POSITION DESCRIPTION. Data Warehouse Developer

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1 POSITION DESCRIPTION Data Warehouse Developer Date Produced/Reviewed: 3 December 2014 Position Holder's Name: Position Holder's Signature:... Manager/Supervisor's Name: Nuve Nai Manager/Supervisor's Signature:... Date:... Document ID: Obtain from Objective Version: 1.0 Department: Name of Department Last Updated: dd/mm/yyyy Document Owner: Person s Title Next Review Date: dd/mm/yyyy Approved by: Name of Approval Group/Committee Date First Issued: dd/mm/yyyy Counties Manukau Health

2 PURPOSE OF THE POSITION This position is responsible for providing technical expertise across a broad crosssection of Counties Manukau Health, to design and deliver high quality data warehousing solutions. The incumbent will take a key role in the Data Warehousing team within Ko Awatea, tasked with development of an organisational data warehouse. The Data Warehouse Developer will work with stakeholders across all hospital clinical services as well as stakeholders in primary care to design and implement fit for purpose solutions. This will form the platform for high quality visualisation utilising Enterprise Business Intelligence tools. The Data Warehouse developer will be using industry standard modelling tools and take part in design sessions with external consultants during the first roll-out of this project. Vision & Values Organisational Shared Vision Our DHB shared Vision is to work in partnership with our communities to improve the health status of all, with particular emphasis on Maaori and Pacific peoples and other communities with health disparities. We will do this by leading the development of an improved system of healthcare that is more accessible and better integrated. We will dedicate ourselves to serving our patients and communities by ensuring the delivery of both quality focussed and cost effective healthcare, at the right place, right time and right setting. Organisational Values Partnership Working alongside and encouraging others in health and related sectors to ensure a common focus on, and strategies for achieving health gain and independence for our population Care and Respect Professionalism Teamwork Innovation Treating people with respect and dignity, valuing individual and cultural differences and diversity We will act with integrity and embrace the highest ethical standards Achieving success by working together and valuing each other s skills and contributions Constantly seeking and striving for new ideas and solutions 2

3 Responsibility Using and developing our capabilities to achieve outstanding results and taking accountability for our individual and collective actions PLACE IN THE ORGANISATION The position is situated within the Data Warehouse team and reports to the Data Warehouse Lead. This team sits within Health Intelligence & Informatics in Ko Awatea, and has a focus on delivering high quality information to all stakeholders. NATURE AND SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES Key Accountability Understand and implement formal requirements Standards / Achievements Identifies information requirements and needs from stakeholders and subject matter experts Translates and summarises functional and non- 3

4 Key Accountability Deliver quality ETL processes Design and model new data base structures Database/data warehouse Management HEALTH & SAFETY Recognises individual responsibility for workplace Health & Safety under the Health and Safety Act 1992 Standards / Achievements functional requirements Develops project plans based on user requirements Develops understanding of business systems, and underlying data models Utilises the appropriate technology/tools to meet stakeholder needs Considers new technologies and methods and future-proofs as much as possible Sets milestones appropriately and works autonomously to implement solutions Builds rigorous data quality routines Builds robust auditing processes into the development lifecycle Maintains comprehensive documentation Design and review reporting cubes Documentation of data dictionaries and business rules Identifies and brings in new data sources as appropriate, in accordance with organisational standards Maintain coherent change control processes; release control, unit testing, migrating data and processes through development, test and production Manage database access Manage database security/integrity Database interaction with Enterprise Software Maintain performance by diagnosing and resolving performance issues Maintain comprehensive documentation continuously Conducts unit testing and validation as part of tight QA process Counties Manukau DHB (CM Health) Health and Safety policies are read and understood and relevant procedures applied to own work activities Workplace hazards are identified and reported including self-management of hazards where appropriate Can identify health and Safety representative for area 4

5 Key Accountability CULTURAL SAFETY Commitment to the principles of Treaty of Waitangi Honouring Cultural Diversity Standards / Achievements Respect, sensitivity, cultural awareness is evident in interpersonal relationships. Our cultural differences are acknowledged by respecting spiritual beliefs, cultural practices and lifestyle choices. COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Will be required to interact on a regular basis with a range of CM Health staff members including: Health Intelligence & Informatics, Ko Awatea Analysts Information Services staff Senior clinical staff Hospital GMs, BMs and Clinical Directors Locality staff Externally there will be contact with: Primary Health Organisations clinical leaders and management healthalliance Situations may often call for tact, diplomacy and will require information to be handled in a discreet and sensitive manner. In conflict situations will be required to exercise sound judgement, negotiation and persuasiveness skills, toward facilitating a workable outcome. PROBLEM COMPLEXITY Will be regularly challenged by a wide range of challenging issues. There will be a requirement to be able to prioritise issues and negotiate time frames, while still providing a quality customer service. The range of problems will be diverse and require solutions customised to meet the circumstances of the client. Therefore opportunities will arise to provide innovative options to the client based on proven outcomes. 5

6 There will be demands to meet deadlines, maintain accuracy and quality of information. Failure to do so could impact on the organisation in terms of productivity and working relationships with the primary care sector and provider arm of the DHB. Will refer to line manager for advice or second opinion. SCOPE FOR ACTION Is empowered to make decisions, recommendations and develop solutions relating to data warehouse design and management. Is encouraged to use initiative and problem solving skills to develop innovative solutions to problems. There will be significant exposure to patient identifiable clinical information. The utmost discretion is required in releasing confidential information to the appropriate parties. Discretion is required to be exercised in releasing confidential information to the appropriate parties. DIMENSION OF THE POSITION Will be responsible to the Data Warehouse Lead for the achievement of agreed objectives and operates within the confines of CM Health. POSITIONS REPORTING Directly None Indirectly None PERSON SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Preferred 6

7 Qualification Bachelor degree in IT or Computer Science Formal IT Development Training Experience Experience in a technical role within a large organisation Experience of working in a team Experience of developing solutions autonomously Experience of working on projects and developing and implementing new solutions Exposure to OLAP tools Technical analysis, design and documentation Post graduate degree in relevant field Microsoft Technical Certification (SQL Server) Experience of working with healthcare systems and data processes Skills/Knowledge/ Behaviour Proficient with the Microsoft BI tools, particularly SSIS and SSAS Advanced level knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and t- SQL. A good understanding of the Data Warehousing capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server. Understanding of dimensional modelling approaches, particularly with industry standards such as Kimball or Inmon Advanced knowledge of SQL programming/development ETL development with enterprise tools SQL reporting services Experienced in writing and maintaining technical documentation Strong analytical skills Strong experience of source control practice Performance tuning and basic DBA functions on Microsoft SQL Server. Competence in a range of programming languages Familiarity with a range of SQL variants Experience with modelling tools (eg. ERWin or Wherescape RED) Personal Qualities A good command of the 7

8 English language, written and verbal The ability to prioritise work Be able to work to deadlines Be able to work both independently and as part of a team Ability to meet deadlines imposed and self-imposed Strong interpersonal skills Quality orientated 8