Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - QMC and City Hospital Campus Town Nottingham Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/03/2026 23:59
Advanced Analyst - CDS Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated Advanced Analyst (Band 7) to join the Contracting & Commissioning Data Sets (CDS) Team. The post holder will provide specialist analytical expertise, delivering high quality, timely and accurate information to support contracting, Finance and Commissioning, performance management and statutory reporting.
The role will involve the analysis and interpretation of complex datasets and data flows. The post holder will be able to support with improving reporting processes and quality for our CDS and contracting reports.
Working with a degree of autonomy, the post holder will liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders, to support and inform operational and managerial decision-making, in line with national guidance and Trust priorities.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist analytical support, delivering high quality, timely and accurate data to support Commissioning, Finance, performance management and statutory reporting requirements
Undertake the analysis and interpretation of complex, large scale healthcare datasets, including CDS and related national returns, ensuring compliance with national guidance and local business rules
Develop, maintain and improve routine and ad-hoc reports, dashboards and data extracts
Apply working knowledge of database architecture, design and data flows to support data extraction, transformation with reporting processes, working with colleagues to resolve data quality or system issues
Act as an analytical liaison with internal stakeholder, including Finance, Information, Clinical and Operational teams, to understand requirements and translate them into analytical outputs
Identify, investigate and support in the resolution of data quality issues
Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of analytical processes, documentation and standards within the team
Provide training, advice and informal supervision to junior analysts or non-analytical colleagues, promoting good practice in the user and understanding of data
Ensure all work is undertaken in accordance with Information Governance, data protection and Trust Polices.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent learning/experience in relevant fields. e.g. informatics, analysis, statistics or operational research, health informatics
* Post graduate qualification or equivalent learning/experience in relevant fields
* Evidence of continued personal development
* Experience of working in an analytical role within an acute hospital setting
* Masters or above in relevant fields e.g. informatics, analysis, statistics or operational research, CDS, health informatics
* Qualification or training in database management, architecture, database design
Experience
* Highly developed specialist knowledge of CDS, PbR, NHS contracting processes
* Experience in using statistical & analytical techniques and information analysis, acquired though degree level or equivalent.
* Experience of detailed analysis and validation of various types of data
* Detailed knowledge & understanding of Health Informatics
* Experience of working in an analytical role within an acute hospital setting
* Experience of using query languages, including MySQL, SQL, QLIK.
* Experience of supervising staff/leading projects
* Experience of implementation of projects for new systems and the development of in-house processes
* Experience in developing tools using Business Intelligence software (e.g. Qlikview, Tableau, SSRS, R, Python)
* Experience of presenting or demonstrating work/projects at team or department level
* Experience or database design, database management, database processes and architecture.
Communication and Relationship Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
* Ability to train others in range of data, measurement and analytical topics.
* Ability to communicate complex (potentially contentious or sensitive) analytical issues to
* Experience of influencing future developments at a national level
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Able to act as an expert in field of data capture, manipulation and dissemination.
* Ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex information from large data sets
* Very high level of computer literacy & technical competence – including MS EXCEL & ACCESS, SQL
* High level of numeracy with good problem solving and attention to detail
* Experience of being a strategic thinker
Planning and Organisation Skills
* Excellent organisational and planning skills
* Ability to prioritise own workload
* Ability to manage a series of concurrent and consecutive pieces of work.
* Ability to organise pieces of work involving input from other people, to ensure completion in a timely manner
* Set own priorities and develop work programmes for department
Physical Skills
* Able to use a computer for prolonged periods
Other requirements
* Must be able to work across campuses and from home
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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