Job Summary
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a unique organisation that works to save and improve lives every day.
We are looking for two Senior Data Analysts who are passionate about making a difference with data to join the NHSBT Data Intelligence Programme. This sits at the heart of NHSBT’s modernisation and transformation agenda, as meaningful data and analysis are key to unlocking insights to drive improvements in donor and patient care through innovative, efficient, and high-quality services. The programme is a central enabler of the organisation’s ambitions to ensure blood stock resilience, improve clinical quality, and deliver more efficient, safe, inclusive, and resilient operations — while providing a faster, timelier, and reliable source of intelligence for our managers.
Everything we do is ultimately about improving care and outcomes for donors and patients, and we are bringing together professionals with the vision, influence, and expertise to unlock the full potential of data in NHSBT. So, if you share our passion and want your work to make a meaningful, measurable impact on healthcare across the UK, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
1. Supporting the Head of Performance & Business Intelligence in providing highly complex data analysis and analytics to support the Blood Supply directorate and NHSBT more widely.
2. Developing, enhancing, maintaining, and publishing a range of supply chain data, analysis, and analytics, while ensuring compliance with data protection and information governance legislation and organisational policies.
3. Managing the workload and delivery of Band 6 analysts, monitoring performance in line with NHSBT and departmental policies and processes.
4. Producing detailed analysis, data and reports as part of scheduled work and in response to ad hoc requests, including under the Freedom of Information Act.
5. Extracting, integrating, and interrogating data from a variety of source systems using industry standard tools, such as MS-SQL, R, PowerBI and MS Excel.
6. Supporting Blood Supply change projects, operations, and programmes by designing, building and publishing specific data sets, dashboards and visualisations.
7. Acting as a subject matter expert for Blood Supply data analysis and interpretation of the data, providing professional support, advice, recommendations, and solutions to complex problems.
You may be required to travel and spend time away from base on occasion, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice.
About You
Experience and Knowledge
8. Substantial experience of extracting, manipulating, and integrating large data sets using industry standard tools (such as SQL).
9. Knowledge and demonstrable experience in applying analytical and statistical techniques to deliver insightful and actionable analysis.
10. Ability to prepare and produce concise, insightful, and actionable communications for dissemination to senior leaders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
11. Experience of business intelligence solutions to create data visualisations/dashboards to inform decision making (e.g., Power BI).
12. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
13. Proven first line staff management experience.
14. Good knowledge of relevant statutory directives, i.e., Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, and public sector Information Governance principles.
15. Experience of analysing complex data and presenting reports in a structured, accessible fashion.
16. Attention to detail with the ability to find key messages and trends within large and complex data sets.
Qualifications and Training
17. Educated to master’s level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
18. Advanced computer and analytical skills and/or experience in industry standard analysis/analytics software packages.
19. Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).
Please view the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.