Information Officer Full Time

At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.

Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:

People-focused: We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.

Respect: We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.

Integrity: We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.

Dedication: We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.

Excellence: We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.

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**Fixed term contract / secondment opportunity for 18 months.**

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUHFT) Information Department is responsible for the delivery of Business Intelligence across the Trust to support its clinical and administrative obligations.

The Department is comprised of a team of 21 Analysts, Officers and Developers and aims to provide the highest degree of services and support to Trust staff and the Trust’s partners and commissioners. These services are undertaken through the provision of information, research and analysis to customers throughout the trust. This service helps ensure that the best patient care is always available and that staff productivity is maintained.

As an Information Officer you will use a number of tools to extract and automate data sets from a number of different sources. You will interpret this information and produce reports that convey their meaning easily to the recipient. By adding value to the raw data you will be helping to empower the workforce by putting the right information in front of the right people, at the right time.

This role presents an opportunity for a number of individuals with the appropriate skills and experience to join our team and support the Trust. You will be helping to ensure that the best patient care is always available within Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Full time: 37.5 hours per week.

**If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.**

For further details / informal visits contact:

Jessica Palmer

Senior Information Analyst

01603 286554

jessica.palmer@nnuh.nhs.uk

The Job Description (which includes a Person Specification) provides a full outline of responsibilities and requirements for this role. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.

DBS: If this post involves working with children or vulnerable adults the application form will ask for information regarding previous convictions as you will be required to undertake a Criminal Record and Barring Check known as a DBS check.

If you are a new employee or registering with the Staff Bank you will need to meet the cost of this unless your salary is less than point 9 of AfC.

NHS Service: Should you be appointed to the post we will need to establish any previous NHS service via the ESR IAT and we will accept the submission of your application as your agreement to this.

Tier 2 Sponsorship – (not apprenticeships): We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available.

UK Registration: You will need to have current UK professional registration where this is a requirement of the role.

Application: Following candidate feedback and to reduce our dependency on paper, all our communication with you regarding your application will be by email so could you please check your e-mails (and Spam) regularly.

We value equality in our team and recruit from all sections of the community. We recognise there is a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and if you meet the minimum criteria detailed in the person specification and have a disability, you may wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme by indicating this in the relevant section on your application.

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