NCF Category: Data analysis

You can influence national policy on “what good looks like”.

You exemplify best practice with methods and tools and guide others to a high standard. 

You understand, teach and supervise a wide range of practices.

You have insight into complex, multi-system problems which allows you to formulate and propose strategies which engage a wide range of stakeholders which can deliver positive change both regionally and nationally.

You can mediate between people and mend relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels.

You know how to proactively manage expectations and facilitate discussions in high risk or complex circumstances or under constrained timescales. 

You can speak on behalf of the analyst community to large audiences inside and outside the healthcare economy.

You can implement/develop new and creative methods with emerging analytics for your organisation and the wider community.

You champion professional standards for analysts throughout the wider health economy and promote the well-being of all personnel.

You proactively collaborate at regional or national level to improve analytics throughout the healthcare environment.

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You can apply innovative approaches to resolve business and team issues. 

You guide colleagues to create and interpret strategic insights. 

You oversee the development and maintenance of performance measurement frameworks. 

You ensure these frameworks are continuously aligned to business needs and strategy. 

You look beyond initial requirements, challenge assumptions and communicate insight. 

You confidently communicate difficult messages based on the data.

You appraise the accuracy and quality of a range of data ensuring that data is fit for the intended analysis and that the analytical products are suitable for their audience.

You anticipate and remove blockages to the processing of data and influence senior stakeholders to facilitate the creation and flow of appropriate data. 

You can explain data patterns and their implications on interpretation and promote data-driven decision-making. 

You oversee the development of systems to provide continuous availability of business-critical data.

You advise and support your team on the most appropriate analytical techniques to use and create models that support the business strategy, supporting your team to do so. 

You oversee the development of systems to provide continuous availability of business-critical data.

You ensure analysis is aligned to business needs and exploit technologies to automate repetitive outputs. 

You identify and mitigate risks to the data flows and processing capacity and implement improvements. 

You anticipate and plan for changes to any business or technical constraints. 

You have good knowledge of data security and of applying data protection principles and legislation.

You have advanced expertise across a range of techniques or you may have a recognised deep expertise in a narrower range of specialisms. 

You have advanced expertise in relevant tools, applications and systems and share your knowledge with others.

You apply a range of statistical practices, can advise on best practice and guide others to a high standard. 

You can determine which tools and techniques to use to explore or solve a variety of business issues. 

You develop systems and processes to improve the use of tools and techniques employed in your organisation.

You share your knowledge with the wider analytic community to help others develop analytical skills.

You actively seek out emerging tools and techniques and find ways to apply them. 

You engage with the wider analytical community to share learning.

You are able to solve complex analytical problems which require data or information from multiple sources.

You can design and test new techniques which can be replicated in other areas of analytics.

You can communicate relevant, compelling stories using the most appropriate medium. 

You know how to give complex recommendations at a tactical and strategic level.

You can present analysis and visualisations in clear ways to communicate complex messages. 

You know how to communicate negative and positive information to stakeholders and can manage their expectations.

You proactively listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders and explain them to each other and can facilitate difficult discussions within your team and diverse senior stakeholders.

You are adaptable and develop new or improved ways of working to support your team, directorate and wider analytical community.

You identify development opportunities for yourself and those around you, adopting innovations and practices learned from the wider analytics community.

You can focus on these initiatives to support the enhancement of patient care as an ultimate goal and this will be recognised beyond your organisation.

As a respected specialist, you act as an advocate for professional standards and values within your field of expertise.

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You can apply innovative approaches to resolve business and team issues.

You guide colleagues to create and interpret strategic insights. 

You oversee the development and maintenance of performance measurement frameworks.

You ensure these frameworks are continuously aligned to business needs and strategy.

You look beyond initial requirements, challenge assumptions and communicate insight. 

You confidently communicate difficult messages based on the data.

You appraise the accuracy and quality of a range of data ensuring that data is fit for the intended analysis and that the analytical products are suitable for their audience. 

You anticipate and remove blockages to the processing of data and influence senior stakeholders to facilitate the creation and flow of appropriate data. 

You can explain data patterns and their implications on interpretation and promote data-driven decision-making. 

You proactively promote approaches to ensure data variability and standardisation are routinely used in analysis and explore how further metrics and statistics could enhance comprehension of the data. 

You advise and support your team on the most appropriate analytical techniques to use and create models that support the business strategy, supporting your team to do so. 

You oversee the development of systems to provide continuous availability of business-critical data. 

You ensure analysis is aligned to business needs and exploit technologies to automate repetitive outputs. 

You identify and mitigate risks to the data flows and processing capacity and implement improvements. 

You anticipate and plan for changes to any business or technical constraints. 

You have good knowledge of data security and of applying data protection principles and legislation.

You develop advanced knowledge of predictive, prescriptive and evaluative analytical technique
You have advanced expertise across a range of techniques or you may have a recognised deep expertise in a narrower range of specialisms.

You develop advanced expertise in relevant tools, applications and systems and share your knowledge with others. 

You have knowledge of explicative statistical skills.

You know how and when to apply further explicative statistical skills. 

You can adopt the most appropriate tool for the tasks. 

You ensure work is completed to a high standard. 

You engage with your team and the wider analytical community to learn about new tools and techniques

You are able to make use of appropriate information to help you analyse a range of common types of problem.

You work with the requestor of the analysis to understand the underlying question and apply your knowledge to plan the preferred approach to the analysis.

You are able to employ a number of problem solving techniques (e.g. root cause analysis) to identify the reason for unexpected problems with routines, and utilise a range of skills to solve these.

You understand and can utilise the appropriate media to communicate findings. 

You shape communications relevant to the audience and their requirements using appropriate language and with awareness of bias and possible issues with commonly misunderstood terms. 

You present analysis with visualisations to give clear messages. 

You can translate technical concepts to a non-technical audience and are comfortable presenting appropriate recommendations.

You are able to identify and complete tasks within your field of expertise whilst undertaking work and projects allocated by senior staff, documenting your competence and learning in a professional body of work.

You will seek out development opportunities for you to learn both as an individual and as a team, sharing your knowledge with your peers, whilst building people skills into all aspects of your daily routine. 

You will promote the relevant professional values at all times and demonstrate compassion for yourself and colleagues.