Information Analyst

The post holder will work as part of the cardiothoracic information data team in a job share role sharing responsibilities for reviewing and validating MINAP and BCIS data for cardiology for national audit returns for submission to NICOR (National Institute of Cardiovascular Outcomes Research). The post holder will work with various staff groups within the organisation, primarily interacting with clinical staff, to ensure that the data collected is accurate, complete and of the highest possible quality to support patient care, data analysis and clinical research.

• Interview Date Wednesday 29 April 2026
• 18 Hours 45 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy., The postholder will communicate with a range of professionals both internally and externally to the Trust and will develop and maintain good working relationships with others and ensure information is effectively sourced from various areas and accurately transferred between sources. As well as coordinating dataflows, the postholder will build subject matter expertise about the information being collected.
With strong analytic skills, the post holder will act as a key stakeholder in undertaking critical analysis and will provide the necessary reports and statistics required to support monthly clinical meetings and promulgate key findings to senior management and clinical staff across the organisation and wider network. The post holder should understand and be able to explain performance targets, that may be highly complex and specialist in their nature and communicate these in an understandable way. As a data team we are continuously looking at how we capture data/information and how it is used to promote learning, quality improvement and highlight opportunities for improving patient care. Therefore, in this role the post holder will be a strong team player and have a flexible and professional attitude to work and will be an advocate for driving innovation to continuously improve ways of working.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.