analyse and communicate a wide range of highly complex technical information to colleagues, including junior analysts and peers, where cooperation and comprehension is fundamentally necessary.
• To liaise with clinical and management leads to ensure there is regular provision of relevant information to support key work streams such as:
• Research strategy meetings
• Service Line Reporting (SLR)
• Research Partner deliverables
• Programme deliverables
• To communicate to Strategy leads, Financial and Operational managers, regarding the use and interpretation of the production process and content of Information Management data and reports using laymen terms; agreeing assumptions and showing how these can offer advantages in delivering against Trust’s strategic objectives.
• To promote the corporate Patient Administration System (Cerner) as the principal source for data entry and analysis, working to improve data quality in conjunction with the related teams for data quality.
• To work with Head of Information to understand how to make best use of the analyst resource, coordinating pan organisation information processes and taking lead for delivery of strategic analysis and monitoring of compliance against Trust Performance Assurance Framework.
• To work in partnership with Lead Strategist, Business Analysts, Head of Financial Planning, Performance Managers and General Managers to ensure that clinical and research activity is being processed robustly so that Trust income is secured.
• To liaise with relevant staff within the Trust such as the Clinical Coding Team, Divisional Operational and Information/Data Warehouse teams to ensure that clinical and research data is reliably reportable in an accurate, complete, consistent and timely manner.
• Work closely with, senior members of the Information and Data Engineering teams
• Collaborate and work with sector-wide operational system leads
• To develop and analyse datasets on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Research to drive an increase of research participation from under-served communities.
Knowledge, Training and Experience• To use a highly developed specialist knowledge of NHS Data and Acute Informatics effectively within the Trust to stimulate an advancement of a research and business intelligence culture.
• To have a highly developed knowledge of systems used within the Information Team (e.g. Qlik, SQL) and be adaptable and able to learn about Research focussed information systems, and to be able to extract data from them, transform, cleanse and analyse it.
• To provide guidance on national clinical benchmarking sources and data items catalogued in the NHS data dictionary.
• To be responsible for ensuring reporting tools and strategies continue to be relevant to performance for the Research department, evaluating and supporting contemporary information needs and supporting communication plans.
• To apply knowledge from previous modernisation projects to identify risks and benefits to system changes.
Planning and Organisational Skills• To plan and organise strategic Information Management projects, working with relational databases, creating datasets and using/supporting use of Qlik and Foundry as the Trust’s main business intelligence tool.
• To reflect the wide range and complexity of healthcare and research provision, in community and acute care settings. This may include working collaboratively with different organisations. The ability to understand complex requirements, data models and data flows will be essential, as will the ability to translate concepts into understandable and useable information for strategic, operational and clinical management.
• To respond to and prioritise ad-hoc requests for information from the Research partners we work with, ensuring that information supplied is relevant, insightful, complete and in an accurate, complete and timely fashion.
• To support the Head of Information in ensuring that procedures carried out are correctly documented and maintained in a transparent manner for all routine datasets, reports and investigating and performing a Root Cause Analysis into data processing issues that arise.
Management Responsibilities• Support the delivery of strategic research projects within the sector which need to provide in-depth intelligence to inform decision making, business planning, and aid the monitoring of patient outcomes.
• Foster a culture of customer service by working closely with the decision-support function, responding effectively to the needs of the organisation and pro-actively seeking to add value to the organisation through information analyses, dataset creation, tools and methods.
• Foster close working relations with departments such as ICT, Digital, Research and others in developing and maintaining quality information and information and data reporting systems.
• Review and contribute to the development of Information Management and Data Quality policies and procedures to meet the needs of the Trust.
• Support, mentor and line manage information analyst
Other Responsibilities• To support the development and appropriate usage of Trust wide clinical information systems, including integration and full reconciliation with corporate systems.
• To attend regular divisional operational/business meetings and regional/national NHS Information Management meetings as and when required, as per instruction of the Head of Information. The post holder will be required to chair meetings when required by Head of Information.
• Maintains and protects patient confidentiality at all times and in accordance with the Data Protection Act and relevant information governance policies.
• Provides training and guidance to Strategy, Divisional Operational and Performance teams with regards to systems, standards and reporting.
• To carry out any other duties as requested by the General Manager or Head of Information.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024