Job summary
As the Office of Data and Analytics work towards supporting the Trust with delivering and implementing the Electronic Patient Record (EPR), the Senior Information Analyst will play a pivotal role with supporting to deliver analytics and insight to the organisation.
In addition, the Senior Information Analyst will play an integral role in supporting the ODA's Analytics Evolution which will simultaneously drive analytics improvements.
Day to day, the Senior Information Analyst will respond to requests for data, supporting with pieces of insight to clinical and operational colleagues and other support underpinning the Trust's Strategic Objectives.
Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for further details.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Information Analyst will:
- Work with Business Intelligence Leads, Delivery Managers and Analytics Business Partners to refine information requirements.
- Work both independently, and as part of a multi-disciplinary squad to provide meaningful insights as required.
- Utilise tools and various data sources to provide the best-fit solution to operational and clinical asks and analysis.
- Work iteratively with colleagues to ensure requirements are met.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Details
- Date posted: 19 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 18 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 001526
- Job locations: Dewsbury District Hospital, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Essential person specification requirements
Qualifications:
- Degree or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience
Experience:
- Significant experience of working in an informatics/analytical role, including knowledge of national requirements
- Excellent analytical and requirements gathering skills
- Demonstrable experience of being able to understand and interpret results from complex or novel analyses, apply results to problems and suggest conclusions to be drawn
- Experience of complex multi-faceted analyses
- Able to present results of analysis via written and verbal communication
- Good working knowledge and experience of databases and interrogation tools
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to effectively influence
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and effectively manage competing priorities
- Self-motivated and passionate about informatics agenda
- Able to translate complex information for a variety of purposes and audiences
- Good working capability of SQL writing and analytical workings, through a varied use systems and applications
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working on the information services agenda including knowledge of national requirements.
- Excellent analytical and requirements gathering skills.
- Demonstrable experience of being able to understand and interpret results from complex or novel analyses, apply the results to the given problem and suggest conclusions to be drawn.
- Experience of providing complex multi-faceted analyses.
- Able to present and explain results of analysis via written and verbal communication.
- Good working knowledge and experience of databases including database interrogation tools.
- Good working knowledge of spreadsheets, with experience of making use of their wider functionality, e.g. formulae.
- Experience of identifying, developing, and monitoring key performance indicators.
- Experience in the use of SQL to process, arrange and manipulate data.
- Experience in the use of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 functions and tools/services.
- Understanding of a wide range of data quality issues and the application of the appropriate data validation techniques.
- Experience of working in the NHS with at least three years’ experience of working in an analytical role.
Desirable
- Experience of working closely with clinical staff.
- Development of SSRS solutions.
- Experienced in the use of Qliksense/Power BI.
- Training staff in the use of information analysis and associated tools.
- Implementation of new policies and procedures.
- Experience of working both independently and in a team orientated collaborative environment.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or ability to demonstrate equivalent level of experience
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Willingness to lead and manage change.
- Flexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively influence.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and effectively manage competing priorities.
- Ability to translate complex information for a variety of purposes. Present such information in a range of formats to diverse audiences, such as a multi-disciplinary team or service user group.
- Expert use of IT systems and applications, including data interrogation/manipulation.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to negotiate effectively with a wide range of partners, including service leads, with tact and persuasion.
- Able to communicate effectively with both external and internal customers and colleagues to understand the work required and present or explain work completed.
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS information standards and guidance.
- Understanding of Data Protection and Caldicott Security and Confidentiality, Data Protection Act.
- Awareness and understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Awareness of own limitations.
- Knowledge of NHS data manual and definitions. NHS reporting standards and requirements.
- Knowledge of Local Patient Information Systems/Databases.
- Working knowledge of NHS national targets and performance indicators.
- Knowledge of data warehousing.
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