Data Analyst - Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI)

NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health service organization in the UK is seeking a Data Analyst for its Red Cell Immunohaematology function. This role involves providing expert data analysis and reporting to inform operational and strategic decisions across the service. Responsibilities include gathering data, managing reporting tasks, and leading data-driven workstreams. The position requires strong organizational and leadership skills, with opportunities for training and personal development. Join a dedicated team making a difference in healthcare.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Strong ability to gather and analyze data from various sources.
• Experience in managing reporting tasks and producing actionable insights.
• Ability to support performance improvement and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Gathering data and producing analysis.
• Managing scheduled and ad hoc reporting.
• Supporting strategic planning and service improvement.
• Leading data-driven workstreams for performance reporting.
• Ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.

Skills

Data analysis

Reporting

Organizational skills

Leadership

Job description

This is a great opportunity to work in NHS Blood Transplant as a Data Analyst with the Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI) function, a national reference service supporting the safe and clinically effective use of red cells and other blood components. You will provide Data analysis expert advice to RCI Management and other stakeholders NHSBT. As part of the RCI management team, you will provide expert data analysis, interpretation, and reporting to inform operational and strategic decision‑making across the service. Your analytical insight will support workforce planning, quality improvement, and service development, ensuring RCI remains a recognised centre of excellence in reference transfusion science. In this role you will be a Data Analyst responsible for the analysis of business performance data.

Responsibilities

• Gathering data from a variety of sources, producing analysis and recommendations.
• Managing a portfolio of scheduled and ad hoc reporting tasks, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly outputs.
• Reporting of trends to support strategic planning, service improvement and business growth.
• Supporting the Assistant Director of RCI, members of the Senior Management Team and the wider function to achieve challenging performance and growth targets with a focus on improving efficiency/productivity of the function.
• Supporting the delivery of the RCI strategic plan by ensuring that insight from data is aligned with business objectives, that performance is monitored across all sites, and that data is used to inform improvements, operational planning, and stakeholder engagement.
• Leading and contributing to data-driven workstreams, such as performance reporting, benchmarking, forecasting and dashboard development, ensuring that they are of the highest professional standards and compliant with all relevant internal and external standards, regulation and instructions.

You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice.

Your organisational and leadership skills will ensure the transfusion service continues to deliver a cost effective and responsive service to patients and users of the service. NHSBT will offer training and development opportunities to maintain and enhance your personal development.

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.