Lead Information Analyst

NHS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS Trust is seeking a Lead Information Analyst to enhance their Business Intelligence team in Tees Valley. The role focuses on data analytics for clinical pathways, requiring strong SQL skills and experience in an information analysis environment. The successful candidate must be self-motivated and possess excellent communication skills. This position is on-site and offers the chance to significantly impact patient care and operational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Must have the Right to Work in the UK.
• Experience with information analysis and reporting.
• Strong SQL knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Understand clinical pathways and data collection processes.
• Develop analytics reporting for clinical and corporate data.
• Meet information reporting obligations for the Trust.

Skills

Advanced computer literacy

Analytical skills

SQL

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Education

Educated to Degree standard or equivalent

Tools

SQL tools

Excel

Access

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Information Analyst

The closing date is 04 December 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and experienced individual to join the Business Intelligence team within the Digital and Data department.

The Business Intelligence team support clinical and business decision making using data analytics presented in meaningful and interactive ways. The team provide historical and current views of important Trust activities and utilise analytical expertise to provide actionable insight into key Trust areas.

The team help to improve patient care, provide clarity to operational managers, influence best practice and policy and aid overall understanding of a wealth of Trust data.

This will include ensuring the Trust's information reporting obligations to the Department of Health, NHS England and Commissioners are met.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

Development Portfolio - The Lead Information Analyst post holder will work to understand clinical pathways and the data collected, develop processes for collection where appropriate, analysis, validation, presentation and reporting of clinical and corporate business analytics data.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care – our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, experience of working to challenging deadlines and an advanced knowledge of SQL, using tools to extract and analyse information are essential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree standard or equivalent or with equivalent experiential learning in a relevant informatics related subject

Experience

• Planning, delivering and evaluating information reports and reporting issues, preferably in relation to the effective use of information and its associated technology.
• Working in a customer led service
• Managing performance and service delivery
• Management of third party suppliers
• Working within an information analysis and reporting environment
• Data Quality issues and solutions
• Using relational databases, spreadsheets and a range of data extract tools to extract and analyse information
• Working within tight deadlines
• Supervising and directing staff
• Experience in managing projects.
• Experience in business process re-design and change management

Knowledge

• Business process redesign techniques
• One or more computer system(s), hardware or software and procedures to develop reports, documents and spreadsheets
• Advanced Knowledge of SQL
• Facilitation and training delivery techniques
• Good knowledge of standard PC applications (e.g. PowerPoint, Word, Excel) including good knowledge of Excel, Access to obtain information

Skills

• Advanced computer literacy and advanced keyboard skills
• Excellent numeracy, analytical and problem solving skills
• Information collection and analysis skills to produce meaningful information
• Able to translate NHS Technical Specifications into robust datasets and performance indicators
• Supervisory and people management skills
• Organisation and planning skills
• Translation of Technical specification to clinical processes and how these align

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust