Surveillance and Audit Analyst: Sponsorship Available

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunely has arisen for a data analyst to join the Infection Prevention & Control Team (IPC) at UCLH. Our IPC team is a large and an active body of multi professional staff consisting of IPC clinical nurse specialists, an epidemiologist, a dedicated surveillance team, microbiologists; virologists and clinical scientists.

Reporting to the lead nurse for surgical site surveillance and the Senior Nurses for Infection Prevention and Control the successful candidate will work closely with the IPC team to gather ,analyse and report infection data including blood stream infections, surgical site infection as well as supporting the IPC nurses with collecting, reporting and interpreting data from clinical audits.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for collecting, reporting and analysing the data that will drive improvements in infection prevention and control across the Trust. In addition, there is a requirement to have excellent interpersonal abilities, good organisational skills and the ability to influence others.

Our commitment to a nurse led IPC service is demonstrated by strong clinical & research leadership. It is an incredibly exciting and challenging time to join the IPC team and is a fantastic opportunity to work in a large forward-thinking nurse led IPC service which has excellent scope for professional development and research.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Experience and interest in infection-related work
  • Proven experience of working with relational databases
  • Proven experience of using R
  • Proven experience of using SQL Server

Desirable

  • Experience in an Information Analysis role in an NHS or other healthcare information environment
  • Proven experience of using query tools such as Power BI
  • Experience of using Epic BI stack, including developing Radar, Slicer Diver, Reporting Workbench contents

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to interrogate databases
  • Ability to interpret complex data
  • Ability to convert data to management information
  • Ability to use MS Excel
  • Ability to use SQL

Desirable

  • Knowledge of information analysis and the use of information across the NHS
  • Advanced use of Power BI
  • Advanced use of MS Excel (macro or VBA level)
  • Programming with r or python
  • Understanding of data quality issues
  • Previous experience of submitting data to PHE or other statutory bodies

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential

  • Ability to plan, prioritise and meet deadlines
  • Ability to take responsibility for own workload

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 16 August 2026

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