Job Summary
The Analytics Engineer will lead and manage a technical Delivery team, within the wider Informatics team. The Delivery team provide a data modelling and visual analytics service delivering well-designed and innovative products, such as dashboards and reports, aligned to the organisational strategic aim and goals agreed within the governance framework. Products will deliver value by providing analytics, insights and visualisations through the Trust’s dashboarding solution (Power BI). Each product developed will need both user and technical documentation, including the completion of design templates, change control requests, testing plans and results.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in conjunction with the BCS membership.
Main duties of the job
The Informatics team consists of about 18 staff, covering Requirements, Assurance, Delivery and Engineering. Working closely with team colleagues, e.g. Informatics Business Partners, Analytics Developers, Data Engineers and others, the post holder will use their technical skills to undertake data analyses, as well as ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to a high standard. The postholder will ensure that Informatics work directly supports improved patient outcomes and operational efficiency. The postholder will support and respond to the Trust’s goals for clinical service quality improvement and optimisation, performance, and contract management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject (e.g., health informatics, computer science, social sciences) or equivalent experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to informatics, programme/project management or data analysis
Desirable
- Professional and relevant qualifications
- Membership of a Professional Body
- ITIL Service Management/ PRINCE 2/MSP Practitioner / Foundation (A)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in supporting users with knowledge of NHS data models & reporting, data quality, performance management and Service Improvement
- Understanding of NHS Information Governance and regulatory needs
- Design data architecture by dealing with specific business problems and aligning it to enterprise-wide standards and principles, using the Microsoft Power BI stack
- Design, code, test and deploy scripts following standards and good practice
- Experience of delivering data visualisation programmes
- Evidence of SQL BI technical knowledge across the end-to-end of business intelligence design and platform maintenance
- Experience of leading and managing staff, including recruitment, appraisals, training and devising personal development programmes (PDP)
- Knowledge of successful organisational change management methodologies
- Awareness of NHS Performance requirements for Trusts, ICB and within the wider NHS system
Desirable
- Experience of solution design & development life cycle involving BI technologies and Frameworks
- Experience of managing outputs and doing Quality Assurance when working with external teams and vendors
- Knowledge of performance and contract management systems within mental healthcare organisations
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- The facilitation of a customer focussed culture within a team
- Ability to translate complex technical systems/solutions into language the business can understand
- Excellent written, verbal and Presentation skills
- A logical & analytical approach to problem solving and detail oriented
- Ability to specify and document information architecture designs and patterns
- Ability to organise, prioritise & manage their workload, within a dynamic and AGILE environment
- Negotiation, influencing and persuading skills
- Pro-active and self-motivated in completing work to a high standard in conjunction with other Trust staff & teams
- Ability to lead and mentor a team of information specialists
Desirable
- Understanding of ITIL good practice in a work environment
- Knowledge of statistical concepts and research methods
- Ability to create, amend or contribute to local and Trust information related policies
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.
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: 06 April 2026
