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Band 7
Full-time

Senior Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing DBA

North West London PathologySt Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom£49,387 - £56,515Closes 03/09/2026

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Band
Band 7
Contract
Fixed-term
Pattern
Full-time
Posted
20/08/2026
Closes
03/09/2026

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Role summary

This role involves managing and maintaining the Business Intelligence Team's SQL Server Data warehouse and associated tasks. You will be the first point of contact for the BI Team on a rotational basis, interacting with various stakeholders. The position requires developing ad-hoc and regular reports and supplying routine month-end data to the Finance team and Partners. While primarily based at St Mary's Hospital, remote working options are available.

Essential criteria

  • First Degree.
  • Microsoft managing an SQL Server Database Course
  • Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
  • T-SQL Training

Desirable criteria

  • Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Course
  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Course
  • Scientific qualification or experience working in pathology or healthcare
  • Skills/ abilities
  • Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access (Intermediate)
  • T-SQL (Structured Query Language) at a level to extract data from large complex databases
  • Managing an SQL Server 2019 instance and associated Server
  • Good analytical skills for spotting or anticipating weaknesses in processes (manual or system), along with the ability to organise and implement correction.
  • Knowledge of data warehouse design principles
  • Excellent understanding of NHS operational and Strategic issues, mandatory reporting requirements, NHS data standards and definitions
  • Developing SSRS Reports
  • Good understanding of technology and systems applications
  • Metadata management
  • ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) knowledge
  • OLAP Principles
  • Demonstrable experience at a senior level in healthcare informatics management role.
  • Education/ qualifications
  • First Degree.
  • Microsoft managing an SQL Server Database Course
  • Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
  • T-SQL Training
  • Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Course
  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Course
  • Scientific qualification or experience working in pathology or healthcare
  • Skills/ abilities
  • Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access (Intermediate)
  • T-SQL (Structured Query Language) at a level to extract data from large complex databases
  • Managing an SQL Server 2019 instance and associated Server
  • Good analytical skills for spotting or anticipating weaknesses in processes (manual or system), along with the ability to organise and implement correction.
  • Knowledge of data warehouse design principles
  • Excellent understanding of NHS operational and Strategic issues, mandatory reporting requirements, NHS data standards and definitions
  • Developing SSRS Reports
  • Good understanding of technology and systems applications
  • Metadata management
  • ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) knowledge
  • OLAP Principles
  • Demonstrable experience at a senior level in healthcare informatics management role.

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Band 7 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.

This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.

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Job summary

As a Senior Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing DBA you will be part of a close-knit team of people providing essential management, financial and clinical reports alongside near real time operational data to over 1,000 NWLP colleagues, NWLP 's partners and other NWLP clients.

You will be the first point of contact for the Business Intelligence Team on a weekly rotational basis as a part of this role and will thus be in frequent contact with NWLP service users and colleagues at all levels in addition to the back office nature of the Team

The role will primarily be based at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, with the potential to travel to the partner sites as required. We value relationships and feel that face to face communication is important. However, we care about how you work rather than where you work, so the role is open to remote working meaning you aren't required to be in the office 5 days a week. We'd welcome a conversation with the successful candidate about what remote working looks like for you.

Main duties of the job

  • Manage the BI Team's dedicated SQL Server Data warehouse, hosted on a pair of clustered physical servers, on a day to day basis
  • Monitor timed SSIS and TSQL Server agent tasks and act as needed in the event of issues
  • Act as the first point of contact for all stakeholders and either deal with any requests or pass them to o

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