Data Analytics Developer | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Croydon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a skilled individual for a role in data modelling and visual analytics. You will design innovative dashboards and reports using Microsoft Azure and Power BI, ensuring high documentation standards. The position emphasizes teamwork and stakeholder engagement, with flexibility in working hours. As a leader, you will guide a focused team and contribute to projects enhancing service delivery. This position is crucial in supporting the Trust's technical intelligence initiatives.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in data modelling and analytics.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong skills in producing user-friendly documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design reports and dashboards to a high standard.
• Provide detailed documentation for technical and business users.
• Lead projects aligned with organizational objectives.
• Ensure change control processes are followed.
• Engage with clinicians to improve care delivery processes.
• Develop data quality monitoring tools.
• Present complex information to stakeholders.
• Support research using specialized methods.
• Manage customer support and supplier relationships.
• Lead a focused team in delivering report products.

Skills

Data visualisation methodologies

Documentation skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Power BI

Job description

The post holder will provide a data modelling and visual analytics function delivering well designed and innovative products, such as dashboards and reports, built upon Microsoft Azure and Power BI Platform, delivering outputs using data visualisation methodologies to convey key messages to the products users. Each product developed will need both user and technical documentation, including the completion of design templates, change control requests, testing plans and results.

Flexible working: As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

About the team

The informatics team is split into two areas, data delivery and requirements & engagement. These teams work together to deliver against our service model to the organisation.

We work in an environment of collaboration, and whilst we endeavour to deliver information in a right the first-time environment, we have also created the space for teams and individuals to test out new technologies or interest projects within ring-fenced time – often in collaboration with external consultancies who support and encourage learning within the team.

About the location

The Digital Services Informatics team is based at Jeanette Wallace House, in-between Bromley and Croydon (CR0 1FE). Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reports and dashboards are designed to a high standard using latest data visualisation methodologies and can be used in a self-service environment.
• Provide a high level of documentation which underpins the on-going success of the Technical Intelligence service. This includes internal technical documents but also friendly business user focused documentation.
• Participate or lead projects ensuring they are aligned to the key organisational objectives of the Trust, providing options and recommendations to support those objectives.
• Ensure that all new developments and amendments follow the change control process. This requires rigorous testing procedures and detailed impact analysis.
• To work with clinicians and service managers to undertake analysis of business/care delivery processes, advising on how these might be changed or refined to improve their efficiency, and how such changes would be enabled by the appropriate use of information systems and communications technology.
• Participate or lead on the development of data quality monitoring tools and techniques to support the accurate reporting of all internal and external reports and lead on the development of reporting from the Trust's data warehouse.
• Presenting of highly complex information to a wide range of stakeholders. This includes dealing with complex ad hoc queries and where necessary making solutions accessible and available trust wide.
• Supporting research and development by using specialist research methods. This may include the management of discrete projects.
• The post holder will lead in the provision of customer support, interfacing and maintaining business and supplier relationships.
• Lead and manage a small focused team to ensure delivery of reports, dashboards and other similar products against an agreed schedule. Ensure that report writers and dashboard developers adhere to the policies and procedures of the Technical Intelligence Department, Digital Services, Trust and are supervised accordingly.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025.