Business Intelligence Analyst | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is expanding its Business Intelligence team to deliver innovative analytics that inform decision-makers across clinical, operational and research domains. You will work with around 20 BI Analysts and engineers to develop skills across SQL, ETL, and data visualization, drawing from large EPR-derived data sources to support performance and care improvement.

The role offers opportunities for training, development, and flexible delivery models to maximise staff

Qualifications

• Experience handling clinical or operational data in a large organisation.
• Ability to analyse large datasets and translate findings for varied audiences.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in reporting and documentation.
• Excellent communication with clinical and operational teams and external bodies.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily assistance to Senior Analysts by extracting data and populating templates.
• Liaise with colleagues to ensure data is collected accurately and timely.
• Ensure deadlines for information provision are met by planning and prioritising work.
• Run reports as required by senior analysts and external bodies.
• Provide informatics support to meet statutory and internal reporting deadlines.
• Work within the BI team to deliver information within agreed timescales.
• Develop relationships with PbR/SLR, BI, Performance and Finance teams.

Skills

Data extraction

Reporting

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

SQL

SSIS

SSAS

Power BI

Job description

Business Intelligence Analyst | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Do you want to be part of talented and expanding Business Intelligence team building innovative analytics products that help to inform and empower our decision makers? As a BI Analyst you will support the team to extract knowledge for our clinical and operational teams, hungry for analytics to optimise clinical care and performance and for our vibrant research community. You will support our organisation to meet its statutoryreporting responsibilities, delivering key areas of reporting to external partners and national bodies.

You will join a group of approximately 20 Business Intelligence Analysts and engineers and you will have options to increase and hone your skillsin multiple BI related areas covering up to 40 clinical specialties. You will be given the opportunity to develop skills to analyse and report on large,complex data sets and deliver through appropriate visualisation tools; utilising a range of complex data sources derived from our mature ElectronicPatient Record system.

What can we offer you – access to extensive opportunities for training and development, career progression with free access to MicrosoftEnterprise Skills Initiative which includes include training, exams and certifications. Access to an agile/home working model of delivery across all

our Business Intelligence services that maximises flexible working for all our staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for an applicant looking to start their career journey within Business Intelligence. You will develop a thoroughunderstanding of NHS data, how to process data and report to both internal and external audiences. You will be given access to extensivetraining and development to build you technical skill set including but not limited to SQL, ETL Processing (SSIS and SSAS) and data visualisationtools. You will, over time develop the skills to analyse and report on large, complex data sets and deliver through appropriate tools for datavisualisation and reporting that provide you with an extensive skill set to continue your career journey. Your main duties will include:

• Provide daily assistance to the Senior Analysts, extracting data and populating templates for specified established reports for service managers, corporate managers, external organisations and statutory bodies
• Provide informatics support to meet all statutory and internal reporting deadlines utilising processes for daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting within the trust and to external organisations.
• Utilise and further develop existing data sources to support the development of standard information for users of the service

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work so you will be joining a Business Intelligence team that actively supportstraining and skills development to help you achieve your personal and career development objectives and promotes agile/home workingopportunities for all. We are a dedicated, extremely busy, hard-working, and friendly team who will help you to flourish in your new role.

As a member of the OneLSC, you will be working as part of a collaborative, friendly and caring team of incredible people who are committed to providing excellent care with compassion. We celebrate diversity, encourage everyone to contribute, and you are valued for who you are.

Together, we can create your future. You will be supported to achieve your personal goals and build the career you want. You will have access to our world-class education facilities and award-winning leadership and learning programmes - so this is the perfect place for you to achieve yourpotential. Together, we have created a supportive, inspirational, innovative, and vibrant workplace.

Further details are available in the detailed Job Description and person specification. The main responsibilities of the post are:

• Provide daily assistance to the Senior Analysts, extracting data and populating templates for specified established reports for service managers, corporate managers, external organisations and statutory bodies
• Liaise with relevant individuals to ensure that any data is collected in an accurate and timely manner
• Ensure all deadlines for information provision are met by planning and organising work in response to continually changing priorities
• Run reports as specified and required by the senior analysts
• Provide informatics support to meet all statutory and internal reporting deadlines utilising processes for daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting within the trust and to external organisations.
• Work within the BI team in providing information as per agreed timescales
• Establish effective working relationships with key personnel in the PbR/SLR, Business Intelligence, Performance, Finance and Divisional Teams relevant to the role.
• Report effectively, in written, verbal or electronic format as required
• Utilise departmental operational procedures to run reports, updating procedures as processes are refined.
• Provide analysis support to respond to activity queries and requests
• Quality assure relevant procedures and process documents ensuring changes are reflected into documentation
• Become proficient in the interpretation of user requirements into ad hoc reports.
• Utilise and further develop existing data sources to support the development of standard information for users of the service
• Work independently with Trust staff, but with support and guidance from the Senior Business Intelligence team members.
• Become proficient in the use of the Trusts data visualisation tools to analyse and present data to service users.