227315 Population Health Intelligence Analyst (KA)

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Scotland is seeking a Health Intelligence Analyst to work within their Public Health Intelligence Team. This role involves producing high-quality public health intelligence and informing planning and policies to improve health outcomes. Candidates should have a relevant degree and expertise in qualitative methods. The position is permanent and full-time, offering hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• A degree plus additional specialist knowledge in fields like epidemiology or statistics.
• Expertise in qualitative or mixed methods is essential.

Responsibilities

• Be a dynamic Health Intelligence Analyst in Public Health.
• Work with partners to produce quality public health intelligence.
• Inform planning and policy to reduce health inequalities.
• Lead programmes of work involving planning and analysis.
• Develop public health intelligence skills.

Skills

Expertise in qualitative methods

Knowledge in evaluation

Education

Degree with SCQF Level 10

Job description

Overview

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visas and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Responsibilities

• Be a dynamic Health Intelligence Analyst in the Public Health Intelligence Team within NHS Lothian’s Department of Public Health and Health Policy.
• Work closely with colleagues and partners across the three domains of public health to produce high quality public health intelligence.
• Contribute to informing planning, policy and services as NHS Lothian and its partners work to improve people’s lives by reducing health inequalities and improving health.
• Prioritise and lead programmes of work, taking responsibility for the planning, analysis, interpretation and communication of evidence-informed public health intelligence.
• Apply and develop specialist public health intelligence skills to contribute to the priorities of a large Public Health department.

Qualifications

• A degree plus additional specialist knowledge to SCQF Level 10 in a relevant field (e.g., epidemiology, research methods, information analysis, statistics and/or qualitative methodology).
• Expertise in qualitative or mixed methods and knowledge or experience in formal approaches to evaluation in a public health context.

Requirements and Roles Details

• Permanent full-time Agenda for Change Band 6 position. The main departmental office is in Edinburgh with hybrid working.
• We cannot accept CVs as a form of application; only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure equal treatment.
• Location and office information: Mainpoint, 102 Westport, Edinburgh; additional offices at the Astley Ainslie Hospital site.
• For informal discussion or further details, contact Ross Whitehead, Head of Public Health Intelligence, NHS Lothian at [e-mail].
• Interviews will take place the Week of 20th October 2025.