Head of Performance and Insight

The Head of Performance and Insight will lead the Trust’s Performance and Insight team. This is an important role, responsible for the strategic development and advancement of the Performance and Insight team and its relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will work alongside the other Digital Services Teams (including the Clinical System/ePR and ICT functions) in supporting the delivery of the Trusts Digital Strategy.

The Head of Performance and Insight will provide an authoritative source of specialist knowledge, technical and business skills and a wide range of experience on all matters pertaining to information analysis, the interpretation and use of information, including interpretation of national guidance for both Mental Health and Community Services analysis and modelling, reporting and business intelligence.

The Head of Performance and Insight will be expected to liaise with all levels of staff both across the organisation and externally and will possess well-developed people skills allowing them to confidently engage. The post-holder will thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment, will lead a variety of cross-professional programmes of improvement across a wide range of subject areas and through the use of advanced analytics will play a key role in delivering and embedding a data driven culture within the organisation, providing support to services and delivering pro-active and innovative business intelligence support.

• Responsible for the production, development and promotion of a wide range of information-related initiatives within the Trust's business agenda, interpreting the actions involved, identifying the impact upon the Performance and Insight Team and those resources necessary for completion, delegating and actioning the required tasks, escalating exceptions / issues and delivering appropriate solutions. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
• NHS Oversight Framework (NOF)
• Demand management
• Access capacity planning
• Performance & clinical indicators
• The Information Schedule (Schedule 6), including MHSDS, CSDS and IAPT.
• The Quality Schedule (Schedule 4), where required.
• Contract and commissioning datasets
• Internal and external audit

The proposed interview date is 7th July 2026, interviews will be held at Redesmere, Countess of Chester Health Park.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Peter Haws Job title: Head of Information Management and BI Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07766498133

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