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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Business Analyst to join NHS Tayside’s Digital Programme Office.NHS Tayside has recently developed their Digital Strategy and at the heart of this lies an ambition to develop a modern Electronic Patient Record (EPR), alongside modernising the application and technical estate.
This is an exciting time to join NHS Tayside’s Digital Directorate Programme Office as it will play a key role in supporting the ambitions set out in this new strategy.
As a Business Analyst you will work closely with all levels of staff across the organisation and be responsible for gathering user and business requirements (both functional and non-functional), documenting these accurately to ensure all requirements are valid and traceable.
Who are we?
NHS Tayside’s Digital Directorate harness the power of data and technology, delivering digital systems, services, products and standards upon which health and care professionals depend. We collaborate and problem solve to transform and inform care.
Our outstanding teams are passionate about technology and public service, making use of everyone’s skills to improve people’s lives within Tayside.
What are we looking for: -
As a Business Analyst you should fit the following criteria: -
- Experience in the composition of user stories and acceptance criteria, process maps, GAP Analysis, Option Appraisals and UAT scripts
- Expertise in selecting different business analysis techniques appropriate and relevant to the scope of work
- Ability to work with business areas to define business benefits, creating benefits maps and introducing measures to baseline; tracking and reporting progress against targets, to measure performance and value
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure with a high level of attention to detail
- Proven track record of business analysis experience in an IT setting (NHS experience would be advantageous)
You will have a degree of autonomy within the role, working as part of a team and reporting to the Digital Programme Office Senior Project Manager/Team Leader.
This is a permanent, full-time post (37.5 hrs per week) within the Digital Directorate, currently based at Maryfield House, Dundee; however, location may change in the future.
What we will give you:
NHS Tayside provides its employees with excellent family friendly policies along with generous leave entitlement. We aim to provide an environment that encourages work/life balance and there is some flexibility in team remote working on a partial basis.
You will have a degree of autonomy within your role, reporting to the Senior Project Manager/Team Leader.
Training relevant to your role will be provided and there are opportunities for professional development and career progression within the wider organisation, including the involvement in multi-disciplinary projects along with access to all the necessary tools and resources required for this role.
Your performance must comply with the national “Mandatory Induction Standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland” 2009, and with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.
Why work for us?
NHS Tayside has a strong history of innovation, and the Digital Directorate can have significant impact on the delivery of clinical services, helping to reduce pressure on resources and improve outcomes for patients.
In addition to helping patients find the right care, digital technology can improve its quality and timeliness. We help to provide care providers with the right data at the right time to improve the speed and accuracy of decisions they make about the person’s care.
Who to contact
Informal enquiries please contact Charles Adiele (charles.adiele@nhs.scot )
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
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