Application Analyst - 36 hours
Job summary
Are you experienced in supporting digital applications and confident working with data?
Do you enjoy helping colleagues get the best out of systems through training, analysis, and problem-solving?
BPAS are looking for an Application Analyst to join our Patient Safety and Quality team. This new role has been created to strengthen the use of digital systems in driving improvements to patient care. Reporting to the Patient Safety and Risk Lead, you will provide expert support for the Insight platform and its expanding range of modules.
This role will be central to ensuring colleagues across BPAS can use Insight effectively, supporting training, end-user queries, and the quality of data that underpins patient safety and risk management.
You will work closely with the Risk Data Manager to support reporting, analysis, and dashboard development to inform organisational decision-making.
This is a permanent role working 36 hours per week over Monday to Friday. It is home-based with occasional travel to our Head Office in Leamington Spa and other BPAS units as required.
Main duties of the job
- Delivering end-user support and acting as first-line contact for Insight platform issues.
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Ensuring users have appropriate access and security permissions.
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Developing and delivering structured training, resources, and guidance to support colleagues.
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Working with the Risk Data Manager to ensure Insight data is accurate, secure, and reliable.
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Producing reports and dashboards using SQL and other tools to support decision-making.
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Contributing to assurance reporting, trend analysis, and continuous improvement.
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Liaising with BPAS colleagues, including digital support teams, to extract and present data clearly.
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Ensuring compliance with data retention, back-up, and information governance requirements.
About You
You will have a degree (or equivalent experience) in IT systems or a related field, and significant experience supporting end-users with digital applications, ideally within a healthcare or regulated environment.
Confident in working with data and systems, you will be able to explain technical concepts clearly and support colleagues through training and guidance. A methodical, customer-focused approach, combined with strong problem-solving skills, will be key to your success in this role.
We are also looking for:
- Proficiency in SQL, with the ability to interrogate databases and produce meaningful reports
- ITIL Foundation certification
About us
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent women's reproductive healthcare charity. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS across the country providing abortion, contraception, STI testing & treatment. We specialise in evidence-based, not-for-profit care reproductive healthcare.
Working with us:
Alongside a supportive and friendly working environment, BPAS has generous benefits:
- Life assurance cover at 3 times salary
- 34 days annual leave per year
- A defined contribution pension scheme.
- You will have access to our employee benefits programme through BHSF which includes special health & wellbeing services & lifestyle offers for you & your family. This includes various salary sacrifice schemes, counselling services & free private GP appointments.
BPAS is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children & young people through a safer recruitment framework. This includes a thorough selection process & a number of pre-employment checks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full job description and terms and conditions can be found on the right hand side of the page under supporting documents. They are available for you to download and review.
Further Information
We may close this advert early if we receive a high number of applications that reflect the skills and experience required for the role. We aim to keep it open long enough to ensure a diverse and representative applicant pool, so early applications are strongly encouraged.
If you have any questions about the role, the process, or require adjustments to support your application, please don't hesitate to get in touch we're happy to help.
Location: Home based - home working with occasional travel required to Head Office in Leamington Spa and other BPAS units as required.
Salary: £31,681 - £39,334 per annum depending on skills and experience
Hours: 36 per week - Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 17:00 | Friday 09:00 to 15:30
Interested so far? Don't delay, apply today!
The Small Print: All applicants must be pro-choice.
If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you will not have been shortlisted on this occasion.
References: All offers of employment are conditional based on satisfactory pre-employment checks. We require applicants to provide 3 years of employment references including information on reasons for leaving and any gaps in employment.
Person Specification
Experience
- Please describe a time when you supported colleagues or end-users with a digital system in a healthcare or regulated setting. What challenges did you face, and how did you help users overcome them?
- Can you provide an example of a system or process you have reviewed and improved? What steps did you take, and what was the impact of the changes?
- Experience of project participation or project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, PRINCE2
- Experience of working with third-party suppliers and system vendors
- Experience working with patient safety, risk, or quality management systems
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in IT systems
- Proficiency in SQL (formal qualification desirable)
- ITIL Foundation or above
- Formal training/teaching qualification or demonstrable experience delivering training
General
- Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
- Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and nature of the relationship
- This role is working 36 hours per week over Monday to Friday. It is home-based with occasional travel to Head Office in Leamington Spa and BPAS units - can you commit to this?
- Please list any further information you wish to add in support of your application for this role.
Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to interrogate databases using SQL or other methods to produce reports and analysis
- Knowledge of records life-cycle management
- Awareness of NHS Digital standards and clinical governance requirements
- Understanding of data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
- Ability to explain technical information to non-technical audiences
Employer details
Employer name
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
Address
Orion House
Athena Drive
Warwick
CV34 6RQ
Employer's website
https://www.bpas.org
- Company
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
- Location
- Warwick, United Kingdom CV34 6RQ
Hybrid / WFH Options - Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £31681.00 - £39334.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
- Location
- Warwick, United Kingdom CV34 6RQ
Hybrid / WFH Options - Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £31681.00 - £39334.00 a year
- Posted