Reports Technical Lead

NHS; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in London is seeking a Reports Technical Lead to enhance business intelligence reporting. The ideal candidate has significant experience in NHS information analysis, strong proficiency in SQL and Power BI, and a collaborative approach to project leadership. This crucial role offers competitive salary and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in an information analysis role in an NHS or other healthcare environment.
• Experience with relational databases and complex SQL.
• Experience using Power BI or equivalent data visualisation tool.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support to the Reports team in developing reporting skills.
• Lead projects to produce complex BI reports.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Power BI

MS Excel

Data analysis and visualisation

Communication

Education

Masters degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Epic BI stack

R

Python

Job description

Overview

Go back University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Reports Technical Lead

The closing date is 06 October 2025

UCLH is seeking a full time permanent Reports Technical Lead to join the Business Intelligence Reports team

The post holder is a key technical expert of the reports team responsible for ensuring high standards of Business Intelligence report development and maintenance. The postholder will be responsible to lead projects within a team of report developers to support management decision making across the Trust, enabling high quality clinical care, and ensuring that internal and external reporting obligations are met.

UCLH as an organisation is committed to offering flexible working including hybrid working and would encourage candidates to discuss this with the recruiting manager as part of the recruitment process.

Main duties of the job

• Provide ongoing, hands-on support to the Reports team in developing and applying advanced technical and visualisation skills in reporting, including script optimisation. Serve as a go-to resource for troubleshooting, tool usage, and system navigation to enhance individual and team technical proficiency. Work alongside team members to reinforce learning through real-time problem solving and practical application.
• Lead on projects to produce new complex and sophisticated BI reports and to work with the divisional information teams and other customers to ensure these reports clearly and accurately communicate relevant information.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women\'s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Masters degree level or equivalent professional experience within a healthcare information environment
• Understanding of activity recording and reporting, including: waiting lists, A&E, cancelled operations, SUS, workforce
• Understanding of data retrieval, data processing, information analysis and interpretation within acute hospitals
• Specialist knowledge of data analysis and visualisation, statistical modelling and quantitative service evaluation techniques

Experience

• Substantial experience in an information analysis role in an NHS or other healthcare information environment
• Substantial experience of working with relational databases, including complex SQL
• Substantial experience of using Power BI or equivalent data visualisation tool
• Track record of project delivery at a complex level in a large service focused organisation
• Experience of using Epic BI stack, including developing Radar, Slicer Diver, Reporting Workbench contents

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of information analysis and the use of information across the NHS acquired through degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to interrogate databases using Advanced SQL
• Ability to interpret complex data
• Ability to convert data to management information
• Advanced use of MS Excel
• Advanced use of Power BI or equivalent data visualisation tool
• Ability to independently interpret the requirements of information users and present detailed, complex reports that can be understood by a wide audience.
• Ability to design and develop information processing systems.
• Understanding of data quality issues and how these relate to the organisation as a whole
• Understanding of the Acute Healthcare business environment
• Ability to produce clear and comprehensive documentation for BI and data transformation processes
• Use of R and/or Python for predictive analytics
• Understanding of sharepoint

Communication

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
• Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Ability to train and develop information staff in the advanced use of reporting systems, including visualisation and script optimisation
• Ability to communicate on issues which can be complex and multi-stranded.
• Effective leadership of staff

Planning and Organisation Skills

• Ability to plan, prioritise and meet deadlines

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.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£64,156 to £71,148 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS