Job vacancy: Report and Dashboard Developer, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Croydon

Job summary

Main area: Report & Dashboard Developer
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 334-NCL-7172279

Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: JWH
Town: Croydon
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/05/2025 23:59

Report and Dashboard Developer

NHS AfC: Band 6

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Report & Dashboard Developer, you will create data visualisations using Microsoft Power BI and curate data on Microsoft SQL Server to deliver key insights to stakeholders across the Trust. Based at Jeanette Wallace House in Croydon, this role involves designing high-quality reports and dashboards while providing documentation and maintenance support for reporting environments.

Key Responsibilities:

· Design and develop high-standard reports and dashboards using modern data visualisation methodologies

· Create comprehensive technical and user-friendly documentation for reporting solutions

· Participate in projects aligned with organisational objectives, providing recommendations and options

· Ensure all developments follow change control processes with thorough testing procedures

· Work with clinicians and service managers to analyse and improve business processes

· Develop data quality monitoring tools and reporting from the Trust's data warehouse

· Present complex information to diverse stakeholders and handle ad-hoc queries

· Support research initiatives using specialist methods

· Provide customer support and maintain business/supplier relationships

· Ensure all developments comply with departmental and Trust policies

Requirements of the role:

Degree level education or equivalent experience in business intelligence/dashboard design

· Practical knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and Power BI

· Experience documenting data management solutions and business analysis techniques

· Ability to work independently, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines

· Flexible and innovative problem-solving approach

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience in business intelligence/ designing dashboards

Desirable criteria

Postgraduate/ professional qualification in research/ advanced statistics
Prince2, Agile or other Project Management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Practical knowledge in using Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Power BI
Experience of documenting data management solutions including architectural diagrams, dashboards, extracts, and reports
Experience of requirements/ business analysis techniques and change control

Desirable criteria

Understanding of ITIL good practice in a work environment
Experience of developing complex data transformation using specialist integration tools such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Developing reporting solutions to meet the business needs of the organisation including clinical data quality, performance management and reporting issues

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of mental health services or NHS data models
Knowledge of using corporate reporting tools and abstraction layers such as SAP Business Objects, Microsoft SSAS/SSRS

Skills and Training

Essential criteria

Ability work on own initiative, prioritising your own work to meet deadlines, and working under pressure
A flexible and innovative approach to problem solving

Desirable criteria

Ability to use data modelling tools to develop data warehouse structures
Statistical concepts and research methods skills

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

That all applications for this post will need to be made online
That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’