Assistant Data Analyst
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Sheffield, S1 3FGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Data analyst as part of our data and analytics team. This role would suit an individual wanting to develop new ...
Collate, validate,
analyse and present patient activity and information to support performance
management, commissioning and Senior Managers.
Be responsible for
maintaining, owning and developing reports, dashboards and analysis
automating where appropriate and ensuring products are accurate, fit for
purpose and innovative. Bring to the attention of senior managers any
anomalies in information, ideas for new ways of working and details of any
potential blockers to tasks.
Represent the
department at internal and external meetings regarding the information and
data needs of the organisation.
Be responsible for
ensuring the quality of data in the work we produce and ensuring we are
compliant with IG rules.
This is a very
varied role and as a team we all pitch in to do whats needed, the post
holder will be doing various levels of tasks, from admin support to the team,
using our Dev Ops system to track work and ensure incoming requests are
logged on the system to ensure flow through, working with our data centre
colleagues to assisting with onboarding new data sets.
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health
and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the
strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local
communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in
population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS
support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader
health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South
Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the
Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South
Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care
services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP
practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working
across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000
voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work
alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE
partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider
determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Good working knowledge and experience in the effective use of spreadsheets and databases including use of data interrogation tools and wider functionality such as formulae.
- Knowledge of how to interpret data.
- Knowledge of database structures and how to interrogate databases.
Desirable
- Knowledge of process design and code development acquired through degree level or equivalent qualification/experience.
- Able to exhibit knowledge of relevant legislation when working with public data such as the Data Protection Act.
- Knowledge of industry-standard data management or analysis software, such as MS SQL, SAS, Tableau, R or PowerBI.
- Working knowledge of agile methodologies or relevant experience or training.
- Understanding of data security & information governance.
- Knowledge of testing and assurance processes; including, development of tests; an understanding of reference data management and its application.
- Knowledge of common health and care datasets
Qualifications
Essential: - NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, preferably in an IT or numerate related subject or equivalent qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of presenting and explaining through written and verbal communication in a style that translates technical detail into user friendly, accessible plain English that can be understood by all audiences.
- Experience of using of analytical tools and techniques to derive insights from large datasets
Desirable
- Experience of having discussions with customers (internal and external) to clarify or define customer specifications.
- Qualified in a statistical discipline or have experience of applying statistical model to complex problems
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Highly numerate, can easily interpret the quality of data through proactive identification of poor data quality and propose appropriate solutions.
- Can analyse and interpret raw data, create appropriate measures of performance, value-added analysis/statistics and summarise the results in high-quality visualisations and reports
Desirable: - Experience of building data assets and loading data into databases
How to apply
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First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
16 October 2026
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