Cancer Data Analyst

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Hereford is looking for a motivated Cancer Data Analyst to manage their cancer database system and assist in developing Power BI dashboards. The ideal candidate will support data validation and compliance with reporting standards, ensuring high-quality data for improving cancer care outcomes. Join a progressive team dedicated to enhancing quality and patient pathways in a beautiful rural setting.

Benefits

Great work-life balance

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience with data analysis and integrity.
• Strong understanding of compliance with national reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and operate the cancer database system.
• Support development of Power BI dashboards and SQL data extraction.
• Ensure timely and accurate upload of datasets for reporting.
• Conduct data quality checks and support training for staff.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Power BI

Data validation

Education

Analytical background

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated Cancer Data Analyst to join our team. They will assist in managing and operating the Trust's cancer database system (Infoflex). The role involves supporting the development of Power BI dashboards, using SQL to extract and analyse data for both routine and ad-hoc reporting, and identifying opportunities for improvement through internal and external data analysis.

You will assist with the timely and accurate upload of cancer datasets to both the National Cancer Waiting Times and National Audit Databases, ensuring submissions are fully compliant with national reporting requirements. This includes verifying that submitted data accurately reflects the Trust's performance and meets all relevant timescales and data quality standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a analytical background and a passion for data integrity to contribute to improving cancer care outcomes. The postholder will be responsible for daily and weekly data validation, supporting the Patient Tracking List (PTL) process, verifying information against systems, and producing monthly cancer service and trustwide performance statistics. They will also contribute to monitoring service standards in line with national and local targets, undertake project work, perform data quality checks, and support training for staff across cancer services and the wider Trust.

About the Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.