Advanced Analyst at Wessex Academic Health Science Network

Contract: Fixed term: 20 months

At Wessex AHSN we improve people’s health, achieve excellence in healthcare and boost innovation and growth in our region’s life sciences and healthcare sector. As one of 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) across England, we connect and support academics, NHS, industry and others to bring fresh energy to old problems, inspired thinking to new ones and to adopt innovative practice at scale. 

This post is part of the Insight Team at Wessex AHSN and will support the Insight programme of work.   The Insight programme comprises Wessex-based and national programmes. 

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents available when you continue to apply online.

Based at Southampton Science Park in Chilworth in a bright modern office. The location offers free parking with a café area and networking spaces on site. 27 acres of the Science Park site are designated a protected Conservation Area and open to staff. 

The Advanced Analyst will co-ordinate the delivery of Insight projects, providing analytical expertise in the evaluation of innovations and their adoption. The applicant will have good knowledge of health and care systems to understand the context in which insights will be generated to facilitate the adoption of proven innovations. 

The post holder will provide expertise in the analysis of health-related information and routine data sets and interpret quantitative data on impact, implementation, quality and innovation improvement.

We are an ambitious organisation, looking for passionate and motivated people to join us with a proven track record of delivery. You will need a tenacity to succeed, great communication and project management skills, and ability to build new relationships quickly. 

The role would suit an individual who has well developed technical skills in the analysis of complex quantitative data. It is highly desirable that the post holder has some experience of evaluation or research activities, e.g., analysis of transformation, designing evaluations, undertaking evaluations and/or reporting evaluations. Skills in health economics are also required. 

You will need to be adaptable and flexible to work in a fast-paced changing environment, often with ambiguity. You will be able to demonstrate the Trust and Wessex AHSN values in how you approach your work and relationships. 

You will be based at the Wessex AHSN offices (Southampton Science Park) and most core team meetings will normally be held here.  You will be expected to travel across Wessex to meet with project teams and member organisations across the region. Occasional travel to evaluation sites across the UK and overnight stays may be required. Wessex AHSN offers flexible working within our hybrid working model. 

We welcome applications from people with a wide range of past experiences – whether that be clinical, NHS management or from industry – an appreciation of the challenges involved with innovation deployment and transformation in the NHS is an advantage to succeed in this role. Past experience of commissioning, transformation and project management are also advantageous. 

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Richard Finley richard.finley@wessexahsn.net or telephone 023 8212 0834 

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 10th October 2023