Data Analyst Apprentice Job

Data Analyst Apprentice Job at NHS Business Services Authority – Interested in how data can shape the future of healthcare? Want to earn while you learn, gaining hands-on experience and a recognized qualification in data analytics? Join the NHSBSA Data team and help turn NHS data into actionable insight. As a
Data Analyst Apprentice, you’ll be part of a collaborative, purpose-driven organisation that supports your growth and wellbeing. You’ll work with experienced professionals, learning to collect, analyse and present data that informs NHS decision-making.

This Level 4 Apprenticeship is a great chance to build a data career while making areal impact. You’ll gain practical experience in coding, data science and statistical analysis, while developing key skills like communication, teamwork and problem solving.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The NHSBSA creates a wealth of valuable data from the over £100 billion of NHS spend that flows through our systems annually, our Data Teams transform this data into actionable insight, empowering people to make decisions. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside highly skilled professionals while at the same time working towards a formal, industry recognised Level 4 Data Analytics qualification.

This is an exciting opportunity to engage in a range of activities to support Data & Insight, from collecting data to providing insight to inform business decisions. You will learn how to interrogate data and how to provide analysis to both internal and external customers.

You will learn about, and work in areas such as: 

• Database Design

• Data Visualisation

• Cloud Platform Deployment 

• Interpreting data

• Statistical analysis and other analytical techniques

• Data Science

• Coding

• Data Quality

• Big Data

• Data Structures

• Data Security, ethics, and Information Governance

In additional to gaining practical experience, you will, by the end of the apprenticeship, have gained valuable experience in developing a range of soft skills such as:

• Learning how to work independently: managing your own time and work commitments/deadlines

• Learning how to be part of a team working together towards a shared goal. You will build and maintain productive working relationships across the organisation.

• Learning communication skills: preparing for, and participating in team meetings, and actively contributing to decision making.

• Working with stakeholders: understanding business needs, interpreting them, taking action, and presenting findings.

• Developing an understanding of the importance of data to an organisation, including how it is an asset and how it can be used to drive decision making.

• Learning the skills and techniques of problem solving and understanding the impact you can have on the organisation and beyond.

You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team, bringing together staff from various skills and disciplines. This role provides a real learning opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in a business setting.  

 

In this role, you are accountable for:

1. Working with large datasets, with an understanding of how to clean, process and analyse data.

2. Assisting in the production of analytical reports, datasets and data products

3. Ensuring the quality and accuracy of any data used to provide insight and report any data limitations.

4. Using Business Intelligence tools to interrogate, analyse and visualise data.

5. Use programming languages and tools for data manipulation, analysis, and visualisation

6. Communicating findings effectively to technical and non-technical audiences

7. Ensuring data security, information governance and ethical principles are observed

9. Contributing effectively to team meetings and project working groups

10. Taking responsibility for maintaining your studies with a commitment to personal development

In addition to the above accountabilities, as post holder you are expected to:

1. Undertake additional duties and responsibilities in line with the overall purpose of your role and as agreed by your line manager.

2. Demonstrate NHSBSA values and core capabilities in all aspects of your work.

3. Foster an environment where your own and colleagues’ safety and well-being is promoted.

4. Contribute to a culture which values diversity and inclusion.

5. Comply with NHSBSA policies, procedures, and protocols as they apply to your role.

Accepting applications until: 10 November 2025