Population Health Intelligence Apprentice

NHS; Chippenham; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health intelligence organization in the UK is looking for a Population Health Intelligence Apprentice. This full-time role offers a 3-year fixed-term position with a Level 7 Health & Care Intelligence Specialist apprenticeship. Responsibilities include data analysis, insights development, and teamwork to improve health outcomes. Applicants should have strong analytical and organizational skills. Benefits include generous annual leave and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous NHS annual leave

Modern IT equipment

Colleague wellbeing support

Financial wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to continuous professional development.
• Experience of analyzing complex information.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver analysis for BSW population understanding.
• Perform advanced data analysis and visualization.
• Manage competing priorities effectively.

Skills

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Teamwork

Education

Three A-Levels and GCSE English and Maths

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Tools

PowerBI

SQL

Job description

Population Health Intelligence Apprentice

The closing date is 16 November 2025

At BSW ICB we strive to use information to improve decision-making at every level. Central to this is the ability to establish an intelligence function that provides robust data and evidence on our populations to help us improve their outcomes. The Population Health Intelligence Apprentice will play an important role in ensuring we use the data and information at our disposal to understand our population so that we can tailor services and interventions that will help to deliver the best possible outcomes in BSW.

This role is a 3‑year fixed‑term position that includes a 22‑Month Level 7 Health & Care Intelligence Specialist apprenticeship training programme. The post-holder will be supported to complete their apprenticeship within their working hours, whilst working within the Strategic Intelligence Team and being exposed to work experiences, tasks, and projects that will help them meet their apprenticeship competencies.

This role will support the development of regular analysis, insights, and reporting on the BSW population, with a focus on population health, health inequalities, evaluation and patient interaction with NHS services.

The post-holder will be enthusiastic, self‑motivated, dynamic, and conscientious. Existing knowledge and experience of analyst/intelligence tasks/techniques is likely to be relevant, but not essential.

The successful candidate is required to be in post by the 15th of December, with the apprenticeship programme starting 19th of December.

Main duties of the job

Establish good working relationships and methods of communication with managers and leaders allowing analytical work to be delivered/presented and managed effectively.

Develop and deliver analysis to support understanding of the populations served by different subsets of the BSW system. To produce detailed analysis to highlight impact of BSW ICB programmes on the BSW population.

With support and direction, perform advanced data and statistical analysis, data visualisation, and employ data‑storytelling using specialist tools such as PowerBI/SQL.

Work closely with customers and users of analysis to develop a clear perspective of their needs, issues and drivers – and to communicate this clearly across the relevant parts of the BSW system.

Use personal initiative and innovation in the delivery of tasks, analysis, reports, and projects.

Manage competing priorities, and personal organisation of apprenticeship competencies.

About us

Please note this organisation does not hold a sponsorship licence; we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship.

Working together to empower people to lead their best life is the one, unified vision for our organisation and all our partners working together across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire.

If you are offered employment with us, you will have the opportunity to join a friendly, quality-focused, and dynamic team that is supportive and cares about your working experience and your wellbeing.

Benefits BSW ICB offer include:

• Generous NHS annual leave entitlements commencing at 27 days per year, pro‑rata, plus bank holidays
• Modern IT equipment and an in‑house IT support facility
• Colleague wellbeing support through a Staff Support Service and a wealth of wellbeing guidance and offers
• Colleague engagement forums and events
• Financial wellbeing guidance and benefits (including NHS staff offers, health service discounts, cycle scheme, car lease scheme, money helper service)

Job responsibilities

Undertake other duties commensurate with this band as and when requested.

Management of risk and good understanding of Information Governance and GDPR.

Flexibility about working hours to meet the demands and willingness to work, on occasion, at one of our organisational bases.

Please see full job description for further details.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Achieved three A-Levels (or equivalent) and GCSE English and Maths
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Demonstrate record of achievement of delivering objectives to timeframes and finding innovative solutions to complex problems
• Ability to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, and an ability to prioritise and to work to deadlines
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to team working and use of effective team working
• Ability to cope and function effectively when working in a pressurised environment
• Ability to deliver formal presentations to large groups
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualifications/experience
• Understanding of the NHS Commissioning system and clinical commissioning policy and practice
• Experience of analysing complex information requiring interpretation and the comparison of a range of options
• Experience of analysing performance of areas of activity in relation to performance targets and strategic objectives

Communication Skills

• Good presentation skills for conveying complex concepts
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others
• Evidence of communicating with key project leads and senior stakeholders to understand requirements and explain findings

Analytical

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills and ability to make judgements/draw conclusions
• Competent in use of a range of software and analytical tools
• Experience of handling, analysing, and manipulating complex datasets
• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills including presentation skills
• Uses personal initiative and innovation in the delivery of tasks, analysis, reports, and projects
• Self‑motivated, enthusiastic commitment to learning and development
• Management of workload, including delivery against competing priorities, and organisation of apprenticeship competencies

Equality and Diversity

• Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda

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.

Employer name

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working