Senior Visualisations Developer

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Home or remote working

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Senior Visualisations Developer to design and deliver Power BI reports and semantic models, working with hospital services and the data warehouse team to re-provide reports from Azure.

The role requires strong Power BI, DAX and data visualisation expertise, with leadership responsibilities, mentoring, and Agile/Scrum experience. A flexible, remote-friendly environment is offered within a large NHS trust.

Qualifications

• A technical degree or relevant work experience (a minimum of 3 years) working as a Senior Developer.
• Evidence of relevant continued professional development in specialist SQL / Dashboard / report development.
• NHS Leadership qualification e.g., Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole or equivalent.
• Membership of a relevant Fed-IP recognized professional body is desirable (IHRIM, AphA).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and continually improve Power BI reports, dashboards and semantic models.
• Provide expert technical knowledge in Power BI, DAX, data visualisation and semantic modelling.
• Maintain and support existing reporting solutions and manage the Power BI Service.
• Lead migration and modernisation of Power BI reporting to the Azure data platform.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics teams and stakeholders to translate requirements into analytical solutions.
• Provide technical and Agile/SCRUM leadership, coordinating delivery and managing risks.
• Mentor team members and deputise for the Visualisations Lead when required.
• Demonstrate collaborative and inclusive leadership across a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Storytelling

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Technical degree or relevant work experience

Tools

Power BI

SSRS

GitHub

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Job description

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Visualisations Developer

The closing date is 17 November 2026

Data & Analytics is pivotal to the delivery of high quality efficient healthcare provision. The Analytics Team provides high quality, robust information to operational, clinical and corporate decision makers through the use of analytics solutions, primarily Power BI, including dashboards, semantic models and self-service analytics capabilities.

It is the main role of the Senior Visualisations Developer to build appropriate and fit for purpose reporting solutions, working closely with product owners and hospital services to understand the reporting needs of the business. You will also be responsible for working closely with the data warehouse team, to understand how reports can be re-provided from the Azure data warehouse, documenting the required technical specifications.

Main duties of the job

• Design, develop and continually improve Power BI reports, dashboards and semantic models.
• Provide expert technical knowledge in Power BI, DAX, data visualisation and semantic modelling, promoting best practice and effective self-service analytics.
• Maintain and support existing reporting solutions and contribute to the effective management of the Power BI Service.
• Lead the migration and modernisation of Power BI reporting from legacy data sources to the Azure data platform.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics teams and stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into effective analytical solutions.
• Provide technical and Agile/SCRUM leadership, coordinating delivery, removing blockers, managing risks and quality‑assuring solutions.
• Provide senior leadership within the team through mentoring, knowledge sharing, workload management and deputising for the Visualisations Lead when required.
• The role is multi-disciplinary by nature and there is an expectation that successful candidates will be a collaborative, innovative and display strong inclusive leadership characteristics.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.ukWe reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• A technical degree or relevant work experience (a minimum of 3 years) working as a Senior Developer
• Evidence of relevant continued professional development in specialist SQL / Dashboard / report development
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• NHS Leadership qualification e.g., Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole or equivalent
• Membership of a relevant Fed-IP recognized professional body is desirable (IHRIM, AphA)

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Broad understanding of data engineering and processing environments including Azure Datalake, ML Ops, Data Factory and Databricks
• Broad understanding of current NHS, national, regional, and local context
• Knowledge of statistical techniques (regression, classification, decision trees,supervised/ unsupervised, explanatory / predictive models), and how and when to practically apply them
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation , report writing skills
• Excellent analytical and storytelling skills
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability work in Experience of direct line management of staff. 6 a multi-disciplinary environment
• Substantial experience supporting and developing reporting and analytics solutions, ideally using Power BI, SSRS and related semantic modelling technologies
• Knowledge & experience in working within an Agile (Scrum) environment / framework.
• Knowledge of dimensional, semantic and fact modelling methodologies and appropriate application of different techniques (e.g. Kimball).
• Experience using Dev Ops and GitHub
• Experience of NHS Data and understands related legislation
• Experience of direct line management of staff

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

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working