Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and experienced individual to join the Business Intelligence team within the Digital and Data department.
The Business Intelligence team support clinical and business decision making using data analytics presented in meaningful and interactive ways. The team provide historical and current views of important Trust activities and utilise analytical expertise to provide actionable insight into key Trust areas.
The team help to improve patient care, provide clarity to operational managers, influence best practice and policy and aid overall understanding of a wealth of Trust data.
This will include ensuring the Trust's information reporting obligations to the Department of Health, NHS England and Commissioners are met.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
Main duties of the job
Development Portfolio - The Lead Information Analyst post holder will work to understand clinical pathways and the data collected, develop processes for collection where appropriate, analysis, validation, presentation and reporting of clinical and corporate business analytics data.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Details
Date posted
27 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-CORP-100-25-A
Job locations
Flatts Lane Centre
Flatts Lane
Middlesbrough
TS6 0SZ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, experience of working to challenging deadlines and an advanced knowledge of SQL, using tools to extract and analyse information are essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Educated to Degree standard or equivalent or with equivalent experiential learning in a relevant informatics related subject
Desirable
2. Post graduate qualification in a relevant subject
Experience
Essential
3. Planning, delivering and evaluating information reports and reporting issues, preferably in relation to the effective use of information and its associated technology.
4. Working in a customer led service
5. Managing performance and service delivery
6. Management of third party suppliers
7. Working within an information analysis and reporting environment
8. Data Quality issues and solutions
9. Using relational databases, spreadsheets and a range of data extract tools to extract and analyse information
10. Working within tight deadlines
11. Supervising and directing staff
Desirable
12. Experience in managing projects.
13. Experience in business process re-design and change management
Knowledge
Essential
14. Business process redesign techniques
15. One or more computer system(s), hardware or software and procedures to develop reports, documents and spreadsheets
16. Advanced Knowledge of SQL
17. Facilitation and training delivery techniques
18. Good knowledge of standard PC applications (. PowerPoint, Word, Excel) including good knowledge of Excel, Access to obtain information
Skills
Essential
19. Advanced computer literacy and advanced keyboard skills
20. Excellent numeracy, analytical and problem solving skills
21. Information collection and analysis skills to produce meaningful information
22. Able to translate NHS Technical Specifications into robust datasets and performance indicators
23. Supervisory and people management skills
24. Organisation and planning skills
Desirable
25. Translation of Technical specification to clinical processes and how these align