Senior Cancer Analyst

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Southend-on-Sea seeks a Senior Cancer Analyst to lead on cancer programmes and drive data analysis initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive NHS analytics experience, a master's level education, and strong skills in Microsoft Office and SQL. This role offers the chance to support the cancer agenda with valuable insights and improve patient outcomes, contributing to transformational changes within the department.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational management skills.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Extensive experience of extracting and analysing data.

Responsibilities

• Lead on allocated cancer programmes and ensure high-quality support.
• Contribute to the delivery of core cancer-related functions.
• Support managers and staff with analysis and insights.

Skills

Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

Ability to forge effective professional relationships

Experience in NHS data definitions and reporting

Experience in writing SQL queries

Ability to communicate complex ideas to a non-technical audience

Education

Educated to masters level or equivalent

Information Management Qualification

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Cancer Analyst

The closing date is 24 December 2025

The Healthcare Analytics department within Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Senior Cancer Analyst to join its Analysis & Reporting team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who has established analyst experience, including cancer reporting knowledge, to join us. The Healthcare Analytics department is pivotal to ensuring the data and analytics needs of the organisation are met and supporting the organisation to make data‑driven, evidence‑based decisions. This is particularly important for the cancer agenda, supporting pathway improvements and reporting.

The Analysis and Reporting team is a welcoming, experienced and supportive team. There are clear and documented processes to help the team members navigate through the various requirements of their roles. You will work to deliver an effective service supporting managers and staff across the Cancer directorate to use analysis and insights to help improve outcomes for patients. The role supports driving transformation and will provide subject matter expertise analytics. There will be no line management responsibility but the candidate will work closely with other members of the team.

To support home working there are daily huddles to understand priorities for the day, key achievements and successes to be celebrated and an opportunity to raise any issues or identify where support is required.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Cancer Analyst is responsible for leading on allocated cancer programmes of work and ensuring the delivery of high quality support across the Cancer directorate. The wider team is responsible for the submission of statutory returns, production of regular reporting, development of new reports in Power BI and completion of ad‑hoc data requests for the Trust. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of core cancer‑related functions within the team ensuring that information provided is accurate, complete, timely and adds value.

You will need to have extensive NHS analytics experience including experience of extracting, processing and analysing data from different source systems. You will need to be able to demonstrate a good understanding of cancer pathways and preferably have experience in cancer analysis and reporting. Previous experience of working with the Somerset Cancer Management system would be an advantage.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well‑being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

We look forward to your application.

Please note as advised in line with Trust guidelines, the use of AI in completing applications should be declared.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of knowledge gained through relevant work experience
• Information Management Qualification

Personal Skills

• Strong organisational management skills
• Ability to forge effective professional relationships
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Job Related Skills

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Experience of successfully implementing/supporting change and service improvement
• Ability to clearly communicate complex ideas to a non technical audience

Experience

• Thorough understanding/experience of NHS data definitions and reporting
• Experience of working in a NHS information environment
• Extensive experience of extracting, processing and analysing data
• Experience and competent in the writing of SQL queries
• Experience of working with service stakeholders
• Experience of working on cancer data and reporting
• Experience of reporting from Somerset
• Experience of developing Power BI reports

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

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)