Advanced Pharmacy Technician/Data Analyst

Job summary

This is an advanced pharmacy technician role within the Medicines Optimisation team of NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) and NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Boards. The role provide analytical input into population health workstreams or medicine value and prescribing quality.

The post holder will need to build and maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to:

• Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues, and senior management as appropriate
• System partners, including portfolio leads, Local Authorities and Provider and Place Collaboratives
• Non-NHS organisations
• Members of the public and service users as appropriate
• Matrix work across all other teams to address interdependencies and ensure alignment of mutual objectives
• External consultancy, as required

Main duties of the job

Support delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model.

Data management and extraction

Access, extract and prepare prescribing, outcomes and population health datasets.

Clean,validateand transform data to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Maintain data quality in line with ICS information governance standards.

Analytical insight and reporting

Analyse trends,variationand inequalities within medicines use and population health data.

Produce clear visualisations,dashboardsand written summaries for clinical and managerial audiences.

Support evaluation of medicines optimisation and population health interventions.

Continuous improvement and innovation

Help refine analytical methods,toolsand reporting processes.

Contribute to the development of population health dashboards and digital solutions.

Stay up to date with analytical techniques, population health intelligence tools and NHS data developments.

About us

Working for our Integrated Care Boards will require you contributing to a shared purpose of improving outcomes for the communities we serve aspart of a wider health and social care system. The organisation's ethos is rooted in integrity, collaboration and accountability, with a strong focuson putting its patient population at the centre of everything it does and delivering services to improve patient outcomes, patient experience andadded years of optimised health. As part of the newly formed cluster bringing together NHS Northamptonshire ICB and NHS Leicester,Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, staff are expected to work flexibly and collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support a joined-upapproach to strategic commissioning and service improvement. There is an expectation of 40% office attendance, with office bases at County Hall,Glenfield, Leicester and Haylock House, Kettering. Staff can choose which office is their primary base for contractual purposes and travel claims.

There is an expectation in this role that you will be able to attend either site, and occasionally attend in person at other healthcare sites across thecluster, including occasional weekends and evening.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role.

Person specification

Essential

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development

Knowledgge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects inc omplex and challenging environment

Communication Skills

Essential

• Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills
• Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks

Analytical

Essential

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues

Planning Skills and Autonomy

Essential

• Experience in project management and planning
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales

Physical Skills

Essential

• Skills for manipulating information. Intermediate keyboard skills