# Senior Information Analyst - Women's & Children's Division, Band 6

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Cheltenham
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 (pa pro rata if part-time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid work - 3 days per week on site)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16T15:10:00.503Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Cheltenham/Gloucestershire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Business_Intelligence/Business_Intelligence-v8162337
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8162337?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Join a team dedicated to making a difference in patient care during a pivotal time for healthcare. During the past couple of years, which have been some of the most important and challenging for healthcare, our BI team have worked to aid the trust in making critical decisions while supporting patient flow and quality of care. This included using advanced forecasting models to predict COVID admissions, creating real time operational dashboards, and gaining access to new data flows. Gloucestershire Hospitals BI Team has gained national recognition, winning the Health Tech Newspaper Award for Best Use of Data 2020 and AphAs Analytical Team of the Year.

This is an exciting time to be a part of the GHFT BI team. We are moving forward fast with our Digital BI strategy. Alongside these ambitious plans come lots of opportunities for staff to develop personally and professionally. As a Trust we are determined to be at the forefront of change, using tools such as machine learning and predictive analytics in the next stages of our journey.

We offer hybrid working arrangements following a qualifying period, providing flexibility alongside this impactful role with a friendly and supportive team.

Hybrid work - 3 days per week on site

This job may close earlier than stated if a sufficient number of applications has been received.

'Previous applicants need not apply’

### Main duties of the job

We are seeking a skilled, motivated analyst with strong analytical expertise, who can communicate and present complex information effectively to diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate will excel under pressure, manage conflicting deadlines and prioritise tasks efficiently.

A key focus of the role is to support the Trust's senior leadership in improving patient experience, contributing to our vision of delivering the "Best Care for Everyone." This role requires an experienced, forward-thinking, solution-oriented analyst driven to make a meaningful impact, with a passion for delivering exemplary BI services.

The successful candidate will:

- be primary responsible for providing vital information to internal teams and external stakeholders

- collaborate with clinicians and senior managers to understand requirements

- develop insightful reporting tools

- deliver intelligence to inform decision-making to enhance service quality and patient care.

The role involves handling large volumes of complex data, advanced analytical techniques to transform data into actionable insights. The role plays a critical role identifying/addressing data quality and accuracy issues ensuring integrity of the information provided. While working collaboratively in a team, the post holder must work independently, manage their workload and proactively prioritise to meet deadlines.

A positive, engaging attitude is essential to foster strong working relationships and drive improvements in patient care.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role will be an integral part of the Women's and Children's team within the Business Intelligence (BI) unit at Cheltenham General Hospital.

The post holder primarily has responsibility for the provision of information to both the organisation and our external stakeholders.

This involves working closely with clinicians and senior managers within the hospital to understand their requirements, developing reporting tools and providing intelligence to enable services to make better informed decisions. The post holder will need to be engaging, forward thinking, and work with a positive attitude in order to build great working relationships with our customers to improve patient care.

The post holder will also be responsible for interrogating large volumes of highly complex data, and use a variety of software and analytical methods to turn this data into intelligence.

The post holder is expected to highlight any areas of concern with regard to data quality and accuracy and undertake appropriate action as required. The post holder will work as part of a team of analysts, but will be required to work independently at times and manage their own workload. They will also need to take a proactive approach with regard to prioritising and negotiating deadlines.

Additional working pattern details: Hybrid work 3 days per week on site

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Excellent SQL skills– data management, interrogation & analysis products
- Advanced knowledge and highly skilled in the use of MS Excel to produce dashboards (Tableau, Power BI etc)
- In depth knowledge and understanding of NHS Data Dictionary (DD) including datasets, data standards and data modelling concepts
- Ability and experience to present information with a high level of accuracy to a wide range of audiences both verbally and electronically (e.g. charts graphs, reports, scorecards, tables, dashboards etc.)
- Detailed understanding of the importance of data quality (DQ) -attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to challenge and manage user/stakeholder expectations
- Excellent problem solving skills (PS) to the development of advanced analytical methodologies
- Lead by example the ability to exercise own initiative and work independently to achieve objectives and deadlines
- Appropriate professional working experience in an analytical/data management

**Desirable**

- Good understanding of patient pathways

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Bachelor Degree or equivalent educational level

## Documents

- [why work for us - rewards and benefits (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2952)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463224)

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