Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Digital Business Analyst

The closing date is 07 April 2026

Job summary

As a Senior Digital Business Analyst, you will work within a collaborative, agile, and cross-functional environment to deliver solutions across a range of platforms. You will be responsible for supporting the delivery on a range of digital projects and improvements across Northumbria Trust.

You will lead the analysis on how technology can be used to develop new systems and transform existing services to support business needs. You will analyse and evaluate business processes; analyse stakeholder objectives, investigate business requirements and identify potential benefits and options available for consideration.

Main duties of the job

Analyse and evaluate business processes; identifying alternative solutions including assessment of process feasibility and articulation of process requirements.

Analyse stakeholder objectives, investigate business requirements and identify potential benefits and options available for consideration.

Handle complex analysis activities in often contentious situations to ensure common understanding of difficult and sometimes unpalatable ideas.

Model current and desired scenarios as directed using appropriate modelling techniques, gaining agreement from subject matter experts and ensure stakeholder issues with resultant models are resolved.

Work across a number of Analysis disciplines where incoming data is complex/heterogeneous and which requires prompt, efficient and consistent consideration and response.

Review multiple process streams of often conflicting data, identifying the anomalies to extract the value. The data may come from suppliers or internally and therefore the ability to understand the relevance and criticality of the data is essential.

Produce accurate and timely reporting on the performance of areas under analysis for suppliers or end users.

Rapidly identify risks or issues relating to or uncovered by analysis activities. Ensure these are accurately and formally raised with line/project/service management.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

24 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7883546JN

Job locations

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Road

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for supporting the delivery on a range of digital projects and improvements across Northumbria Trust. The successful candidate will lead the analysis on how technology can be used to develop new systems and transform existing services to offer digital services which enhance patient experience and promote improved outcomes.

The post holder must be able to analyse and evaluate business processes; analyse stakeholder objectives, investigate business requirements and identify potential benefits and options available for consideration.

The role will involve reviewing pathways and processes across a wide range of care settings, working with clinical staff and patients. This role will also involve the creation of business cases, requirements development, as is and to be process mapping, benefits identification and realisation.

The post holder will work collaboratively as part of an Agile multidisciplinary project team working closely with stakeholders throughout the delivery process.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for supporting the delivery on a range of digital projects and improvements across Northumbria Trust. The successful candidate will lead the analysis on how technology can be used to develop new systems and transform existing services to offer digital services which enhance patient experience and promote improved outcomes.

The post holder must be able to analyse and evaluate business processes; analyse stakeholder objectives, investigate business requirements and identify potential benefits and options available for consideration.

The role will involve reviewing pathways and processes across a wide range of care settings, working with clinical staff and patients. This role will also involve the creation of business cases, requirements development, as is and to be process mapping, benefits identification and realisation.

The post holder will work collaboratively as part of an Agile multidisciplinary project team working closely with stakeholders throughout the delivery process.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • In depth specialist knowledge of a range of work procedures, majority non-routine, acquired through degree or equivalent plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through training and relevant experience to masters degree level or equivalent. In-depth knowledge of business modelling techniques and experience in obtaining input from and communicating modelling results to senior managers for agreement.

Desirable

  • Agile certifications
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • In depth specialist knowledge of a range of work procedures, majority non-routine, acquired through degree or equivalent plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through training and relevant experience to masters degree level or equivalent. In-depth knowledge of business modelling techniques and experience in obtaining input from and communicating modelling results to senior managers for agreement.

Desirable

  • Agile certifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Road

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Road

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Development Manager

Jonathan Pickering

07540436684

Details

Date posted

24 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7883546JN

Job locations

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Road

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


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