# Senior Information Analyst > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-information-analyst/18844511-ca6e-4f10-b0c3-02cb6c032e0a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-information-analyst/18844511-ca6e-4f10-b0c3-02cb6c032e0a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Data analyst - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** 22 months (Fixed Term / Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T10:20:49.115Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackpool/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Business_Intelligence/Business_Intelligence-v8162286 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8162286?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will deliver and maintain Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to support the system information agenda, providing key information, intelligence and data metrics. The role involves interrogating information systems, producing routine and ad hoc reports, analysing and reporting on data, ensuring the timely and accurate production of key performance indicators and contractual data requirements, providing advice on performance measures, data and statistics, and contributing to working groups developing information capability to support effective decision making. ### Main duties of the job - Provide reports, data and analysis to support managers, service planning and monitoring groups. - Provide specialist statistical analysis of service use data and quality metrics to identify trends, developments and data quality issues. - Develop, implement and maintain business intelligence solutions and complex information reports. - Lead on the development of reporting to internal stakeholders. Encourage the use of business intelligence and information to support business planning. - Contribute to One LSC strategies and action plans and work with Data Quality, Reporting, Data Engineering, Clinical Coding and Performance teams. - Support and develop junior staff, including technical training. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Develop and maintain skills in SQL, database administration and highly complex data analysis. - Design highly complex datasets, BI solutions and algorithms and ensure data warehouse developments are accurate and produced to schedule. - Monitor and maintain implementation of the divisional data quality improvement plan. - Provide support and expertise for informatics systems related to the Electronic Patient Record (EPR). - Propose changes to divisional and service informatics practice and implement local policies. - Plan a local programme of work to progress the section business plan and respond to changing user requirements. - Provide submissions and returns to local and national bodies. - Provide advice and guidance to maximise system functionality and enhance data quality and reporting. - Be responsive to service user requests for assistance. - Undertake other duties commensurate with the post and band Please see job description attached for further details. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills and ability **Essential** - Information analysis skills - Ability to learn and apply programming skills - Demonstrable skills in business intelligence software - Excellent numeracy and statistical methods skills - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Excellent analytical skills - Flexible approach to working hours - Ability to work as part of a team to work on own **Desirable** - Project Management Skills ### Experience and knowledge **Essential** - Significant experience in Informatics in a large/ complex organisation - Advanced knowledge of MS Excel - Experience of writing and maintaining SQL scripts - Relevant experience of business intelligence software **Desirable** - Experience of NHS information systems and use of information across the NHS (Acute and/or Community) - Knowledge of relational database theory - Knowledge of Acute Hospital information systems (e.g. PAS) - Knowledge of Community Services information systems (e.g. EMIS Web Community) - Knowledge of statistical publication, monitoring and metrics - Ability to read, comprehend and advise on national policy and guidance - Knowledge of NHS quality/governance systems e.g. CQC ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Good level of general education - Relevant degree or equivalent i.e. Information or related area **Desirable** - Post graduate diploma or equivalent in Information or related area - ECDL or equivalent - Evidence of professional and/or personal development ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761) - [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405) - [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494) - [job description - senior information analyst (pdf, 264.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463264) - [person specification - senior information analyst (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463265) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.