Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£56,276 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS trusts, providing a wide range of hospital and community services across south London and specialist care nationally. The Trust is renowned for clinical excellence, teaching, research, and a commitment to patient safety and quality care.

The Data Analyst will support the development and delivery of data and analytics within the Quality and Assurance Directorate, focusing on Quality & Safety data across the Trust. This role involves operational oversight and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver reporting and digital solutions that underpin quality assurance and governance activities.

The post holder will work closely with the Senior Data Analyst, Risk and Assurance leads, and clinical governance teams to deliver complex, high-priority data projects using tools such as Power BI and SQL. Responsibilities include designing and implementing new analytics, supporting service development analysis, procuring and testing new systems, promoting data quality awareness, and training staff on business intelligence best practices.

This role is based within the Risk and Assurance team at Great Dover Street and contributes to the Trust’s risk management strategy, patient safety, clinical governance, and quality assurance efforts. The successful candidate will play a key role in improving data visibility and supporting the Trust’s commitment to delivering safe, high-quality care.

Experience
- Experience working as a clinical analyst within a healthcare organisation
- Proven ability to resolve and report complex data and make recommendations
- Experience collaborating with and influencing peers in data use and analysis
- Experience analysing patient safety and quality data
- Evidence of delivering complex reports to fixed deadlines
- Desirable: Knowledge of NHS data structures and clinical activity recording
- Desirable: Experience working in complex clinical environments

About you
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build rapport and credibility across diverse stakeholders
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to convey analytical findings to non-analytical audiences
- Robust problem-solving skills with a systematic approach
- Self-motivated, proactive team player with flexibility and adaptability
- Ability to manage workload effectively and meet deadlines
- Professional approach with a strong sense of quality and leadership by example
- High level understanding of Equality and Diversity principles
- Ability to interact with various organisational levels and adapt communication style accordingly

Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a senior data analytics role
- Relevant qualifications in data analytics
- Evidence of experience in quality improvement, data science, or related fields
- Desirable: Masters qualification or working towards one in a relevant field

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
- Advanced skills in Power BI dashboard development
- Intermediate to advanced SQL skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to analyse highly complex data and identify options
- Experience with local risk management systems (e.g. Radar) or clinical governance databases is desirable
- Knowledge of NHS data systems is advantageous