NHS Data and Analytics Academy
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L4 Advanced Practitioner

  • Produces well-written and technically sound project reports and provides constructive review and assurance of reports authored by others.
  • Communicates key messages to customers and translates research, analysis and results for a non-technical audience.
  • Has comprehensive knowledge of the strengths and limitations of analysis and the underlying data and is able to provide caveats in a constructive way.
  • Presents analytical work appropriately tailored to a range of internal and external audiences.
  • Provides overall control to ensure the appropriate use of data visualisation tools and techniques.
  • Advises on the appropriate use of data visualisation for different purposes and contexts to satisfy requirements.
  • Engages with customers, shares findings and leads on debates that may influence decision making, inspiring the team to do similarly.
  • Leads on or supports the team in more complex analytical discussions with customers and colleagues.
  • Develops plans demonstrating how user needs will be met.
  • Identifies where structured User Research / User Centred Design can add value, drawing in colleagues from these professions to deliver in collaboration.
  • Ensures that reporting processes are robust, efficient and fit for purpose
  • Advises persuasively on the available standards, procedures, methods, tools and techniques.
  • Manages reviews of the benefits and value of reporting techniques and tools and recommends improvements. 
  • Contributes to the development of analytics policy, standards and guidelines.
  • Understands the context of analysis including the identification of stakeholders and appreciation of wider issues.
  • Develops and maintains links with academia and industry.

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