Public Health Intelligence Apprentice

NHS; North East; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a motivated Public Health Intelligence Apprentice. This full-time, fixed-term role involves analyzing health data to support quality improvements in healthcare services. The successful candidate will undertake a level 7 apprenticeship, developing both analytical and leadership skills. This unique opportunity combines on-the-job learning with academic training, ideal for individuals passionate about improving public health outcomes.

Benefits

Comprehensive training

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Must be a UK citizen or have proof of right to work in the UK.
• Experience in NHS information and data is preferred.
• Advanced computing skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Analyze health data to improve public health outcomes.
• Support policymaking and healthcare efficiency.
• Work with large datasets and collaborate across services.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Advanced computing skills

Education

Degree in Social Sciences or STEM

Level 2 qualifications in maths and English

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Public Health Intelligence Apprentice

The closing date is 18 September 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated data analyst to join the Trusts Public Health Data & Intelligence team, in a post with a level 7 apprenticeship. The post holder will support the Public Health team working collaboratively with our Information Services Team, clinical and non-clinical services as well as wider system partners.

The successful candidate will use available health and care data supporting the Trust to ensure we influence service quality improvements. You will collect, analyse, interpret and present varied and complex public health related intelligence/data to a wide range of audiences.

This role presents an exciting opportunity to undertake an apprenticeship combining a level 7 qualification with on-the-job experiential learning. As well as developing your technical skills you will also develop leadership skills so that by the end of the apprenticeship you should be competent to lead and oversee analytical teams.

The role is fixed term for three years. The role is full time, and you will be part of a national cohort of apprentices. You will undertake a 22-month Level 7 Health and Care Intelligence Specialist Apprenticeship where 20% of worktime will be dedicated to apprenticeship learning (remotely) with training provider JGA Group.

You must be in a position to start the post by December at the latest due to apprenticeship deadlines. Appropriate right to work must be in place at the time of application to the post. We are unable to offer sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

The Trusts Public Health Team works to address health inequalities in patients' access, experience and outcomes. The role supports the team to work across the Trust and with external partners to help our services to understand and define their data, bringing about change & quality improve healthcare services.

You will focus on analysing health data to improve public health outcomes, support policymaking and enhance efficiency in our healthcare services. You will have excellent numerical and analytical skills, with attention to detail so you can work with Trust services and partners to understand problems which data is needed to solve and provide insight through written reports and presentations.

The role involves working with large datasets, collaborating with services across the Trust and with external partners, ensuring compliance with Trust regulations.

Applicants who already have all the knowledge and skills covered in the apprenticeship will not be eligible for this post.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be part of the Public Health Team with a focus on the provision of a comprehensive data, public health and health inequalities intelligence, supporting the Trust to understand the health behaviours of our patient population.

The role involves the use of complex information systems and associated datasets, capable of processing large volumes of patient-based and summary health data to improve health.

The Candidate MUST have one of the following to be accepted onto the apprenticeship programme:

Social Sciences (e.g. Psychology, Geography, Economics, Accounting) undergraduate degree with Research Methods and/or Statistics modules and an undergraduate dissertation that included a research data analysis component.

Level 4 or higher qualification in STEM or a related field that includes substantial mathematical content (e.g., Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Computing, Engineering, or Science).

Professional registration with FEDIP through the Association of Healthcare Analysts (AphA) at Practitioner or Senior Practitioner level.

Equivalent analytical work experience (e.g. Band 6 or Band 7 data/senior analyst or similar role)

Advanced computing skills in one or more programming languages (for example, SQL, R, Python, PowerBI, etc.), Microsoft Office packages, and the ability to adapt computing skills to any new software required.

Experience of providing health intelligence advice which facilitates change and supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, groups and/or communities.

Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office tools

Apprenticeship Entry Requirements:

Level 2 qualifications (GCSE or equivalent) in maths and English. Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment

UK citizen or have proof of their right to work in the UK. If they are not a UK or EEA citizen, they must have resided in the UK for the last 3 years.

Meet the essential qualification criteria in the role profile and be able to provide original qualification certificates at interview.

Do not already hold a qualification at the same or higher level in the same or closely related field to the apprenticeship they are applying for. It must be unrelated in subject and content from the qualifications already held.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent experience, in a numerate discipline, preferably mathematics, statistics OR a social sciences degree with research methods/statistical modules and an undergraduate dissertation that included a research data analysis component or Level 4 or higher qualification in STEM or a related field that includes substantial mathematical content (e.g., Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Computing, Engineering, or Science)
• Maths and English GCSE at Grade C/4 or above (or equivalent qualification)
• Practical, statistical, analytical and numerical skills supported by an honour's degree, or equivalent experience, in a subject with a substantial numerate content as evidence that the post holder has achieved a high level of logical thinking and adaptability to learning sophisticated computer programming languages.

Experience

• Advanced computing skills in one or more programming languages (for example, SQL, R, Python)
• Experience of NHS information and data (gained in post if necessary) including knowledge of NHS Systems, NHS Data Model, Patient Administration System (PAS) &/or community activity patient systems and Clinical Data
• Experience of providing health intelligence advice to facilitate change and supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, groups and/or communities.

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust