Overview
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Information Analyst
The closing date is 26 March 2026
This is an exciting opportunity (fixed term - 18 months) for a self-motivated individual to join the Business Intelligence and Clinical Outcomes team (BICO) within Digital and Data Services.
The BICO 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 operations and utilise analytical expertise to provide actionable insight into key Trust areas. The team help to improve patient care, provide clarity to operation managers, influence best practice and policy and aid overall understanding of a wealth of Trust data.
Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis. In the event that permanent funding is secured for this post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.
Right to Work in the UK: You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. 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
The Senior Information Analyst post holder will work to understand clinical pathways, outcomes and the data collected, develop processes for collection where appropriate, analysis, validation, presentation and reporting of clinical and corporate business analytics data. This will include ensuring the Trust's information reporting obligations to the Department of Health, NHS Digital, NHS England and Commissioners are met.
About us
Within Digital and Data Services, the Business Intelligence and Reporting section includes delivery, operations, development and research, statistics and clinical outcomes. This means that there is a wide range of skills across the section and ample opportunity for development which is encouraged and supported.
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 and experience of working to a high standard are essential. The post holder should also be competent in the use of information software (e.g. SQL and Cognos) to extract and analyse the necessary data. The successful candidate will also have a solid understanding of statistical analysis techniques.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to Degree standard or equivalent in a relevant subject or with equivalent experiential learning in the field of information analysis and reporting.
Experience
* Working within an information analysis and reporting environment
* Data Quality issues and solutions
* Using databases and spreadsheets to extract and analyse information
* Experience of using statistical software packages e.g. SPSS, R
* Working within tight deadlines
* NHS Statutory returns
* Experience of using SQL and business objects
Knowledge
* Knowledge of one or more computer system(s), hardware or software and procedures to develop reports, documents and spreadsheets
* Advanced knowledge of Excel and Access to obtain and analyse information
* Understanding the importance of Change Control
* A good understanding of research methods, quantitative and qualitative, and well developed skills in statistical analysis.
* Clinical services and their interactions with data
* Translating NHS Technical Specifications into robust datasets and performance indicators.
* Knowledge and understanding of the clinical outcomes agenda and reporting requirements in mental health services.
Skills
* Advanced computer literacy and keyboard skills
* Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
* Ability to concentrate and focus on detailed information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
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