Senior Information Analyst
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff, CF14 4HHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£40,559 to £48,841
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
5 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
To work as part of the digital team in supporting the development and provision of a comprehensive performance and information service, providing anal...
Communication and Relationship skills
Define, collate, analyse and interpret complex, sensitive and contentious information, often from across a range of organisations, to a high standard, and to actively facilitate the use and understanding of the information provided across a range of partners and stakeholders. This will include negotiating, persuading and training colleagues to ensure accurate and consistent datasets.
Work closely with project leads/managers and clinicians to identify their information needs and to analyse and provide information to support them in the delivery of health and social care planning and decision making.
Attend relevant meetings and communicate and present the analysis of complex, sensitive or contentious information to project leads/managers, clinicians and wider stakeholders.
Knowledge, training and experience
Provide specialist advice on analytics, including modelling and data visualisation, where no precedent exists, which is to be underpinned by theoretical knowledge or relevant practical experience.
Analyse, collect and use data/information from across the range of partners including health, local authority and the third and independent sectors.
Work closely with partners from health, local authority and third parties and independent sectors.
This post is fixed term until 31/03/2028 due to funding.
Planning and organisational skills
Responsible for the creation and production of analytical information reports and data analysis using computer software, programme languages and web technologies and business intelligence software to support reporting requirements as specified by the organisation.
Assist in the management of specific information reporting projects, which provide reporting solutions to enable the organisations needs and strategies to be met.
Support senior information colleagues in the production of routine tactical and strategic data requirements.
Participate in the development and use of new and innovative methods of using data/information flows across the organisation.
In conjunction with senior information colleagues, undertake work with clinicians/senior managers and partners in assessing their information needs and developing systems to meet their information requirements.
Assist in the ongoing review of information services, systems and resources across the organisation with the objective of ensuring a timely and accurate response to the full range of information requirements.
Responsible for ensuring information reporting requirements are met within agreed timescales.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to post graduate diploma in a quantitative science which has included data analysis/presentation and management of large datasets, or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training and development
- Operational research experience including quantitative and qualitative data
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience within an information environment
- Operational research experience including quantitative and qualitative data
- Statistics experience
- Experience in the use of MS Office Software (particularly excel) and other statistical packages
- Business analysis of data and project implementation including performance dashboards
- Experience of partnership working across different organisations.
Desirable: - Experience of software development and/or testing
Skills
Essential
- Advanced analytical skills
- Excellent verbal, written and communication skills, with the ability to present complex information in a format suitable for a range of target audiences
- Technically skilled in the use of statistical packages/databases/ performance dashboards.
- Technically skilled in the use of SQL
- Experienced in the use of Business Intelligence Tools
- Experienced in the use of relational databases
- Ability to undertake research and to teach oneself new skills in new disciplines
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries
Desirable
- Understanding of health and social care policy context
- Knowledge of health and social care informatics and performance frameworks
- Skilled in the use of Power BI Reporting
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of health and social care of informatics i.e. the use and interpretation of information to support health and social care delivery
- Knowledge of the key requirements of 'A Healthier Wales' and the Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014
- Competent in modelling and the application of numerous techniques to solve problems of varying degrees of complexity and size
- Ability to interrogate numerous large datasets, joining data and interpreting the results
Desirable
- Technical understanding and competence of NHS Data Dictionary, local authority statutory performance indicators, national standards and data flows
- Competent in the knowledge and application of the Data Protection Act
- Experience of SPSS, JMP, Healthcare Modelling technical abilities
- Familiarity with medical terminology and coding systems such as ICD10, OPCS, READ, SNOMED
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
21 September 2026
Last checked
23 September 2026
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