Job overview
Passionate about how digital can transform healthcare, for our donors, patients and colleagues? Do you seek that once in a career opportunity to put everything you have learned to the test? Are you excited by identifying and implementing new digital technologies? We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Business Analyst to join the Digital Programmes team and play a significant role in the Digital workstream of the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) project.
We have an ambitious Digital Strategy that underpins the digital solutions used to support the opening of our new world class environmentally sustainable cancer centre. Our new home will extend and enhance specialist cancer treatment and supports the delivery of cancer care closer to home at our regional sites.
You will utilise your previous Digital Analyst experience to deliver critical new and innovative digital systems as part of the nVCC programme, to ensure the alignment of resources and coordination of activities and requirements required are aligned with project timescales and requirements.
We have 4.5 Vacancies within the department
x2 roles ending 30/09/27 x2 roles ending 31/12/27 0.5 Role ending 31/03/27
Main duties of the job
The focus of the business analysis function is to:
- Plans business analysis activities, across all phases of projects including identification, assessment and management of risks and production of realistic plans and contribution towards lessons learned.
- Liaise with clients/users to clarify details of requirements. Design, create and test moderately complex information deliverables.
- Undertake logical modelling through to component specification and design; assist technical planning and assurance. clearly elicit, define and document stakeholder requirements.
- Establish or maintain a data structure and its associated components by applying data analysis and modelling techniques.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Find out more about our Digital Strategy:
https://velindre.nhs.wales/destination-2033/how-we-will-achieve-our-vision/sub-strategies/digital-d…
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Person specification
Other
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.
- Ability to travel across stakeholder sites as required.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of applying a variety of analytical techniques to information and quantifying result integrity based upon assessment of sources and techniques applied.
- Experience of consulting activities and techniques including facilitating stakeholder groups.
- Experience of process analysis, assessment and change including financial, cultural, technological, organisational, and environmental factors. Further experience of establishing customer requirements and identifying how these map to process requirements.
- Expertise with the application of Business Analysis techniques, methods, and tools; experience of the implementation of Business Analysis techniques, methods, and tools as well as the enhancement of their application. Business change
- Experience in investigative work for strategy studies, business requirements, and feasibility studies and in the specification of improvements to business processes.
- Experience of business process testing including the management of test scenarios and reporting of testing outcomes.
- Experience in stakeholder management, communication and agreement to changes including experience in overseeing the planning of and implementation of change. Solution development & implementation
- Significant experience of modelling tools and techniques.
- Highly experienced in influencing and negotiation skills including critical questioning and innovative thinking.
- Experience of resolving conflict and problems and challenging projects.
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to master's level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
- Business Change
- Familiar with modelling and analysis tools (e.g. Enterprise Architect), methods, and standards (e.g. UML, BPMN).
- In-depth knowledge of business modelling techniques and experience in obtaining input from and communicating modelling results to senior managers for agreement.
- Knowledge of business processes to advise database designers and other application development team members on the details of data structures and associated components.
Desirable
- Possess (or working towards) a recognised Business Analysis professional qualification (such as BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis).
- Working knowledge of the NHS and national developments and policy initiatives
- Understanding and knowledge of health service terminology and information requirements Understanding of the NHS Wales IM&T development and assurance processes, including the NHS Wales Information Standards Assurance Process.
- Understanding and experience of Agile methodology.
- Practical experience of user centred design and service design principles.
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This advert is for Digital Business Analyst with Velindre University NHS Trust in Velindre Cancer Centre. It is listed as a Band 7 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £50,129 - £57,365 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (2x posts Fixed term/secondment for 12 Months & 2 x posts Fixed term/secondment for 18 Months). The application deadline is 03 Sep 2026.
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