Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Skills
Sound knowledge and skills of all Microsoft Office products, Structured Query Language (SQL) Server Management Studios, and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages
- Skills
Excellent Excel skills
- Skills
Knowledge of CIVICA SLAM
- Skills
Numerate and able to analyse and interpret data and information accurately and effectively
- Skills
Able to analyse and interpret highly complex information and financial data to assess issues and anticipate problems and provide workable solutions
- Skills
Knowledge of the NHS National Tariff
- Skills
Knowledge and experience in using PowerBI reporting suite
- Experience
Experience of using Secondary Uses Service (SUS)/Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Acute datasets
- Experience
Acute NHS informatics experience
- Experience
Acute NHS income reporting experience
- Experience
Acute NHS Contracts experience
- Communication
Effective communicator
- Qualifications and knowledge
Educated to a degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience working at a similar level in a specialist area
- Personal and people development
Confident and Assertive
- Personal and people development
Able to produce work to a consistently high standard
- Personal and people development
Able to work effectively as part of a team
- Personal and people development
Self Motivated
- Personal and people development
Sound time management skills
- Personal and people development
Embraces change
- Personal and people development
Customer Focused
- Personal and people development
Committed to self-development
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Knowledge of visual basics
- Experience
Proven experience working within the National Health Service (NHS) financial environment
- Experience
Knowledge of the NHS National Tariff
- Experience
Implementation of an Acute NHS planning / contracting round
Job overview
Senior Information Analyst
Department: Finance
Band 6 £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata if part-time
Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
*Hybrid working arrangement*
Reporting into the Systems Manager, the Senior Information Analyst will be responsible for the monitoring of the daily feeds into the contract monitoring system (SLAM) to ensure that the Trust is reporting its contract values accurately and completely.
You will assist with the daily and weekly submissions of the Clinical Data Sets to the Secondary Uses Service (SUS) and liaising with all relevant Trust personnel to ensure the completeness and accuracy of those submissions.
You will assist in responding to the Commissioner’s monthly challenges ensuring that they are all answered within the relevant deadlines.
You will be able to develop and maintain contract income reports.
Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.
Interview: 29 September 2026
If you have applied for the role in the last 6 months, please do not apply
Main duties of the job
'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'
'Administrative and Clerical staff feel supported with flexible working at MKUH, reporting 6.82 out of 10, and a 76% feel strongly about approaching their managers regarding flexible working.' ''NHS Survey, 2024''
The post holder will support the Systems Manager as well as other stakeholders for all aspects of the Trust Income System, Service Level Agreement Monitoring (SLAM). The post holder will need to demonstrate analytical skills, possess strong Structured Query Language (SQL) knowledge and be able to identify and fix any issues as they occur.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working under the management of the Systems Manager, the main responsibilities of the post are as follows:
Develop reports and analysis using advanced business intelligence tool
Audit the activity information dataset to review the quality of information, addressing any data quality issues and making recommendations where improvement is necessary
Act as the Trust representative at appropriate meetings and forums, including contributing to discussions, making commitments to deliver work to agreed deadlines and ensuring that other team members are adequately informed Manage complex information, with the ability to communicate to a range of stakeholder audiences including non-financial colleagues. Liaise and respond to a range of stakeholder finance and activity queries.
Cover for other members of the Income team, where appropriate. Provide training and support to CIVICA SLAM users, to ensure system competence.
Please refer to the Job Description for further details
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This advert is for Senior Information Analyst with Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Milton Keynes, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Data analyst role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata if part-time. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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