Job vacancy: Data Analytics Developer, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Croydon

Job summary

Main area: Data Analytics
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 334-NCL-7612372-MU

Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Jeanette Wallace House
Town: Croydon
Salary: £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/12/2025 23:59

Data Analytics Developer

NHS AfC: Band 7

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

Ensure reports and dashboards are designed to a high standard using latest data visualisation methodologies and can be used in a self-service environment.
Provide a high level of documentation which underpins the on-going success of the Technical Intelligence service. This includes internal technical documents but also friendly business user focused documentation.
Participate or lead projects ensuring they are aligned to the key organisational objectives of the Trust, providing options and recommendations to support those objectives.
Ensure that all new developments and amendments follow the change control process. This requires rigorous testing procedures and detailed impact analysis.
To work with clinicians and service managers to undertake analysis of business/care delivery processes, advising on how these might be changed or refined to improve their efficiency, and how such changes would be enabled by the appropriate use of information systems and communications technology.
Participate or lead on the development of data quality monitoring tools and techniques to support the accurate reporting of all internal and external reports and lead on the development of reporting from the Trust's data warehouse.
Presenting of highly complex information to a wide range of stakeholders. This includes dealing with complex ad hoc queries and where necessary making solutions accessible and available trust wide.
Supporting research and development by using specialist research methods. This may include the management of discrete projects.
The post holder will lead in the provision of customer support, interfacing and maintaining business and supplier relationships.
Lead and manage a small focused team to ensure delivery of reports, dashboards and other similar products against an agreed schedule. Ensure that report writers and dashboard developers adhere to the policies and procedures of the Technical Intelligence Department, Digital Services, Trust and are supervised accordingly.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
Evidence of professional/managerial development

Desirable criteria

Higher post-graduate education in a relevant subject
Relevant Professional qualifications

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Extensive experience in developing data models and reports in Microsoft SQL Server (SSIS/SSRS/SSAS/T-SQL) or Microsoft Power BI to meet the business needs of the organisation
Highly developed specialist reporting knowledge underpinned by theory and experience
Knowledge of project based and continuous Dev-Ops approaches
Evidence of change management practices
The facilitation of a customer focussed culture within a team
Excellent written, verbal, and other media communications /Presentation skills
A logical and sensible approach to problem solving
Ability to organise and prioritise their workload, and be able to work under pressure
To analyse and apply user information to problem solving
Ability to express complex issues, both orally and in writing in an easily understood manner for a range of audiences
Negotiation, influencing and persuading skills
Pro-active and self-motivated in completing work to a high standard in conjunction with other staff
Excellent team skills and ability to work with members of own and other teams and departments at all levels of the organisation.

Desirable criteria

Experience of developing data pipelines using Microsoft Azure Data Factory, PolyBase and Synapse
Understand quality improvement concepts such as Statistical Process Control
Prince 2, Agile or other Project Management methodologies
Use of ITIL in a work environment
Knowledge of mental health services

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 Person 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 been 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’

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