Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS. Job overview A vacancy for a Principal Business Intelligence Analyst in the Cogito team has arisen, due to promotion of the previous postholder. Our Principal BI Analysts are experts in reporting NHS operational and clinical data from Epic, particularly within the front-end tools, Reporting Workbench, Radar, and SlicerDicer, as well as by querying our Caboodle data warehouse using SQL. We work closely with the ITCS teams which support Epic applications; informatics departments in partner organisations; data warehouse teams; and end-users across every staff group. Please note this role requires hybrid working and will necessitate travel between Guy's and St. Thomas', King's College Hospital and Royal Brompton and Harefield sites. Main duties of the job The successful candidate will facilitate the realisation of the benefit of Epic reporting for patients, staff and the public. Principal BI analysts are expected to work autonomously, prioritise their workload and balance competing demands and deadlines. The work of the team includes analysis of business requirements; development of new Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer and Radar content in concert with application teams and SMEs; maintaining and supporting existing content; delivery of Epic upgrades; producing training materials and documentation; and facilitating other information teams' use of Epic reporting tools. The post holder will be expected, within the context of the broader programme of work, to manage BI development projects to completion, overseeing the work required to achieve project goals and being involved in the design and implementation of processes to support the transition of those BI reports and tools into operation – e.g. support processes, documentation and user training. Obtaining and maintaining Epic accreditation in the Cogito module is essential. If you do not have a Cogito accreditation, you will be expected to obtain one within the first few months in this role. Working for our organisation Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) are two of London's largest and busiest teaching hospitals, with a long and proud history, international reputations for their speciality services, teaching and research excellence, and a strong profile of local services to local residents in South East London. Together the Trusts have an annual turnover of nearly £3bn and employ around 49,000 staff, with main GSTT sites at St Thomas' Hospital and Guy's Hospital, and main KCH sites at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Bromley and Orpington Hospital. The Trusts are key partners within King's Health Partners AHSC(KHP), and Guy's and St Thomas' merged with the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS FT (RBH) in the Spring of 2021. The two Trusts share a Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) and a vision for digital services that are lean and agile, that maximise the benefits of a shared service operating model, and deliver the digital ambition for both Trusts. This ambition is supported by a forward-looking and strategic approach, and significant investment in a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) which will catalyse a programme of work across both Trusts to transform the way technology and data is used across our services. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will: provide their expertise in the analysis of requirements, design of BI solutions, and development of new datasets, reports and data visualisation tools in the Epic information and technology environment. analyse and design solutions for problems or issues with reports and dashboards within the Epic data environments and provide support and expertise for informatics solutions related to the new Epic electronic Health Record (EHR). be required to be qualified in the relevant Epic Cogito area and may need to undertake training (in the UK and/or overseas) to achieve the relevant competency and c ertification within five months of starting in the role. utilise their highly developed specialist knowledge of health informatics and NHS data models, derived from knowledge of theory, training, and/or extensive experience, to suggest solutions to problems or business requirements and work these through from design to implementation as part of Epic EHR deployment. engage in a team based development process designed around agile methodologies to allow the service to respond quickly to customer needs for information and information products. The post holder will collaborate in a formal system of change management to enable safe transition of information products and systems from design to operation. Person specification Qualifications/Education Essential criteria Educated to masters level in related informatics discipline or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level within a Health Informatics role Epic Certification Desirable criteria Prince Foundation or Practitioner or other recognised project management qualification Recognised industry qualification in business analysis Experience Essential criteria Substantial experience in an Informatics or Analytics role Experience of working in an acute hospital, community provider, Clinical Commissioning Group or other healthcare related organisation Broad experience of using information derived from large and complex data sets Experience of data requirements gathering and report specification documentation Experience of communicating complex issues and data concepts to a wide range of stakeholders, including NHS managers, clinicians and partner organisations Experience of researching best practice, interpreting relevance, and identifying practice which could be implemented to achieve improvements Desirable criteria Experience working with NHS acute or community datasets Experience of authoring high quality technical and user documentation Experience of managing staff and supporting staff development Skills/Knowledge/Ability Essential criteria Advanced knowledge of a range of report development software and techniques Ability to plan ahead and anticipate potential problem areas, devising and implementing appropriate solutions Aptitude for techniques of database design, management and interrogation including the use of SQL Ability to confidently manage and facilitate meetings and workshops Excellent interpersonal skills and team working/building skills Ability to present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups Desirable criteria Detailed knowledge and understanding of NHS administrative processes and systems Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Flexible working We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process. Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now." Further details / informal visits contact Name James Gill Job title Application and Configuration Workstream Manager Email address [email protected] Telephone number 02071887188