The NHS Information Authority is entering into a new and exciting phase of
its development and evolution as an organisation. We provide the information
and infrastructure solutions and services to underpin government
modernisation initiatives to improve patient care and the health of the
citizen.
ASSISTANT OR PRINCIPAL STATISTICIAN/INFORMATION ANALYST (Ref 854)
Salary: £16,106 - £19,678 (dependent on experience)
Base: Winchester
This post will contribute to the provision of health information and
statistical analysis for casemix development and services to the NHS. You
will undertake statistical analysis, interpretation of health data and work
closely with the clinical community to gain agreement to the development of
patient classifications and associated products. You will contribute to the
developent of groupings of patients and treatments for implementation in the
management processes of healthcare.
You will have responsibility for supporting or managing analytical and
statistical reports within specified projects and ad hoc requests. This
will involve routine and specialist statistical analysis and the use of
various data processing packages. You will contribute to meetings and
present information and also undertake project work. In order to meet with
stakeholders, you will need to travel which may involve some overnight
stays.
The post will be aprt of a ten-strong Analytical and Statistical Services
Team. As a teamworker who may supervise and mentor junior staff; this post
is open to applicants with varying levels of expertise but to apply for this
vacancy you will need to have experience of designing, managing and
manipulating data and also of providing statistical information to meet
customers' requirements. You will need confidence in applying statistical
and mathematical modelling techniques to data and in presenting and
explaining results and findings.
Experience of using relational databases and OLAP applications would be an
advantage as would experience of SAS, Oracle, MS Access and MS Office. You
may be a graduate or undergraduate stydying a numerate disclipine with and
element of statistics and you may have some knowledge of the NHS.
For details and on-line application form (CV's will not be accepted) please
visit our website at www.nhsia.nhs.uk <www.nhsia.nhs.uk> If you do not
have access to the internet telephone us on 01392 206693
Closing Date: Wednesday 27 November 2002
Interview Date: Tuesday 17 December 2002
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