Principal Analyst

1. Develop a long-term strategy for data analytics within Clinical Boards and Directorates, aligned to the UHB's overarching digital strategy and planning.

2. Advise on Clinical Boards and Directorates priorities that should be taken to the UHB's Digital Advisory Board and Clinical Reference Group.

3. Develop innovative approaches to improve the data analytics capabilities within Clinical Boards and Directorates. Examples include; text mining, sentiment analysis and natural language data processing.

4. Manage all areas of performance data analysis for the entire business and ensure that data visualisation is clear and unambiguous.

We are looking for a meticulous and analytical thinker who is anadept and talented communicator at all levels.Someone who can excel at finding a range of innovative data driven solutions to tough problems using a blend of data analytical tools. You will have a working knowledge of common enablers like SQL, R, Python or Power BI.

With your team members you willtackle exciting projects, solve intricate problems, and answer crucial questions using your digital toolbox. You will play a pivotal role in addressing some of the greatest challenges currently facing us making a real difference to our patients.

As part of a small team you will be involved in many varied projects such as patient flow optimisation, service and operational workflow optimisation, using algorithms for forecasting, clustering, predicting, simulation and scenario modelling and natural language processing using LLMs., The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.