Job description

An exciting opportunity to complete a two year fully funded Data Engineering apprenticeship while earning a Band 5 salary. The successful candidate will be fully supported to undertake the Cambridge Spark Level 5 Data Engineering qualification course and to build skills in SQL Server technologies and Python. The course combines work–based and academic learning. The post holder will receive remote training and work towards the formal qualification whilst developing technical and professional skills.

Responsible as part of a team to deliver high quality business and complex clinical reporting structures from disparate systems within a consistent and stable framework that is monitored and assured.

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. The Christie supports flexible working, enquiries welcomed.

To deliver and maintain data transfer pipelines between clinical/operational source systems and the Christie Central Data Repository (CCDR). Ensure that all extract, transform and load (ETL) processes are robust, operate efficiently and fully documented.

Learn and assist in the development of new tools, technologies and methods of working as they are identified to ensure that they deliver the intended benefits. Support the migration process from legacy reporting and database systems

Provide a technical support service to all users of Data Engineering, understanding and communicating detailed technical requirements/processes with non-technical staff, managing priorities and expectation of service users. Manage unpredictable support workload.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sabah Babu Job title: Product Specialist & Delivery Lead Email address: Sabah.babu1@nhs.net

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