Information Analyst in Salisbury

Do you have a passion for data? Do you have a yearning to turn data into insights, and to enhance the delivery of patient care and safety through rigorous analysis? Are you looking for a role where you will be supporting the organisation in intelligence-led decision making to enhance the patient experience, learning new skills and delivering great results in a fast-paced environment? If so, we may have just the job you’re looking for!

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to provide cover up until April 2027. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Excel, have excellent numerical, statistical and analytical skills and be able to interpret data requirements to deliver the needs of the target audience.

You will be working in a team that is key to delivering data to internal divisions within the organisation and to external bodies by means of national submissions, local requests for data and freedom of information requests. This is an exciting time to join our team. We are currently in the process of moving to a new data warehouse, where you would have the opportunity to carry out development and testing work to ensure business continuity.

We can offer the successful candidate hybrid working with at least two days per week working on site.

• Production of regular reports which include mandatory national and regional data returns.
• Investigation, development and production of ad-hoc analyses to support operational and clinical services within the organisation.
• Completing FOI requests within the service level agreements.
• Creating and maintaining standard operating procedures.
• Supporting the team in preparation to move to a new data warehouse by means of testing and development work.
• Investigation and resolution of data quality issues.
• Responding to emails in a timely manner.
• Liaising with stakeholders to translate and produce their data requirements, sourcing information to aid your decision making and seeking approval to submit national returns.
• Managing and prioritising your own time and workloads.
• Validating reports produced by members of the team to ensure accuracy of the data.
• Occasional weekend working will be required to produce and submit operational reports during the winter months and bank holidays.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff. We are an acute Trust, rated 'Good' by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications and skills.

• Five GCSEs at A* - C grade (or equivalent), and evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience in information analysis and interpretation.
• Knowledge of SQL Server programming and administration tasks relevant to data processing and transformation.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise own work within agreed deadlines.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Good numerical, statistical and analytical skills.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• Meeting deadlines.

• Degree or equivalent in a numerical subject.
• Experience relevant to working in an acute Trust.
• Knowledge or experience of patient administration systems or electronic patient records, both clinical and non-clinical.
• Good knowledge of advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2010, including writing complex formulae, pivot tables and lookups, to manipulate and present data.