East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber
Job Summary
Make a difference
Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you’re looking for a new role in
Operational Insights that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it!
As a
Senior Analyst (Quant): Medicines Optimisation, you’ll help turn complex medicines data into clear, actionable insights that support safer, more effective care across England.
Picture this
Imagine using your analytical skills to influence how medicines are prescribed and used, helping improve outcomes for people using health and care services. You’ll be part of a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and impact.
In the last year as a Senior Analyst (Quant) in Operational Insights, you might have:
Led a project to analyse prescribing trends across NHS organisations, identifying areas for improvement and sharing insights with senior stakeholders.
Designed and delivered a PowerBI dashboard that helped inspectors quickly assess medicines optimisation performance in care settings.
Job Description
The role
You’ll play an important part in delivering our mission. In this role, you’ll:
- Deliver insight: Lead complex analysis using medicines data to generate meaningful insights that support decision-making across CQC.
- Support stakeholders: Work closely with internal and external teams to shape analytical projects and ensure outputs meet their needs.
- Communicate clearly: Create compelling visualisations and reports that make data easy to understand and act on.
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We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:
Experience working with medicines data: You’ve used prescribing or similar datasets to produce insights that inform decisions or policy.
Ability to communicate data effectively: You’ve created visual reports (e.g. in PowerBI) that tell a clear story and support action.
Leadership in analysis: You’ve led analytical projects or teams, applying a range of methods to solve problems and deliver results.
The role
You’ll play an important part in delivering our mission. In this role, you’ll:
- Deliver insight: Lead complex analysis using medicines data to generate meaningful insights that support decision-making across CQC.
- Support stakeholders: Work closely with internal and external teams to shape analytical projects and ensure outputs meet their needs.
- Communicate clearly: Create compelling visualisations and reports that make data easy to understand and act on.
Show Us
We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:
Experience working with medicines data: You’ve used prescribing or similar datasets to produce insights that inform decisions or policy.
Ability to communicate data effectively: You’ve created visual reports (e.g. in PowerBI) that tell a clear story and support action.
Leadership in analysis: You’ve led analytical projects or teams, applying a range of methods to solve problems and deliver results.
Person specification
The purpose of this role is to generate insight through the analysis of data to meet the CQC’s Medicines Optimisation Team’s (MOT) needs.
Essential Skills And Experience
Educated to degree level or have equivalent professional
experience.
Expert quantitative analysis skills. This must include experience in medicines data, including prescribing data.
Experience of basic qualitative analysis.
Proven ability to set up a system to get data ready for use and specify how data should be cleansed and prepared.
- Proven ability to prepare and structure data for analysis. Good
understanding of industry best practice data-modelling patterns
and standards.
Proven ability to lead teams in applying a range of methods to analyse data and synthesise findings.
Experience of working flexibly and in multi-disciplinary teams with the ability to engage well with colleagues and other stakeholders.
Strong decision-making skills and capability to make sound judgement with limited supervision.
Experience in reconciling conflicting views and articulating coherent rationales for action.
Ability to identify problems and lead the delivery of solutions and preventative measures, escalating where appropriate.
Proven ability to understand stakeholder needs, manage stakeholder expectations and influence at all levels on the use of data and insight.
Proven ability to tailor the communication of insight in the most appropriate and compelling way for the audience, including through storytelling and visualisation. This must include the use of PowerBI.
We Offer a Wide Range Of benefits, Including:
- Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
- Training and development opportunities.
- Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
- NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
- Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!
Please see our benefits page for the full list.
Selection process details
tbc
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
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