Business Analyst

Job summary

Embark on a transformative journey as a Business Analyst, where your analytical prowess becomes the catalyst for strategic insights and organisational success.

We recognise the need to radically improve the way in which services are delivered to improve patient care and experience, against a backdrop of increasing demand and substantial efficiency .

This is arguablythemostexciting time to join Somerset Foundation Trust.Not only have we recently merged with Yeovil District Hospital, making us one of the largest organisations in the UK, we are also about to embarking on a transformation programme to develop a new Electronic Health Record for Somerset.

You will play a key role in planning and supporting the facilitation of the design of new services or the redesign and continuous improvement of existing processes.

Business Analysts support teams to identify, capture, describe, map and track digital requirements. The process maps and analysis completed by these roles highlight issues and identify opportunities where things could be done more efficiently and safely with the resources available.

Please note that as this is a fixed term contract, we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

You will mainly focus on developing and managing business requirements and processes for applying/using technology to satisfy business needs.

As a business-facing role, you will be comfortable dealing with both back-office personnel and senior stakeholders across the Trust.

You will need to develop a good understanding of the functions of all the Service Groups and the interaction between these as you'll be working closely across all Technology Services teams to support the delivery of technology initiatives.

About us

Why chose us?

Kindness, Respect, Teamwork

Everyone, Every day

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust runs acute hospital services, community services, mental health and learning disability services and a quarter of Somerset's GP practices. It runs services from two acute hospitals - Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, Yeovil Hospital in Yeovil - services in the community and services from the 13 community hospitals in the county, a range of mental health and learning disability services and Symphony Healthcare Services runs a quarter of GP practices in the county.

Within our trust we are privileged to work with over 12,500 colleagues who deliver or support our patient services. From therapists to nurses, doctors, researchers, scientists, porters, cleaners, kitchen staff, accountants, those who teach, and the receptionists who welcome our patients, the contribution of all of our colleagues is invaluable.

And its these colleagues who care and support a population of 561,000 across Somerset. We believe that the broad range of services that we offer within one organisation put us in a better position to provide mental and physical health services for our population, helping people to enjoy healthier lives with improved equitable access to the specialist care and treatment they need, when they need it.