Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- 55,690 – 62,682 £ / Year
Job Summary
We’re looking for a skilled and driven Data Development Manager to join us at University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). You will lead a team responsible for providing the central data platform which supports data analytics, national reporting and operational service delivery across UHN.
We have recently implemented a new Azure data warehouse across UHN and are in the process of decommissioning the legacy on-premise warehouses at each site in the coming months. We’re also early adopters of the Federated Data Platform and contribute to the future direction of the data model that underpins it.
We are predominantly a remote team so fully support remote and flexible working. We do however have team meetings once a month which are hosted on site depending on their content and there may be other times where an on-site presence is required to support stakeholders, particularly in a leadership role.
Main duties of the job
The Data Development Manager will lead a team responsible for providing the central platform which supports data analytics, national reporting and operational service delivery across University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN).
The team are responsible for end-to-end data provision, ensuring that data is acquired in an efficient and complete manner before transforming it and provisioning back to users in a transparent and well documented fashion.
The post holder will manage the appropriate design, governance and monitoring of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes, and will work with colleagues across Health Intelligence and beyond to ensure the data available supports high quality analytics and robust clinical and operational reporting.
The role comes with full responsibility for the management and professional development of the team, and it is expected that the post holder will be a technical subject matter expert in this field to provide appropriate coaching and mentorship where required.
As a key part of the Health Intelligence leadership team, the post holder will be expected to build and maintain strong working relationships across a number of disciplines and teams and to represent the whole of Health Intelligence when required.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Management qualifications or demonstrable experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of running complex data / data warehouse services, leading the design, deployment and operating of mission-critical services
- Substantial experience designing, developing, and maintaining ETL pipelines using tools such as SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Informatica, or equivalent.
- Proven experience in ensuring new developments and data structures align with an established data model and adhere to agreed design principles.
- Knowledge of using different data architecture layers (i.e. staging, integration, presentation and semantic layers) in the production of analytics and dashboard creation.
- Database administration experience gained within a busy digital operations department.
- Knowledge of NHS data definitions, standards, data manual and statutory requirements.
- Supervision and direct line management of teams – including (but not limited to) – recruitment, capability and performance, training, leadership, motivation, sickness absence
Skills Pt1
Essential
- Ability to write complex T-SQL for data transformation, analysis and reporting
- Ability to support the Microsoft Azure data platform, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory instead of Microsoft SQL toolset
- Ability to rigorously maintain a robust documentation suite, including standard operating procedures and a target data model and design principles.
Skills Pt2
Essential
- Ability to manage a substantial area of work under own initiative
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, liaise and negotiate with ‘customers’ to agree and adjust work plans
- Ability to present complex information to non-technical audiences
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 25 June 2025