NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.

NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £115bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.4 million people.

NHS Providers is recruiting a senior research analyst to join our busy, supportive and high performing team. The postholder will provide technical and analytical expertise within NHS Providers, including leading our member survey programme and contributing to wider research and policy projects across the organisation. The role is key in ensuring that NHS Providers delivers its core objectives and that the organisation’s policy and influencing work is underpinned by robust evidence.

The postholder will help to ensure the organisation is able to respond proactively and reactively to developments in the external environment in line with our influencing priorities. This work spans many of the key policy areas that we focus on at NHS Providers, including NHS performance, finance, workforce, governance, regulation and quality.

The post sits within the analysis team in the policy and strategy directorate. The team plays a crucial role in supporting the directorate and wider organisation to maximise the influence and impact of the work we do through developing robust evidence and analysis. The individual must be able to balance technical skills and expertise with excellent communication skills, the ability to work flexibly, and good organisational skills.

The postholder will have a unique overview of work and priorities across NHS Providers, with opportunities for partnership working with colleagues in other directorates.

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