Senior Information Analyst - Shared EPR

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services organization in Swindon is hiring a Senior Information Analyst. In this role, you will manage data projects, enhance information delivery, and provide analytical support to decision-makers within the Trust. Ideal candidates will have a strong analytical mindset, experience in data analysis, and knowledge of reporting systems. You will also coordinate with various teams to ensure effective reporting and strategic planning, contributing to the delivery of high-quality health services.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Senior Analyst role.
• Demonstrable experience in NHS information settings or senior information management.
• Experience in data analysis and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects across data collection, analysis, and presentation.
• Provide innovative solutions for decision-making across the Trust.
• Lead key projects across Divisions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical mindset

Excellent communication skills

Ability to adapt

Education

Degree or equivalent in relevant fields

Evidence of continuous personal development

Tools

PowerBI

SQL

MS SQL Server

Job description

Senior Information Analyst - Shared EPR

The closing date is 01 February 2026

The Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is excited to offer an opportunity for an ambitious individual to join our Data and Informatics team as a Senior Information Analyst on a Fixed Term Contract to support the implementation of the new Shared EPR system across the BSW Hospital Group.

We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking individual to work closely with the Data Warehouse and Informatics teams within the Trust to enable the successful delivery of effective reporting.

To be successful in this role you will have a real eye for detail, an analytical mind-set, excellent communication skills and a willingness to adapt your approach with our stakeholders and interpret requirements with the enthusiasm to get the job done to the highest standards.

Experience of working with NHS data is highly desirable but candidates without a previous NHS background will be considered provided they can demonstrate significant technical proficiency in BI and DWH toolsets such as PowerBI and SQL.

Main duties of the job

As Senior Information Analysts are the key information leads for one of the divisions of the Trust. As such they need to:

• Quickly acquire a broad understanding of the data for their area and within a year become the expert
• Own the clarity between Information and the relevant Division as to agreed reporting and ensure its timely delivery and support ongoing development.
• Take responsibility for delivery, solving problems as they arise and escalating by exception when needed.
• Review information for their area monthly and brief both their own team and the relevant division on anything material or noteworthy.
• Be the main contact with their Division for the above and for any ad-hoc analysis or modelling, with front line responsibility for the information service provided to their Division

The senior analysts together with the Head of Business Intelligence are the core senior management team within Information. They will need to provide group leadership to support the wider team on an ongoing basis:

• Advice and guidance to the rest of the team based on their skills and experience with an expectation that each senior analysts will have a particular area of high level skills/knowledge to share (e.g. analysis, reporting systems, SQL, operational needs etc..)
• Promoting a focus on what the data means and the story rather than just the number and deputise for Head of Business Intelligence, both internally and externally.

About us

“Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.”

Job responsibilities

• Undertake and manage projects across the full range of data collection, collation, analysis and presentation activities
• To continually look to enhance the format of information provided and seek to provide innovative solutions to help inform decision-making across the Trust.
• Lead on delivery of key projects across the Divisions.
• To provide information to colleagues within the divisional team, and on occasion with external colleagues regarding the interpretation of data and information, the presentation of information and the understanding of statistical and analytical methods.

Please see the attached Job Description for full information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification or equivalent relevant experience
• Degree in relevant fields e.g. informatics, analysis, statistics
• Evidence of continues personal development

Experience

• Significant experience in an Senior Analyst role.
• Demonstrable experience working in an NHS Acute/Community Trust information setting or at a senior information management level in other settings.
• Experience of analysing and modelling data and information, so that it may be used to evidence decision making and strategic planning
• Experience of working with MS SQL Server (including Analysis Services and Reporting
• Experience of using both quantitative and qualitative data to assess performance of complex organisations.
• Management and supervision of staff including appraisals and sickness management.

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.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year
Per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working