Junior Data Engineer

Job summary

NHS England leads the NHS to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.

The Data Services division of Data and Analytics sub directorate's vision is to be the leading data services provider for health and social care across England through creating innovative and high-quality data products and services that give our customers the knowledge and capabilities required to deliver the best outcomes for citizens.

The Data Engineering team work with a number of key delivery programmes including but not limited to:o Federated Data Platform and Common Data Platform projectso Curation of national data sets for onward use (e.g. Hospital Episode Statistics, Community and Mental Health, Vaccines, Prescriptions)o NHS Workforce Datao Get it right first time (GIRFT) a national programme designed to improve the treatment and care of patientso Supporting the Tech and Data Integration team to define common data models, and ensure appropriate reference and master data management

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the Data Engineering squads and work closely with colleagues from other professions in multi-disciplinary teams, using agile methodologies.

Main duties of the job

You will contribute to delivery of the Data Engineering Service under guidance and build foundational skills in data engineering tools, practices, and platforms. The role includes: Assist in building and running data pipelines and products. Perform data validation and quality checks. Support debugging and issue resolution. Document processes and workflows. Learn tools, platforms, and standards. Please see the attached job description for more information.

About us

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.