Business Intelligence Technician

Detailed job description

and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to A-level preferably in IT / numerate discipline or equivalent experience
• A track record of learning and self-development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of providing and receiving complex information
• Experience of investigating and resolving data queries and discussing with customers
• Experience of following department policies and procedures relating to Information Management
• Experience in preparing and presenting reports to customers & maintaining information systems
• Experience comparing data from different sources to ensure data quality, consistency and accuracy

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential criteria

• Proven MS Office skills including Excel proficiency
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Report design and use of graphics
• Well-developed keyboard skills

Desirable criteria

• Creating and amending SQL queries procedures, database design etc.
• Data manipulation techniques to query and retrieve large complex datasets containing sensitive information

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Basic understanding of relational databases and query tools
• Knowledge of data analysis processes and tools
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• • Understanding of the importance of data quality and auditing own work

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of current IM+T issues in NHS
• Knowledge of NHS data sources and flows
• Knowledge of SQL programming language

Personal attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to self-organize and prioritise workload to meet deadlines within organisation policies & procedures
• Methodical and accurate with attention to detail to identify inconsistencies in data
• Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time; writing reports, processing data, checking data accuracy
• Effective verbal and written communicator
• Good team player, but self- motivated