Business Solution Analyst - Data Intelligence Programme

NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Blood and Transplant is seeking a Business Solution Analyst to work within the Data Intelligence Programme. The role focuses on data and analysis to drive improvements in donor and patient care, with flexibility to work remotely and attend site 2–4 days per month.

You will support across multiple workstreams, shaping delivery with your BA expertise. You will collaborate with Project Managers, Solution Architects and SMEs, owning BA artifacts and ensuring NHSBT standards are met.

Qualifications

• Provide a business analysis service to projects covering business and process change, solutions procurement, development and implementation.
• Determine which BA artifacts and deliverables are appropriate to each project and deliver to NHSBT standards.
• Work with Project Manager, Product Centre Manager, Solution Architects, SMEs and key stakeholders to ensure business needs are identified and solutions meet these needs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships via face to face, telephone/telecon and email.
• Manage own workload and diary, prioritise tasks and renegotiate deadlines as needed; support available on request.
• Occasional travel nationally; some overnight stays may be necessary.

Skills

Business analysis

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Communication

Job description

We're looking for a Business Solution Analyst who has worked with and is passionate about data, to join the NHSBT Data Intelligence Programme. This sits at the heart of NHSBTs modernisation and transformation agenda, as meaningful data and analysis are key to unlocking insights to drive improvements in donor and patient care through innovative, efficient, and high-quality services. The programme is a central enabler of the organisations ambitions to ensure blood stock resilience, improve clinical quality, and deliver more efficient, safe, inclusive, and resilient operations while providing a faster, timelier, and reliable source of intelligence for our managers. Our Business Analyst will work flexibly across the workstreams in our Programme, providing support through their expertise with data, insights and business analysis, to shape our delivery. Everything we do is ultimately about improving care and outcomes for donors and patients, and we are bringing together professionals with the vision, influence, and expertise to unlock the full potential of data in NHSBT. So, if you share our passion and want your work to make a meaningful, measurable impact on healthcare across the UK, please note that this role is mainly remote. However, you will be required to attend site on occasion (approximately 2‑4 days per month) for meetings.

• You will provide a business analysis service to a variety of projects covering business and process change, solutions procurement, development and implementation
• You will be help determine which BA artifacts and deliverables will be appropriate to each project, and be responsible for delivering these to NHSBT standards
• You will work closely with the Project Manager, Product Centre Manager, Solution Architects, SMEs and key business stakeholders to ensure that business needs are identified and delivered solutions meet these needs
• You will build and maintain stakeholder relationships via all communication channels (face to face, telephone/telecon and email) with customers across the business and third parties
• You will be responsible for managing your own workload and diary, including making priority calls and renegotiating deadlines within your own workspace. Management support will be available if required.
• Limited national travel is required on an occasional basis in accordance with project needs and some overnight stays are necessary.
• You may be required to travel and spend time away from base, and this may involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice
  It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.