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Commission for Health Improvement - STATISTICIAN c. £30,000
About CHI
The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) was set up by the government to
improve the quality of patient care in the NHS across England and Wales.
CHI started operating on 1 April 2000 and has a programme underway which
aims to ensure that every NHS patient receives the same high level of
care. The patient's experience is at the heart of CHI's work.
CHI will assure, monitor and improve the quality of patient care by
undertaking clinical governance reviews. CHI will visit every NHS trust
and health authority, which includes primary care trusts/groups, local
health groups and general practices, in England and Wales on a rolling
programme every four years. CHI's findings will be based on evidence and
not opinion.
CHI also investigates serious service failures in the NHS when requested by
the Secretary of State for Health in England and the National Assembly for
Wales and will carefully consider other requests.
Over time, CHI will develop considerable knowledge, understanding and
expertise to help NHS staff and organisations improve their services.
For further information about CHI please visit our website at www.chi.nhs.uk
About the Statistician post
CHI's role in monitoring and improving clinical performance in the NHS
requires high quality statistical input to ensure that data analysis,
interpretation and presentation are of the highest standards. CHI is
therefore seeking to recruit an experienced statistician who will support
the statistical and analytical functions, particularly in the field of
performance indicators. The appointee will work as part of a team,
reporting to an Assistant Director in Research and Information. He/she
will be expected to advise on statistical methods, and assist in and
oversee statistical analyses of large data sets. He/she will also be
expected to provide advisory support to other analysts in the Research and
Information Directorate of CHI.
Principal duties and responsibilities
1. To advise on statistical methods underpinning CHI's analytical work.
2. To assist in statistical analyses and oversee the work of a team of
analysts/programmers.
3. To undertake quality assurance checks on data and analyses to ensure that
they meet agreed quality assurance criteria.
4. To assist in the interpretation of data and writing-up of reports based
on the analyses.
5. To provide statistical advice to others in the Research and Information
Directorate.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
* A degree in statistics or a related subject
* Skills in the organisation and management of large data sets
* Experience in analysing large data sets, particularly those most commonly
used for health care research (e.g. mortality, Hospital Episode Statistics)
* Statistical programming and analytical skills (e.g. SPSS, GLIM, STATA,
SQL)
* Familiarity with Visual Basic, Excel
* A keen interest in health care research
* Writing skills
* Team-working skills
* Experience of working in the NHS desirable
To request an application pack, which will include a full job description,
please contact our response-handling consultants, Kingsway on 020 7407 2955
(answerphone outside office hours) or email [log in to unmask] quoting
reference STAT02.
Closing date 12th April 2002.
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