Analyst

Fulbourn, England, United Kingdom

12/12/2024

NHS England are looking to recruit an analyst at Band 7 Level. The post will be based within the East Intelligence & Insight Team. 

At a high level, the Intelligence & Insight Team supports the East of England’s Operations Directorate to distinguish between signal and background noise. We guide customers to make meaningful changes within their work areas, which broadly cover performance and improvement, always bearing in mind that behind all the numbers are the patients we serve.  

As an Analyst, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic insight team supporting managers and staff across the Operations and System Support Directorate, helping them to distinguish between signal and noise by providing actionable insights.   

The Analyst will help manage and deliver a high-quality insight service to customers using extensive knowledge of NHS data and business processes, good technical skills, and a passion for storytelling. Through their excellent insight skills, they will enable the Operations and System Support Directorate to drive meaningful changes for patients in the region. 

• Demonstrate significant experience and understanding of a breadth of analytical methods and their application, to provide high quality, timely analysis and intelligence to a standard which reflects current best practice.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding/experience of at least one analytical technique with application to healthcare.
• Structure problems and develop appropriate analytical solutions, analysing and triangulating data in innovative ways, and adapting approaches to deal with ambiguity. Deploy analytical judgement in dealing with unstructured and/or missing data.  
• Take a practical approach to providing advice, giving persuasive explanations of complex concepts orally and in writing to a range of audiences.
• Have good project management skills, including the ability to plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of projects, juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines, and work autonomously to drive own work programme and of others. Anticipate and proactively manage delivery risks, quality assure their own and other’s work.  
• Work with other team leaders to develop and manage all staff in the analytical team, providing appropriate coaching and support.
• Build and manage collaborative relationships across the health system, including internal and external policy and analytical teams, providers and clinical experts, and challenging external partners and stakeholders.
  
  

The NHS England Board Have Set Out The Top-level Purpose For The New Organisation To Lead The NHS In England To Deliver High-quality Services For All, Which Will Inform The Detailed Design Work And We Will Achieve This Purpose By

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
  
  

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dawn Fagence Job title: Senior Analytical Lead Email address: dawn.fagence@nhs.net

Informal conversation before applying is strongly recommended.  Please contact Dawn Fagence dawn.fagence@nhs.net