Information Analyst – Pharmacy and Digital Medicines | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Data Analyst to join their Pharmacy team. The role involves developing medicines-related reporting and analytics, ensuring data integrity, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Candidates should have experience in data extraction and reporting within a healthcare context. The position offers opportunities for personal development within a supportive environment. The closing date for applications is October 17, 2025.

Benefits

High-quality training and development

Qualifications

• Experience in data extraction, analysis, and reporting within a healthcare environment.
• Essential knowledge of pharmacy digital systems, finance reporting, and mandatory reporting obligations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and produce medicines related reporting and data analytics.
• Ensure timely, relevant information is available to stakeholders.
• Support submission of month end financial data extracts.
• Maintain data integrity and accuracy in submissions.
• Develop relationships with reporting and finance teams.
• Track biosimilar switching trends for decision-making.
• Extract data regarding medicines from information systems.
• Analyse datasets and maintain performance reporting mechanisms.
• Set up and maintain a database for patients treated with specific medicines.
• Assist in recovery of funding for high cost drugs.
• Carry out audits and analysis on drug use.

Skills

Data extraction

Data analysis

Reporting

Knowledge of pharmacy digital systems

Financial reporting

Job description

Overview

Are you a data-driven thinker with a passion for improving healthcare outcomes? This is a rare and exciting opportunity to become a key player in our Pharmacy team as a Data Analyst, embedded within the Pharmacy Medicines Use & Quality division. You’ll collaborate across the Trust with Procurement, Finance, and Information teams, and connect with regional and national NHS networks to drive meaningful change.

Key Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the development and production of medicines related reporting and data analytics along with pharmacy business intelligence metrics from our digital systems.
• To ensure that timely, relevant and accessible information is available to relevant departmental, divisional and Trust stakeholders in relation to medicines and related pharmacy business activities.
• To support the timely submission of month end medicine related financial data extracts to the relevant teams in finance to support the Trust in satisfying mandatory and contractual reporting obligations.
• To ensure that data integrity is maintained and that submission of data is carried out accurately and timely.
• To develop key relationships with colleagues within the trust reporting team, finance and commissioning teams along with relevant stakeholders (e.g. CDF, NHSE).
• Track and analyse biosimilar switching trends to support decision‑making in conjunction with the senior managers.
• To be responsible for the extraction of data pertaining to medicines, including high cost drugs (HCD), from the Trust’s information systems including Pharmacy Stock Control System, electronic Prescribing Medicines Administration (ePMA) System and other pharmacy systems. To ensure that all statutory activity data relating to medication activity is collated, validated, checked for accuracy and submitted in accordance with strict deadlines.
• Extract and analyse datasets derived from pharmacy digital systems, to maintain regular performance reporting mechanisms for medicines and pharmacy activity across the Trust.
• Set up and maintenance of a database with patients treated with excluded from tariff medicines as required.
• To assist in the recovery of funding for PbR excluded “high cost drug” exclusions and management of IAS / NHS England approvals for PbR excluded and exceptional circumstances drugs.
• Carry out relevant audits and analysis on the use of PbR excluded drugs and NICE approved drugs used at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Qualifications

Applicants should have experience in data extraction, analysis, and reporting within a healthcare environment. Knowledge of pharmacy digital systems, finance reporting, and mandatory reporting obligations is essential.

About Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust’s core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Application

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full details and responsibilities. This advert closes on Friday 17 Oct 2025.