Job summary We're at the beginning of journey to excellence for our public health intelligence function with our ambition to improve population health.
To deliver outstanding results we need outstanding people and are seeking inspired and talented individual with drive to reduce inequalities and who has an excellent ability to translate data into intelligence, insight and action.
We need someone that's passionate and can drive our insights into the social, economic and environmental determinants of health to inform our approach to tackling inequalities in health and create a stronger, fairer, safer Gwent.Collaboration is at the heart of how we work with organisations across the area and our communities and so being a team player and outstanding communicator is essential.
This role will require experience in using appropriate complex quantitative analytical approaches in a public health-related field for, data collection, analysis, and interpretation; and an ability to apply transferable skills in applied health and public health analytics, epidemiology, and/or statistics.
It will be essential to have experience using Excel, R, python, SQL Queries, Power BI and other reporting tools.
As a Marmot region, reducing health inequalities and tackling wider determinants of health is at the core of what we do.
Having the ability and experience of working with wider determinants datasets, from multiple, varied different sources, to identify the stories that tell the story will be key.
Main duties of the job Providing public health resource and analytical evidence to enable deeper understanding of the Gwent population to inform gaps in delivery and apprise appropriate interventions.
Informing population health management and service improvement to enhance the health and wellbeing of the population of Gwent.Supporting the development of population health indicators that will reduce inequalities using the linked data sets, from multiple different sources, and providing statistical insight about health, care and wellbeing across Gwent, including robust analytics surrounding primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
Supporting the development of the cloud-based warehouse to support our ambition for linked data.
Having the ability to work in both a Patient Identifiable and Anonymised world.A large part of the role with be a translation role, developing actionable insights across public and population health, building a population health management platform and ensuring we develop predictive modelling to support population health management now and for future generations.
The postholder should demonstrate commitment to equality, diversity, equity, health and well-being.The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring.
The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued.
Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career.
The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes.
We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed.
This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020.
Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description Job responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification Qualifications and Knowledge Essential The post holder will be qualified to a Master's Degree level or equivalent, specifically in a technical discipline such as data analytics, data science, mathematics, computer science, or similar.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the current health system within Gwent, the aims and aspirations of the Health Board and current national health policy Knowledge of the role of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Knowledge of the Public Health agenda Knowledge of Population health Management Understanding of data bias and impact Desirable Equality and Diversity - knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and how personally can make a positive difference to this agenda Impact of data gaps on health inequalities and equity Experience Essential Experience of public health / population health management analysis Experience of data analysis and using information to evaluate and drive improvement Use of Power BI and other analytical tools Desirable Experience in project management, including needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation Sufficent experience of working in public health and / or health services planning within the public sector Experience of collaborative working across commissioning and provider organisations Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services Skills and Attributes Essential Able to learn rapidly about public health landscape in Gwent Able to communicate information effectively verbally and in writing - report writing, briefing papers, making presentations, board papers, business plans using actionable insights Able to be self-motivated, use initiative and work to tight and often changing deadlines Able to offer a facilitative approach and demonstrate networking skills Able to work effectively as part of a team Able to think creatively, introduce innovative ideas, and be proactive.
Able to work autonomously and without supervision, using own initiative, but with access to advice when necessary Must be able to demonstrate energy, enthusiasm and confidence Commitment to continuing professional development Ability to maintain confidentiality and trust