Information Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an Information Assistant within the Business Intelligence Team, supporting the effective delivery of trusted information, reporting, and analytical support. You will coordinate information requests, maintain reporting systems, and ensure information governance requirements are met. The position involves working closely with analysts, managers, and stakeholders to provide high-quality data for decision-making and service improvement. It offers an opportunity to gain experience in business intelligence and data management, with flexible and agile working arrangements.
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSEs Grade A-C (level 2) including Maths and English
Desirable criteria
- Microsoft Office training including Excel, Access & Word
- Skills and Knowledge
- Understanding of IM&T Security and Data Protection
- principles.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good administrative skills.
- Understanding of data administration good practice.
- Ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative.
- Methodical and process orientated.
- Team worker.
- Flexible and proactive approach.
- Good use of Microsoft Software such as Excel/Word/Access.
- Analytical skills.
- Knowledge of Project management principles
- Experience of working in a data/Information Management
- setting or equivalent setting or working with data within
- current role or education
- Experience of working in an NHS organisation.
- Experience of the Meditech Patient Administration System.
- Physical skills
- Ability to sit at workstation and use PC for extended periods of time.
- Moving and handling best practice in relating to sitting at a workstation.
- Requirement to concentrate for long periods of time on specific tasks in order to meet deadlines.
- 5 GCSEs Grade A-C (level 2) including Maths and English
- Microsoft Office training including Excel, Access & Word
- Skills and Knowledge
- Understanding of IM&T Security and Data Protection
- principles.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good administrative skills.
- Understanding of data administration good practice.
- Ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative.
- Methodical and process orientated.
- Team worker.
- Flexible and proactive approach.
- Good use of Microsoft Software such as Excel/Word/Access.
- Analytical skills.
- Knowledge of Project management principles
- Experience of working in a data/Information Management
- setting or equivalent setting or working with data within
- current role or education
- Experience of working in an NHS organisation.
- Experience of the Meditech Patient Administration System.
- Physical skills
- Ability to sit at workstation and use PC for extended periods of time.
- Moving and handling best practice in relating to sitting at a workstation.
- Requirement to concentrate for long periods of time on specific tasks in order to meet deadlines.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Information Assistant
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
We are seeking an Information Assistant to join our Business
Intelligence Team within the Performance and Information Management service. The
Directorate oversees the full information lifecycle, from data extraction,
transformation and load, quality assurance and governance through to analysis,
reporting and insight. Together, our teams support both local operational
priorities and national NHS reporting requirements, ensuring that high-quality
information is available to inform decision-making, service improvement and the
delivery of safe patient care.
The Information Assistant plays an important role in supporting
the effective delivery of trusted information, reporting and analytical support
to clinical, operational and corporate services across the organisation.
Working closely with analysts, managers and stakeholders across the Trust, you
will help ensure that information requests are managed efficiently, reporting
systems are maintained, and information governance requirements are met. The
information and insights we produce helps support organisational decision-making,
performance management, service improvement and the delivery of high-quality
patient care.
We foster a positive and inclusive team culture built on
collaboration, flexibil
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