Job vacancy: Information Analyst, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Nuneaton

Job summary

Main area: Information
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: 15 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 230-24593052-CORP-C-C

Employer: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Town: Nuneaton
Salary: £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/08/2025 23:59

Information Analyst

NHS AfC: Band 4

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Prepare and produce all national, local and internal report / submissions according to the timetable / deadline – in line with the Directorates or other as required.
Undertake data quality and reasonable checks on all reports / outgoings at the point of preparation/production - triangulating with other reports, checking with previous reports to ensuring parity of numbers, investigation large swings or abnormal values and reporting findings to the Senior Information Analyst for raising with Operations Team, taking corrective action at source.
Raise any non-submission issues with the Senior Information Analyst (and Corporate Senior Information Analyst)
Collating data to populate the Finance and Performance Executive (FPE) packs.
Prepares and produces reports for the Foundation Group Board (FGB) Deep Dives.
Ensure Data Quality is maximised throughout all information shared
Support the Senior Information Analyst with report streamlining, effective reporting, report visualisation, Power BI.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

To process commissioning data sets, statutory returns, and standard reports.
To investigate data quality issues.
To deal with enquiries and take appropriate action.
To discuss complex information requests and translate them into reporting requirements.
To ensure reporting is clear, concise and well presented so that the audience understands the message.
To liaise with other members of the department to ensure daily business outcomes are achieved.

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential criteria

To receive informal training through mentorship and shadowing to learn new skills, increase knowledge and expand job portfolio.
To ensure a constant updating of skills including updating protocols and training.
To understand patient and information flows.
To understand operational issues in the Trust and external stakeholder bodies

Desirable criteria

To have good computer skills particularly with Microsoft Office products such as Access and Excel; knowledge of other applications such as SQL Server, and patient information systems
To have knowledge of the NHS data dictionary and data definitions and how to apply them.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

To ensure information is processed and analysed within designated timescales.
To be methodical and pay attention to detail to ensure accuracy of any information.
To have good analytical and problem solving skills to ensure information requests are produced from appropriate sources.
To identify and amend data errors as appropriate on the Trust’s data repositories.
To apply national or local data definitions when collecting or reporting information to ensure consistency.

Desirable criteria

To apply judgment when identifying and checking patient records for incorrect data on PAS to improve data quality.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

To receive informal training through mentorship and shadowing to learn new skills, increase knowledge and expand job portfolio.
To ensure a constant updating of skills including updating protocols and training.
To understand patient and information flows.
To understand operational issues in the Trust and external stakeholder bodies

Trust Values

Essential criteria

Effective open communication
Excellence and safety in all that we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local healthcare that inspires confidence

Please note:

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are consenting to George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system, TRAC.

The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.