Analyst Reporting

Lewisham and Greenwich is embarking on the biggest programme of digitally-enabled clinical and operational transformation we have ever undertaken. The Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Acceleration Programme is our exciting and challenging programme aimed at transforming the way we deliver health and care in a way that is both clinically and financially sustainable. It will underpin everything we do for our patients and carers, people and communities, as well as creating a working environment that better enables our staff to deliver the best care they can every day.
We will be joining our regional partner organisations, Guy's and St. Thomas' and King's College Hospitals, on their Epic EPR platform to deliver a shared acute and community record across south-east London. Through this implementation, we will be able to increase joint working and improve patient and staff experience across the region.
Key to the success of the EPR implementation will be the configuration of the existing EPR to meet the needs of Lewisham and Greenwich. Our Senior Analyst (Reporting) will work collaboratively with analysts in the other two trusts to prepare for our EPR go-live in 2027. They will ensure that the system configuration meets the needs of the Trust and support the testing of the solution for go-live., The Senior Analyst Reporting role is vital to the reporting function within the EPR Programme to successfully deliver its data, reporting and analytical commitments. The post holder will become an Epic data expert and work as part of a team to develop essential statutory and mandatory reports, operational reports and dashboards in the Epic Cogito data environments. Understanding of NHS operations and trust data needs are essential to this role.
The role is one of senior lead analyst in a reporting and analytical function developing information solutions and information resources across the Epic data environments. It will involve the detailed analysis and understanding of complex business requirements across multiple services within and external to the Trust to deliver high quality reporting and analytics products and facilitate their delivery.
The role will require the post holder to provide their expert advice and guidance in the delivery of Epic Cogito projects and the design of NHS reporting and analytics solutions in the Epic Cogito data environments to enable high quality clinical care and ensure that all external and internal reporting requirements are met.
The post holder will be called upon to support others using Epic reporting tools, which may include training, and to promote and explain Epic products and systems to customers across the organisation

Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for:
· Leading in the analysis of requirements, design of reporting solutions, and development of new datasets, reports and data visualisation tools in the Epic information and technology environment
· Analysing and designing solutions for problems or issues with reports and dashboards within the Epic data warehouse environments and providing support for informatics solutions related to the new Epic EPR;
· Using their 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 prat of the Epic EPR deployment;
· Actively monitoring the systems on a regular basis for user or system errors or problems, working with the Band 6 Support Analyst;
· Participating in regular process review, feedback and system development meetings both within the ITCS team and with external stakeholders;
· Being a link person between the ITCS team, system users and other stakeholders and to help manage and prioritise calls and requests to the team;
· Helping to direct careful planning for systems implementation and the roll-out process, taking into account all dependent variables and liaise with all affected teams, staff and departments;
· Being a member of the multi-disciplinary configuration team, ensuring a consistent approach to the configuration and integration between the Epic modules and across the wider team;
· Managing, co-ordinating and leading the configuration requirements and ensure build is delivered in a timely way;
· Engaging in team based development process designed around Agile methodologies to allow the service to respond quickly to customer needs for information and information products;
· Collaborating in a formal system of change management to enable safe transition of information products and systems from design to operation;
· Analysing and suggest ways to improve current workflows and working practices;
· Working with the appropriate stakeholders to analyse, negotiate and facilitate agreement for change to high-impact or critical workflows and current working practices, whilst managing expectations and resolving conflicts when necessary;
· Assisting with preparation for the testing and upgrading of the system to ensure it is safe, usable, secure and robust;
· Work with the clinical systems teams to support complex Epic, and other, software demonstrations and present information on the teams' progress to the appropriate forums, adapted in a way in which makes it easy for the audience to understand;
· Assess and interpret organisational and external policy and the impact on reporting solutions, systems and processes to provide expert advice on the response to changing processes and priorities. Definition of information, operational and security policies within the team and occasionally with impact for the wider organisation
· To assist in the delivery of the Trust's EPR system.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre-employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.
Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.