Data Analyst with Visa Sponsorship (COS) at NHS Trust

Data Analyst with Visa Sponsorship (COS) at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust – Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is  looking to recruit a Data analysist to work within the Nursing and Professions Department. 

Working across the Nursing and Professions Directorate the role will involve data collection and monitoring, including the extraction of data from across various systems and sources to support reporting as required. The postholder will have excellent analytical, organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise a busy workload in a dynamic, fast-paced office environment. 

Main duties of the job

The role will involve exporting, collating and manipulating large amounts of data from a wide range of sources as well as the initial analysis and presentation of accurate data in an appropriate format that is understandable to its audience. 

The post holder will assist with the production of standard information reports and clinical data returns across the directorate, as and when required, and will distribute these to the appropriate audience.  They will contribute to the development of dashboards or tools that enable a better understanding of data to support decision-making and service monitoring. 

The postholder will run daily, weekly and monthly reports to support business needs of the Professions and Quality directorate. They will run background reports and produce data packs for weekly or monthly meetings, to support ongoing quality surveillance activity and performance monitoring within the Professions and Quality Directorate.

The successful candidate would be expected to be office based a minimum 3 days per week.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to diploma level or equivalent by experience

Desirable criteria

• Project Management Qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Work experience in an information related role in an NHS organisation.
• Experience of developing and improving data collection and reporting systems.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of working with Microsoft Office packages including excel, access, word, PowerPoint.
• Experience of using Data manipulation and analysis using advanced excel skills including combining data from multiple sources; v:lookups; pivots; summaries and graphs

Desirable criteria

• Experience of improvement orientated data reporting.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of data quality issues and the approaches taken to improve quality.

Knowledge and understanding of business information needs and reporting.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Closing Date: 22/10/2025 23:59