Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Health Intelligence Analyst to join the Six Goals for Urgent & Emergency Care Programme (UEC) within NHS Wales Performance & Improvement. The work will be wide ranging and impactful, supporting the programme's mission to improve outcomes, experience, safety, and flow across the whole urgent and emergency care system in Wales. The team provides high‑quality health intelligence to inform national priorities across all Six Goals, including preventing unnecessary emergency attendances, optimising urgent, same day and pre‑hospital services, improving our Emergency Departments, delivering efficient hospital care, and supporting timely discharge and community pathways.
Responsibilities
* Primary responsibility for delivering analytical insight that supports the programme’s strategic and operational priorities, working closely with clinical, operational, and strategic partners across Wales.
* Contribute to the broader Health Intelligence and Data/Analytical functions, supporting cross‑cutting analytical needs and responding to emerging priorities within the wider urgent and emergency care system.
* Provide high‑quality data, analysis, and insight to give decision‑makers timely intelligence to improve patient experience, safety, flow, and outcomes across the UEC system.
* Deliver high‑profile analytical projects supporting service transformation, including data visualisation, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
* Possibly develop specialist expertise in key UEC datasets, analytical methods, programming languages, or business intelligence tools to maximise the value of national and local data.
* Shape high‑quality intelligence that informs national policy, operational delivery, and improvement workstreams across the Six Goals Programme.
Qualifications
* Experience in an analytical or information environment.
* Strong analytical and statistical skills, data visualisation, communication, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
* Highly motivated, enthusiastic and driven to deliver the right intelligence at the right time for partners across the UEC pathway.
* Ability to work in a fast‑paced programme for system‑wide improvement, supporting delivery of Ministerial priorities across UEC.
About NHS Wales Performance & Improvement
NHS Wales Performance and Improvement works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales. It aims to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care, resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health. We do this by providing strong leadership and strategic direction – enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services in line with national priorities and standards.
Application information
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/.
For guidance on the application process, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/.
For further details / informal visits contact: Richard Bowen, National Director, Six Goals, UEC, richard.bowen@wales.nhs.uk.
Alternatively, contact Peter Smeeth, Deputy Director, Data & Analytics, peter.smeeth@wales.nhs.uk.
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