Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£99,808 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts, providing a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield. The Trust is home to Europe’s largest dental school, a £160 million Cancer Centre, and Evelina London Children’s Hospital, among other specialist services. In 2021, the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined the Trust, creating a world-renowned heart and lung centre. We pride ourselves on clinical excellence, high quality teaching and research, and delivering outstanding patient care.

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Assistant Director of Health Informatics to lead Business Intelligence capability across the Trust. You will provide strategic direction, expert analytical leadership and data-driven insight to support clinical, operational and financial decision-making. As a senior specialist, you will act as the Trust’s data lead for major programmes locally and across partner organisations, ensuring information systems, data quality and reporting functions meet the highest standards.

You will lead the Information Delivery and Planned Care Analytics functions, providing professional leadership to Clinical Group BI teams and corporate BI leads. Key responsibilities include developing high-quality reporting, dashboards and modelling; ensuring compliance with national performance standards; and supporting strategic planning and forecasting.

Our Health Informatics department is a core part of the Trust’s Data Hub, working closely with Clinical Analytics, Clinical Coding and BI teams across Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital as part of a shared EHR data architecture. We are a values-driven organisation—Caring, Ambitious and Inclusive—and foster a supportive environment where collaboration, innovation and professional development are central. Flexible working arrangements are supported where possible.

Experience
- Substantial experience managing information, reporting and analytics services within a complex organisation
- Extensive experience manipulating, analysing and modelling data to support decision making and strategic planning
- Experience leading, managing, developing and motivating teams of skilled professionals

About you
- Excellent knowledge of NHS performance measures, including RTT, DM01, Cancer and A&E
- Ability to analyse complex information and develop options or recommendations
- Understanding of current health policies and legislation including financial flows, patient choice, and implications for service planning and management
- Strong leadership and communication skills to represent the Trust at senior internal and external forums and translate complex data into clear insights

Qualifications
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience in an analytical subject
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of Health Informatics underpinned by theory and experience
- Desirable: Prince2 Practitioner or equivalent project management experience
- Desirable: Membership of relevant professional body or association (FEDIP/APHA)
- Desirable: Working knowledge of database structures, SQL and high level MIS tools