Analytics and Visualisation Lead

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; North East; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the North East is looking for an Analytics and Visualisation Lead to spearhead data analytics projects and enhance patient outcomes through effective data visualisation. The successful candidate will collaborate with various departments, promote innovative technologies, and support strategic decision-making. On-site work is required three days a week. This role offers an opportunity to lead in a transformative era for healthcare analytics.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in advanced analytics and data visualisation techniques.
• Strong understanding of healthcare data management.
• Experience in project management and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Analytics and Visualisation function, ensuring timely project completion.
• Develop and maintain reporting processes and Trust-wide visualisation standards.
• Engage stakeholders and promote the use of data across the Trust.

Skills

Advanced analytics

Data visualisation

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Cloud analytics tools

Education

Relevant degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Power BI

Cloud analytics tools

Job description

A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.


At the heart of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s ambitious Digital Strategy is the provision of high-quality data to support intelligence-led decision making. You will be leading a function that is key to delivering this element of the strategy, using highly developed skills in the use of analytics and visualisation.

As a department, Information Services has been at the forefront of consistently delivering critical data driven insights and in today's dynamic healthcare environment, the ability to make data-informed decisions is essential. However, with the increasing complexity of healthcare data, there's a pressing need to present this data faster in a more comprehensive and actionable format; this means, adopting new and innovative technologies.

Information Services is entering a transformative era, with a unique opportunity to support our Trust’s mission and improve patient outcomes through advanced data analytics and visualisation. With the rollout of Power BI across the Trust and the implementation of our Digital Strategy, the need for a dedicated Analytics and Visualisation function has never been more important.

The Analytics and Visualisation function will seamlessly integrate and work in tandem within the current infrastructure and existing wider Analytics and Reporting Team, facilitating actionable insights, enhancing data interpretation, decision-making, and stakeholder engagement.



To lead the Analytics and Visualisation function, ensuring projects are completed on time and meet the highest standards.

To support the deputy analytics manager in strategic planning, project prioritisation, and resource allocation.

To develop, maintain and document Trust-wide visualisation standards for outputs such as dashboards and reports that support operational and strategic requirements, using advanced skills/software.

To promote the use of data positively and successfully across the Trust so that data is recognised as a key enabler for service development and improvement. Educating staff in the use of data to ensure that staff at all levels have solid data literacy skills to enable them to effectively use data to make strategic and operational decisions.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Fully remote working is not a possibility for this post and the expectation would be for the successful candidate to work on site for three days per week.

Please be aware that this vacancy may close prior to the closing date if a large volume of applications is received.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

The post-holder will be responsible for leading the Analytics and Visualisation function within the Analytics and Reporting Team.

Responsibilities include:

Championing the use of the latest analytics and visualisation techniques to convert complex datasets into compelling and intuitive visuals (including charts, graphs and maps) that are usable by a wide range of staff across the organisation.

Developing and maintaining reporting processes, including specific responsibilities relating to Cloud analytics tools and a predictive analytics layer.

Developing and maintaining Trust-wide visualisation standards for outputs, ensuring consistency and clarity across all data visualisations.

Exploring and recommending advanced visualisation tools and software to keep the Trust at the forefront of data analytics.

Providing expert advice and guidance to users.



Key areas for the Analytics and Visualisation function include (not exclusively):

a. Data Interpretation: Transforming complex healthcare data into intuitive visual representations that can make complex data more understandable.

b. Strategic Planning & Decision Making: Aiding clinicians, senior managers, administrators, and other stakeholders in making informed decisions quickly.

c. Engagement: Engaging stakeholders more effectively, ensuring they grasp the nuances of the data by presenting them in a more comprehensible style than in its raw format.

d. Operational Efficiency: Using real-time analytics to highlight areas for process improvements, leading to cost savings, optimal utilisation of resource allocation and enhanced patient care.

e. Promote a Culture of Innovation: Allocating time for R&D, engaging in idea-sharing including on the latest technologies and methodologies across team members; keeping the organisation updated, and boosting employee engagement.

Core responsibilities of the Analytics and Visualisation Lead include:

Technical Expertise: This role will spearhead complex data projects, employ advanced analytics tools, and ensure data integrity and accuracy.

Management Prowess: Beyond technical expertise, the role demands managerial finesse to foster team growth and mentorship, inter-departmental collaboration, ensuring alignment with Trust goals, and liaise with senior management for strategic initiatives.

Data Strategy: Design and implement an Analytics and Reporting sub-strategy aligned with our Trust's objectives and supports the overall department data strategy.

Stakeholder Communication: Regular dialogues with key stakeholders, updating them on data initiatives, challenges, and the roadmap ahead.

Development and Upskilling: Be a beacon for professional and personal development, design and implement upskilling plans, guide on professional registration through bodies like AphA, BCS etc. all in alignment with the National Competency Framework.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Aug 2025