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Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
31 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Practical Skills
Excellent communicator (both verbal and written)
- Practical Skills
High level of interpersonal and communication skills are required to provide and receive highly complex information, of a contentious or sensitive nature, to people with strong or opposing views and objectives, demonstrated to senior level
- Practical Skills
Analytical, problem solving and facilitation skills
- Practical Skills
Excellent leadership and motivational skills
- Practical Skills
Ability to deal with technical and business teams.
- Practical Skills
Excellent reporting and analytical skills
- Practical Skills
Basic computer literacy and willingness to further computer skills.
- Behaviours/Skills
Integrity
- Behaviours/Skills
Professional, self-starter
- Behaviours/Skills
Diplomatic, self-motivated and enthusiastic with a professional attitude.
- Behaviours/Skills
A good team player, with the ability to work flexibly in a diverse and demanding environment to meet the evolving needs of the department.
- Behaviours/Skills
Respect the working environment, to be responsible for one’s own acts and omissions in relation to Health & Safety.
- Qualifications and Training
IT related degree or an equivalent qualification
- Qualifications and Training
The jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority.
- Qualifications and Training
The jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role
- Qualifications and Training
Willingness to undergo all training requirements necessary for the post
- Special Knowledge including experience
Significant demonstrable experience of complex business analysis and requirements definition of new systems and/or services to health organisations.
- Special Knowledge including experience
A strong background in liaising with a wide range of stakeholders to drive out system requirements.
- Special Knowledge including experience
Proven experience and technical understanding of the theory and practice of the following:
- Special Knowledge including experience
Collation and articulation of requirements information from a variety of sources, e.g. via interviews, workshop and published material
- Special Knowledge including experience
The NHS and how it exchanges information from one part of the service to another (out of hours, NHS Direct, A&E, GP’s, appointments and data repositories)
- Special Knowledge including experience
Highly developed specialist expertise in analysis and interpreting highly complex information and reporting skills
- Special Knowledge including experience
Expertise in complex business modelling and analysis
- Special Knowledge including experience
Experience and expertise in using electronic work flow documentation tools
- Special Knowledge including experience
Experience and understanding of using UML
- Special Knowledge including experience
Practical experience and understanding of PRINCE2 and Programme methodologies
- Special Knowledge including experience
Understanding and practical experience of working within an Agile methodology and environment
- Special Knowledge including experience
Working from and developing scenarios and user requirements
- Special Knowledge including experience
Understanding and knowledge of technical architectures and messaging standards
- Special Knowledge including experience
A thorough understanding of all policies and procedures governing the Trust’s approach and delivery of IT projects.
- Special Knowledge including experience
An understanding of team management and the policy and procedures governing the Trust’s approach to managing staff.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications and Training
Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- Special Knowledge including experience
Experience in HL7v3
- Special Knowledge including experience
Understanding of technology enabled healthcare delivery
- Special Knowledge including experience
Understanding of Project management procedures
- Special Knowledge including experience
Knowledge of National public sector standards
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Business Analyst within the Digital IT department at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity for a highly motivated and professional individual to join the Project and Programme delivery Team and work collaboratively with all stakeholders to support the delivery of a Radiology imaging project. In return, we can offer you a varied, interesting, and challenging role working as part of a fantastic team and offering all the support you need to learn at pace and achieve your career ambitions.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 17 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8a
- Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 002133
- Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Shortlisting Date: 05/10/2026
Interview Date: 12/10/2026
Why you should join our Team
DIT at LTHT is a highly motivated and inclusive place to work. We hold our Leeds Way Values in high esteem and respect all colleagues. Within the trust we are always looking to improve and give the best service possible, and we are looking for individuals with the same drive to join us.
DIT look after the Trusts information technology, responsible for delivering and embedding the latest digital innovations, finding the right hardware and software to meet business needs, turning information into insight and everything in between. Its an exciting time to join us, as we offer varied and rewarding opportunities.
Wed love to consider your application if you want to be a part of delivering operational services that allow patients to be treated effectively across Leeds.
Please note that if you are applying for a fixed term position, should funding be available to support there may be a possibility of the position becoming permanent.
If you choose to use Al tools to complete your application, please take the time to edit and personalise your application and ensure that the language used reflects your behaviours, ideas and values. We want to understand what you can bring to LTHT and your reasons for applying, not a version of these created by AI. AI is a tool, it is not a replacement for your thoughts, experience and ideas.
What you will bring to the role
- IT related degree or an equivalent qualification
- Relevant business analysis qualification
- Demonstrable experience of business analysis and requirements definition of new systems/services
- Experience of working in a technical or healthcare setting
- Strong background in liaising with a wide range of stakeholders to drive out requirements
- Experience of working within a defined project management methodology including the creation and management of relevant or artefacts
- Understanding of national NHS strategies/policies and the challenges currently faced by the NHS
- A good team player able to work flexibly to meet the evolving needs of the department
- Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously across a range of work areas
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are.
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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This advert is for Senior Business Analyst with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Business analyst role. The advertised salary is £57528.00 to £64750.00. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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