Job description

Job responsibilities

Please also refer to attached Job Description.

The post holder will deliver high-quality analytical and technical support to the Data Science function within the Cluster.

They will develop, implement, and validate statistical models, machine learning algorithms, and automated analytical processes to generate insight that inform operational planning, population health management, and service improvement initiatives.

The role involves working closely with senior data scientists, data engineers, business intelligence teams, clinicians, and operational managers to translate business requirements into analytical solutions.

They will ensure analytical outputs are accurate, reproducible, and compliant with NHS information governance, data security, and methodological standards.

The post holder will support continuous improvement by applying best-practice analytical methods, contributing to team knowledge sharing, and assisting in embedding data-driven approaches within operational and improvement activities.

Person Specification

Skills, abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate.
• Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
• Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a few courses of action.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Used to working in a busy environment.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Professional calm and efficient manner.
• Effective organiser.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.

Qualifications

Essential

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
• Workforce development knowledge and experience.
• A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.

Experience

Essential

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
• Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales Previous experience in project management and planning.
• Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
• Previous experience in similar role in public sector.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

NHS Dorset - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please also refer to attached Job Description.

The Digital & Cyber Assurance Partner is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining governance, assurance, and risk management frameworks that ensure digital, cyber, and data environments across the ICB and wider ICS are safe, secure, compliant, and resilient. The post holder will act as a subject matter expert in both digital governance and cyber assurance, embedding a privacyfirst and securitybydesign culture. The role supports safe digital transformation, ensuring compliance with cyber security standards, data protection requirements, clinical safety principles, and national NHS policies. The role works closely with DDaT teams, IT Infrastructure & Cyber Operations, Information Governance (IG), Clinical Safety Officers, programme teams, suppliers, ICS partners, and national bodies to ensure digital services are delivered safely, securely, and in alignment with regulatory and organisational standards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please also refer to the attached Person Specification.
• Degree-level education or equivalent experience in cyber security, information security, IT, or related field.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Understanding of the public sector.
• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
• Working towards or willingness to obtain security/privacy certifications (e.g., CISM, CISSP, CIPP).

Skills, abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
• Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.

Experience

Essential

• Please also refer to attached Person Specification.
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Please also refer to attached Person Specification.
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Experience of managing a team without direct line management.
• Experience of managing risks and reporting.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

NHS Dorset - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For detailed information on this Ambulance Commissioning Manager role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent
• Qualified paramedic or equivalent experience of ambulance services
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
• Understanding of the public sector
• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Experience of managing a team without direct line management
• Experience of managing risks and reporting
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level
• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of
• stakeholders as required
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
• Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working
• to tight and often changing timescales

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for the requirements of the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Proven and significant leadership experience
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus
• further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Significant evidence of continued professional development
• Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry
• Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically
• sensitive and complex environment
• Proven record in transferring processes and roles between locations.
• Commissioning expertise in healthcare environment
• Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies
• Member of a relevant professional body
• Education sector knowledge
• Experience and/or understanding of the Health Economy
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on
• engagement
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between different health and social care bodies including individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Commercial expertise
• Awareness of relevant public and private sector business management best practice
• Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
• Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment and experience in handling media
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of
• stakeholders as required
• Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of
• stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments
• Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate initiatives
• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Ability to provide informative reporting on finances and impact to Board management
• Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects
• High level critical thinking skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
• Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working
• to tight and often changing timescales
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues
• Experience in leading a major change initiative with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
• Experience of creating a new team and motivating and inspiring colleagues to work together to achieve a common objective
• Ability to delegate effectively
• Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Determination, perseverance, and resilience
• Flexibility, and the ability to handle a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please also refer to attached Job Description

The Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain software applications, automation solutions, and analytics tools that support the Clusters data, intelligence, and operational priorities.

The post holder will work closely with analysts, data scientists, business intelligence teams, and operational stakeholders to translate business and analytical requirements into robust, reliable, and secure software solutions. This includes contributing to the design and delivery of systems that enable efficient data processing, reporting, and operational insight across the organisation.

The role will support the development of automated workflows, application services, and system integrations, ensuring that all software solutions comply with NHS information governance, cyber security, and quality standards.

The post holder will contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and ongoing maintenance of applications and automation processes.

The Software Engineer will develop and maintain application programming interfaces (APIs), microservices, and system integrations to support interoperability between internal data platforms and external systems.

The role will utilise a range of programming languages and development technologies, which may include Python, R, .NET, JavaScript, SQL, and cloud-based development frameworks.

The post holder will apply user-centred design principles to ensure that solutions are intuitive, accessible, and aligned with user needs across analytical and operational teams.

The role will also support application lifecycle management, including version control, monitoring, troubleshooting, and the ongoing enhancement of existing systems and automation tools.

In addition, the post holder will ensure that secure coding practices are followed and that all developments adhere to NHS cyber security principles and recognised industry standards.

The Software Engineer will contribute to continuous improvement activities within the software development function, supporting the adoption of modern engineering practices, including testing, documentation, and collaborative development approaches.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Understanding of the public sector.
• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.

Experience

Essential

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Experience of managing a team without direct line management.
• Experience of managing risks and reporting.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.

Skills, abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Please also see attached Person Specification.
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
• Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

NHS Dorset - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For detailed information on this IT Cyber Specialist job, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Please also refer to the detailed Person Specification attached.
• Strong technical understanding of cyber security principles, secure configuration, threat detection and vulnerability management
• Experience working with security monitoring and protective tooling such as:
• Microsoft MDE
• Vulnerability scanning tools
• Identity security and multi-factor authentication
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 security in nhs.net connect
• Understanding of network security concepts (e.g., firewalls, segmentation, IDS/IPS, DNS filtering).
• Knowledge of patching methodologies, operating system hardening, and baseline compliance
• Awareness of national NHS cyber policies, cyber alerts, and regulatory expectations e.g. NIS and DSPT CAF
• Hands-on technical experience supporting cyber security operations in a complex IT environment
• Experience analysing security alerts, investigating incidents, correlating events, and contributing to incident response
• Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, patch compliance checks and remediation tracking
• Experience working with IT teams to improve security posture across endpoints, servers, networks, and cloud environments
• Experience documenting incidents, maintaining risk registers, and producing security reports
• Ability to communicate technical cyber risks clearly and appropriately to both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Ownership of issues
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)
• Self-motivated
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop

Qualifications

Essential

• Please also refer to the detailed Person Specification attached.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant IT, cyber security, or computer science discipline, or able to demonstrate equivalent specialist experience at an advanced technical level. Professional cyber security qualification(s) desirable, such as:
• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA CySA+
• EC-Council CEH (Desirable) CISSP / CCSP / CISM (or working toward)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in cyber security, threat detection, security monitoring, and vulnerability management
• Knowledge of NHS cyber frameworks (DSPT, Cyber Assessment Framework, NIS/NIS2) acquired through formal training or relevant experience
• Training or certification in security tooling (MDE, vulnerability management, identity protection) advantageous

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

NHS Dorset - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will oversee the development of modern data platforms, cloud-based solutions and advanced analytical capabilities, ensuring the organisation has the tools, infrastructure and expertise required to deliver high-quality, efficient and effective healthcare.We are seeking an influential leader with:

• Significant senior-level experience leading data, analytics or intelligence functions within a complex organisation
• Extensive experience of developing data strategies and delivering large-scale analytical programmes
• Expertise in data science, business intelligence, analytics, data engineering or related disciplines
• Experience working with executive leaders and system partners to inform strategic decisions
• Strong understanding of NHS data governance, information standards and data quality requirements
• Experience of modern data platforms, cloud technologies and advanced analytics
• The ability to inspire, develop and lead high-performing teams
• A commitment to improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities through the intelligent use of data
• Educated to Master's level (or equivalent experience), you will bring strategic vision, political awareness and exceptional communication skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please also refer to attached Person Specification.
• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between different health and social care bodies including individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Member of relevant professional body.
• Strong understanding of data governance, information standards and data-quality requirements within the NHS.
• Experience of working with modern data platforms, analytical tools and information systems used for reporting, intelligence and advanced analytics.
• Knowledge of data science, business intelligence, data engineering or analytics disciplines relevant to leading a complex data and intelligence function.

Experience

Essential

• Please also refer to attached Person Specification.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary,
• working to tight and often changing deadlines.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
• Determination, perseverance, and resilience.
• Flexibility, and the ability to handle a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment.
• Significant experience leading data, analytics or intelligence functions in a complex organisation.
• Experience working with senior leaders and partners to interpret complex information and support strategic decision-making.
• Proven experience of delivering data or analytics improvements, modernising tools or systems, or strengthening analytical capability.
• Experience of overseeing data quality, information standards, or data governance processes.
• Experience managing or guiding technical teams such as analysts, data scientists or BI
• Specialists.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

Cluster Integrated Care Board - Dorset, BSW and Somerset

NHS Dorset - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please also refer to the attached Job Description

Reporting to the Deputy COPHI and Director of Strategy, the Associate Director of Health Economics provides senior system leadership and expert economic insight for strategic planning, commissioning, and resource allocation across the Population Health Improvement Directorate and the wider Cluster, ensuring decisions improve health outcomes, reduce inequalities, and deliver clear value for money.

The role applies advanced health economic methods, including cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and other modelling and evaluation techniques, to guide prevention, optimise care pathways, support sustainable models of care, and ensure resources deliver the greatest benefit to patients and populations.

The post-holder establishes and maintains methodological standards for economic modelling and evaluation, ensuring analyses are robust, transparent, reproducible, and ready to inform executive and board-level decisions. Quality assurance processes are embedded across the system to promote best practice and confidence in decision making.

The Associate Director works with internal teams and external partners to apply economic evidence to key decisions, including business cases, service options, resource allocation, performance monitoring, and long-term planning, while providing leadership and guidance to build analytical capability and ensure rigorous methods are consistently applied, resulting in better-informed decisions and improved outcomes for patients and communities.

The post-holder develops and maintains partnerships with national agencies, universities, research organisations, professional networks, local government, and the voluntary and community sector. These collaborations support the development and application of robust methods, accelerate innovation, and enable the sharing of knowledge and best practice, ensuring evidence is translated into tangible improvements in patient care and population health.

The Associate Director represents the Cluster in regional and national forums, communicates complex economic issues clearly to senior stakeholders, and strengthens the evidence base for policy, strategy, and commissioning. The role ensures decisions at all levels are informed, equitable, and value-driven.

Through leadership, technical excellence, and partnership working, the Associate Director ensures health economics functions as a strategic asset for the Cluster, directing resources to where they add the greatest value, supporting value-based commissioning, improving patient outcomes, and reducing unwarranted variation and inequalities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please also refer to the attached Person Specification
• Educated to masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
• Extensive knowledge of relevant specialist areas, acquired through postgraduate study or equivalent experience, with further specialist learning to masters level standard.
• Formal training or equivalent experience in health economics, including economic evaluation and modelling.
• Advanced knowledge of economic evaluation methods, cost effectiveness analysis, allocative efficiency and value based approaches.
• Demonstrable experience using analytical or modelling software relevant to health economics (e.g., R, STATA, Python, Excel based models).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and the implications for decision making and engagement.
• Appreciation of the relationship between health and care bodies, including provider, commissioning and system level functions.
• Membership of a relevant professional body.

Experience

Essential

• Please also refer to the attached Person Specification
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
• Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues.
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
• Ability to carry out procurements for highly detailed, high value contracts that require analysis, comparison and assessment.
• Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
• Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams.
• Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market. Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines.
• Delivers results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
• Manages relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
• Manages team within the constraints of strategic plans.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
• Budget management, setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Experience analysing large and varied datasets using advanced economic evaluation methods and modelling techniques.
• Ability to compare assumptions, test alternative scenarios and assess long term value, cost and population impact.
• Capability to provide strategic advice on investment priorities, value based commissioning and allocative efficiency.
• Experience planning and overseeing a portfolio of economic work, adjusting sequencing and approaches as circumstances change.
• Proficiency in analytical and modelling tools relevant to health economics, such as R, STATA, Python or advanced Excel models.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

Working as part of the new ICS cluster made up of NHS Dorset, BSW & Somerset ICBs

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will lead the design and delivery of qualitative evaluation activity to bring the views and experiences of people who use services into strategic assessment and improvement work.

The role involves using a range of recognised qualitative methods, such as interviews, focus groups, observations and rapid appraisal techniques, to understand how services, pathways and interventions are experienced by different groups.

The post holder will oversee how qualitative information is gathered, handled and interpreted, ensuring that approaches are ethical, robust and consistent with established standards.

The post holder will work closely with the Head of Health Economics by providing quantitative evidence that supports economic analysis, value based approaches and resource allocation discussions.

They will produce clear findings that help explain why outcomes differ, where barriers occur and how services could be strengthened.

The role will work closely with colleagues in population health, commissioning, business intelligence, strategy and transformation so that qualitative findings are used alongside quantitative evidence within mixed method evaluations. It will involve Together across NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, NHS Dorset and NHS Somerset working with people who use services, staff and system partners to ensure evaluation.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience designing and delivering qualitative research or evaluation using methods such as interviews, focus groups,
• observation and thematic analysis.
• Experience interpreting qualitative findings
• and explaining what they mean for services,
• pathways or outcomes.
• Experience working with a range of partners, including people who use services, frontline staff and system colleagues, to gather
• insight and ensure diverse perspectives are
• captured.
• Experience contributing to mixed method evaluations by working alongside colleagues who use quantitative or analytical
• approaches.
• Experience planning and organising evaluation activity, including preparing fieldwork, agreeing timelines and managing Together across NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, NHS Dorset and NHS Somerset practical arrangements.
• Experience presenting findings to senior
• colleagues or programme teams in a clear and accessible way.
• Experience supporting others to improve
• their understanding or use of qualitative
• methods.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience working at a senior level in a relevant specialist area.
• Holds specialist knowledge of qualitative research approaches, gained through postgraduate study or equivalent experience, with further learning to masters level standard.
• Formal training or substantial experience in qualitative methods such as interviews, focus groups, observations and thematic analysis.
• Understanding of research governance, ethical standards and safe handling of sensitive information.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Good understanding of current healthcare policy and how it affects evaluation work.
• Awareness of how health and care organisations relate to each other, including provider, commissioning and system level functions.
• Membership of a relevant professional body
• where appropriate.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

NHS Dorset - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)