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Job summary

Main area
Digital
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
384-LG-EMF19464
Employer
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
Town
Guildford
Salary
£32,602 - £39,686 Per annum (pro rata) including High Cost Area Supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/02/2026 23:59

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Information Analyst B5

Band 5

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a skilled, motivated and confident analyst to join the trusts developing Informatics team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team that is in the process of creating a digital platform to support the Trusts Divisions enhancing the patient’s experience. This post will provide support to operational management, and corporate services colleagues, ensuring accurate and detailed insights driving the key decisions made by the Trust.

You should have the ability to create and maintain information reports, on a routine and ad-hoc basis, networking with the relevant key stakeholders to source/define/analyse the data required.

You must possess excellent IT, communication, numerical and analytical skills, with knowledge and ability within Excel and SQL, knowledge of SSRS, Power BI and Power Automate would be an advantage, but not essential.

The post requires the successful candidate to be flexible, able to work under pressure and be adaptable to changing requirements and deadlines.

If you are interested in this role, please apply using the links below. For any further information please contact [email protected].

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide high quality information service to clinicians and service managers including providing regular and ad hoc reporting with a focus on statutory and mandatory reporting. The post holder also carries out duties in line with the Trusts statutory duties to provide regular, timely and accurate data to external parties such as NHS England and Freedom of Information requests. 

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

The role encompasses collation, analysis and interpretation of information across a wide variety of operational services, development of routine and ad hoc reports presented in a clear and understandable format and supporting managers and clinicians in defining their information requirements to meet strategic, operational and clinical needs. 

Focusing in statutory and mandatory reporting for internal and external customers including NHSE, local CCGs and internal departments. 
 
To provide a high quality information management service and engage with colleagues from a wide range of teams and services to support them in their use and interpretation of information.  

Liaison with stakeholders to identify information needs and the provision of information to meet these requirements. 
 
Interpretation and implementation of national/local policy and guidance from an information management perspective.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Bachelor’s Degree level education or equivalent work experience.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience in information related or analytical role.
  • Experience in the acute sector with an in depth understanding of the NHS information flows, hospital systems and applications.
  • Knowledge of NHS Nationally submitted returns.
  • Experience in the use of database extraction tools to develop complex queries
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in the submission of CDS datasets
  • Experience in the use of SSRS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident committedStep into healthWe Work Flexibly

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Zoe Cox
Job title
Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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