Job summary
- Main area
- Workforce Information
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (09:00-17:00)
- Job ref
- 318-25-T0614
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 (pa pro rata if part-time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/09/2025
Employer heading
Workforce Information Analyst, Band 5
Band 5
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the largest employer in the county, we’re proud to provide outstanding acute, elective, and specialist services to over 650,000 people across our county. Whether you’re just beginning your NHS journey or taking the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing in innovation, research, and transformation, with over 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our two district hospitals.
You can expect a welcoming and supportive culture and you’ll be supported by passionate colleagues who care deeply about teamwork, development, and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring, and leadership opportunities to help you grow in your career. Gloucestershire has the perfect mix of culture, countryside, and community. With excellent schools, transport links, and access to award-winning green spaces, it’s a great place to live and work.
We value the diversity of our workforce and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
Gloucestershire Hospitals provide acute hospital services in Gloucester and Cheltenham, and maternity services in Stroud. With over 9000 employees we are one of the largest NHS Trusts in the South West. We are a data rich organisation, with a wealth of workforce data from ESR, recruitment, rostering and finance.
We are looking for a talented Analyst to join the Workforce Planning & Information team. The role will report to the Principal Data Analyst in Workforce Information, and work closely alongside the Workforce Planning, Training & Appraisal and ESR Self Service team.
As an Analyst within Workforce Information, you will be part of a crucial function within the organisation: bringing together expertise in workforce data, data transformation and analysis, and data visualisation and reporting. This is an exciting opportunity to use data to create the evidence and analysis that underpins a breadth of high impact initiatives across the trust.
The role will follow a typical 9:00-17:00 pattern, Monday to Friday. This is a hybrid role and you should expect to be onsite each week for up to three days. We have an office together at Gloucestershire Hospital, a short walk from the train station. As you are starting in the role you should anticipate more time on site during your induction.
Interview Date: 24th September 2025
Main duties of the job
This is a highly collaborative role, working closely with colleagues in Workforce Planning & Information, and more broadly across People & Organisational Development and the wider trust. Alongside the Principal Data Analyst, you will use a range of analytical skills to:
Administer ESR, and ensure that it is aligned with workforce information across our systems
Produce detailed, time-critical reports as part of our weekly, monthly and annual information cycles
Respond to ad-hoc enquires, create bespoke data extracts and provide workforce expertise to colleagues across the organisation
Develop and improve our data integration processes to combine complex workforce datasets
Analyse the trends and themes in workforce data using both qualitative and quantitative techniques, including descriptive statistics, trend analysis and statistical process control
Improve the accuracy, quality, security, governance and documentation of our data processes
Working for our organisation
What we offer:
- A supporting work environment that fosters innovation and professional development
- The opportunity to work on impactful work that shape the future of healthcare
- A team that celebrates diversity and strives for equality in the work place
- Collaborative teamwork that values your contribution
- Positive approach to flexible working including hybrid working
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full duties and requirements.
Degree level education or equivalent.
In depth knowledge of an information related field either acquired by postgraduate study to diploma level or equivalent experience
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present highly complex information, taking account of the needs and level of the audience
Advanced level of skill in information analysis. The data may be conflicting and contentious to those receiving it.
Ability to write and present clear reports, short articles and presentations taking into account the audience who will receive it eg project work
Expert technical specialist knowledge of ESR including in depth knowledge of NHS data definitions, terminology and ability to maintain and update the database. This includes a thorough understanding of the current issues facing the NHS and the role of information in this context
Demonstrable relational database experience and skills including extraction and manipulation of data etc
Experience of working in the NHS
Contact Details
Luke Rogerson (Principal Data Analyst)
0300 422 6391
Please email in you query in the first instance
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree level education or equivalent.
- Ability to identify problems and inconsistencies with complex data and produce workable solutions.
- Experience of working with highly complex data
- Advanced level of skill in information analysis. The data may be conflicting and contentious to those receiving it.
- Ability to engage with senior staff at a professional level to identify management information needs. Ability to consider problems and issues in the broad context and look beyond the immediate situation.
- Ability to work under pressure, dealing with changing and frequently competing priorities to tight deadlines.
- Ability to analyse complex information and workforce trends to identify key concerns and develop potential solutions.
- Expert technical specialist knowledge of ESR including in depth knowledge of NHS data definitions, terminology and ability to maintain and update the database. This includes a thorough understanding of the current issues facing the NHS and the role of information in this context
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Demonstrable relational database experience and skills including extraction and manipulation of data etc
- Works effectively both autonomously under own initiative, and as part of a team
- Expert skills in the use of data extraction from ESR including the tailoring of unique reports using ESR BI and PC applications such as Excel, Publisher, Word and Access, using skills at an advanced level of expertise.
Desirable criteria
- In depth knowledge of an information related field either acquired by postgraduate study to diploma level or equivalent experience
- Well-developed sensitivity to stakeholder relationships with a constructive yet strong approach to challenge.
- Experience in the knowledge and use of NHS workforce metrics and reporting processes eg. Model Hospital
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Luke Rogerson
- Job title
- Principal Data Analyst
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 6391
- Additional information
Please email in you query in the first instance
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