Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Function: Data & Technology

Location: Hybrid - Nottingham

Contract type: Permanent

Job Ref: 817

Salary: £47,005 potential to rise to £55,300 over 3 years

Closing Date: 26 April 2024

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Business Analyst to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first. You will be part of a growing team in our Data & Technology Team.

As a Business Analyst you will be responsible for business analysis and requirements engineering activities across projects and programmes

Every day you will … 

The role of the Business Analysis Function within NHS Supply Chain is to ensure that all projects have clear business requirements that can be tracked through the life cycle of a project and used during testing to assure a successful business outcome.
As a Business Analyst, you will be assigned to projects and programmes across our transformation plan and lead on eliciting and documenting the business requirements in line with NHS Supply Chain ways of working
You will document the "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability.
You will ensure that these requirements are well understood by technical delivery partners and keep the business requirements document updated as the project progresses through to delivery.
As part of the Business Analysis Function, you will also play an active role in building and evolving a common approach to requirements elicitation and tracking and support the efforts to embed this way of working with all delivery partners and assure it on an ongoing basis.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

Extensive experience in the role of a Business Analyst working on transformation projects and programmes in a complex business environment.
Working with Stakeholders on all levels
Leading key business activities including the definition of business problems, objectives, and scope
Competent in the use of industry-strength best practice in business analysis tools and techniques including BPMN, UML, Entity Relationship Modelling, Business Rules Modelling, Requirements Management Matrix, Product Backlog for all deliverables

Experience in being a change agent and continuous improvement of approaches for Business Analysis and Requirements Engineering.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at  

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

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