Job vacancy: Information Analyst, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 317 01 Freeman Hospital

Job summary

Main area: 317 Cardiothoracic Information Management
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (until 01 November 2026)
Hours: Part time - 18.75 hours per week
Job ref: 317-2026-06-041

Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Freeman Hospital
Town: 317 01 Freeman Hospital
Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/04/2026 23:59
Interview date: 29/04/2026

Information Analyst

Band 5

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will require excellent analytical skills with experience of large and complex datasets and will be expected to:

Review, interpret and validate clinical information recorded by clinicians to ensure that it is accurate and complete.
Communicate with and encourage clinicians to provide accurate and complete data.
Be confident in challenging clinicians if information and documentation is not accurate.
Undertake regular quality assurance of data collected for clinical audit purposes, focusing on accuracy and completeness.
Ensure that data collection and audit submissions are within agreed timescales and deadlines are met.
Interpret and query any clinical audit data requests received and provide responses to the requesters within agreed timescales adhering to Caldicott guidelines.
Provide statistical information and reports to clinicians and senior management on a regular basis to facilitate quality improvement.
Retain a record of all audit requests in the Ad Hoc requests log ensuring that all requests to the data team are clearly defined, recorded and managed.
Act as a point of contact and knowledge on the appropriate clinical system and provide training to staff on data entry and data field definition when required.
Maintain a working knowledge of relevant procedures, practices and terminology to ensure clinical systems hold the most accurate clinical data.
Ensure that patient records obtained for audit purposes are stored and maintained in a secure and confidential manner and that confidentiality and security of information is maintained in line with hospital policy, GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

• Relevant Degree Qualification or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable criteria

• Diploma in Nursing or Health related topic
• Registered General Nurse

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of identifying processes to improve efficiency of data processing
• Awareness of current data protection legislation
• Significant experience of both patient and process data collection
• Experience or knowledge of electronic records
• Experience in analysing large data sets
• Specialist knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including PowerPoint, Excel and Access (databases)
• Experience in data/database/information management
• Ability to analyse problems in real time and understand user requirements
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment

Desirable criteria

• Previous cardiology experience
• PC Support/knowledge of IT networks
• Knowledge of medical terms and procedures
• Microsoft SQL Server and Query
• Experience in implementing or maintaining paperless working environments

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Experience in producing high quality reports, manipulating data, performing data analysis and producing reports in tabular, graphical and other formats
• Excellent IT, analytical, numerical and statistical skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to implement controls to ensure data confidentiality, accuracy and security
• Demonstrates excellent organisational skills

Desirable criteria

• Ability to lead the design and implementation of data collection policies, procedures and processes
• Software Support

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.