Health Informatics Career Framework

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Role Title

Information Analyst

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HICF Reference code

IM5.3

HICF Discipline

Information Management

HICF Level

5 - Practitioners

Role Description

An Information Analyst provides analytical support to clinicians and managers in order to facilitate clinical decision making, service development and performance management within the organisation(s) and to meet external requirements. This includes: identifying current and emerging information needs; obtaining, linking, collating, analysing, understanding, interpreting and presenting quantitative and/or qualitative data; working with others in the analytical team to provide information and analysis to meet organisational and team data and information needs; facilitating data quality; communicating effectively with a wide range of stakeholders; providing advice and support to others on the collection, analysis, reporting and use of data and information. It might also involve: supporting the provision of education and training to others in the organisation.

Indicative job titles

Data Analyst
Information Officer
Information and Intelligence Analyst
Information Specialist

Attached job description

IM 5.3 Information analystJD.doc

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Indicative qualifications

Degree level education in a relevant subject (eg statistics, social science) or equivalent (or equivalent experience)
Postgraduate qualification in business analysis or equivalent (or equivalent experience)
PRINCE2 Practitioner (or equivalent project management methodology)

Related National Occupational Standards (NOS)

Item Title	Standard
CFABAF131 - Order products and services	NOS
SFHHI10 - Comply with an external audit of data and information in a health context	NOS
SFHHI15 - Develop a specification for systems that meet the needs of staff, patients and the public for health information	NOS
SFHHI2 - Assure the quality of data and information in a health context	NOS
SFHHI7 - Collect and validate data and information in a health context	NOS
SFHHI8 - Analyse data and information and present outputs in a health context	NOS
SFHHI9 - Monitor, evaluate and improve the management of data and information in a health context	NOS
SFHPHP08 - Advise others on data and information related to health and wellbeing and/or stressors to health and wellbeing and its uses	NOS
SFHPHP09 - Enable others to develop and apply their knowledge and skills in relation to data and information about health and wellbeing and/or stressors to health and wellbeing	NOS

Other related professional standards

Item Title	Standard
Communication Level 3	KSF
Equality and diversity Level 2	KSF
Health, safety and security Level 2	KSF
Information collection & analysis Level 3	KSF
Personal and people development Level 3	KSF
Quality Level 3	KSF
Service Improvement Level 2	KSF
Services and project management Level 2	KSF
Broad scanning	LQF
Drive for improvement	LQF
Drive for results	LQF
Effective and strategic influencing	LQF
Empowering others	LQF
Intellectual flexibility	LQF
Personal integrity	LQF
Political astuteness	LQF
Seizing the future	LQF
Self awareness	LQF
Self belief	LQF
Self management	LQF
Core 1 - Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and wellbeing	PHSCF
Defined 7 - Public health intelligence	PHSCF
Defined 8 - Acaedmic public health	PHSCF
Full registration - level 2	UKCHIP