Senior Performance Analyst

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Kettering; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is recruiting a Senior Performance Analyst to join the Business Intelligence Service. The role focuses on performance analysis, data analytics and systemwide reporting to support contract management and operational decision making.

You will lead a small team, translate data into actionable insights, and develop dashboards for a Care Delivery Pathway while maintaining data quality and responding to requests across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in performance analysis, business intelligence or data analytics.
• Advanced skills in SQL and Excel.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights and engage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Line manage and train team members in processes, information systems and sharing subject matter expertise.
• Develop dashboards and provide insightful analysis to support operational decision‑making.
• Produce reports and analyses in response to business needs and FOI requests.
• Ensure reporting mechanisms for new contracts/services and national indicators are implemented.
• Interpret complex data from large datasets and present findings to medium size groups.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Excel

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Business Intelligence Service of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) to recruit a Senior Performance Analyst. The role is a challenging and key position within the service, managing a varied and complex workload therefore we are looking for a highly motivated individual that can thrive in a fast paced environment and work with flexibility. You will be committed to providing a high quality service whilst operating in a climate of continuous change and improvement and able to use your own initiative to confidently manage competing priorities, demonstrating that you can be proactive, resilient and adaptable. Candidates need to be able to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, building effective relationships and positively influence change. The role requires significant experience in performance analysis, business intelligence or data analytics with advanced skills in SQL and Excel and the, ability to translate, Work collaboratively to review and deliver a framework of data management and information reporting systems that support business objectives

Line manage and train team members in processes, information systems and sharing subject matter expertise

Directly aligned to a specific Care Delivery Pathway acting as their key point of contact supporting with projects, transformations, developing dashboards as well as providing insightful analysis to support operational decision-making.

To develop and produce reports and analysis in response to business needs and respond to FOI requests

Ensure the successful implementation of reporting mechanisms for new contracts/services, national indicators and developments to meet business needs

Maintain a continuous knowledge of NHS strategy and policy agendas as well as local and national requirements and targets

Maintain expert knowledge of the trusts data warehouses, PAS and corporate systems being able to identify and drive improvement as well as manage risks and data quality issues

Lead on internal and external returns ensuring compliance with relevant requirements, accuracy of information and keeping well documented processes ensuring integrity across all reporting outputs

Interpret and present complex information from large complex datasets in a clear and engaging way, delivering findings to medium size groups as required

Contribute to change management processes that support operational practice and technical solutions/improvements.

data into actionable intelligence, Candidates will be solution focused with a passion for innovation and transformation as well as being able to identify trends, risks and opportunities. Experience working within the NHS or healthcare sector would be advantageous as would knowledge of NHS PAS such as SystmOne.

The Business Intelligence Service within NHFT has a comprehensive remit spanning information, performance, business intelligence and data compliance/quality and is responsible for performance improvement and contract management of existing services, as well as the provision of reporting functionality to support operational management of clinical services. The service plays a pivotal role in supporting and understanding operational performance across the organisation to improve patient outcomes and service delivery.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.