Data Manager (Sponsorship Available) At Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Employer: Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Job Title: Data Manager
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 20 April 2026

Job Summary

The Research and Innovation Department is continuing its exciting expansion. Several research specialities are involved and the Research Data and Informatics Team (R-DIT) is looking for a Data Manager. This part time post will be based at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The post holder will contribute actively to the coordination, and delivery of the R-DIT portfolio, with a focus on the auto-immune dataset being develop through the partnership with Arcturis.

The main tasks are:

• To work with researchers from across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, the University of Leeds and other partners to identify datasets required to execute research projects, providing a high quality of customer service.
• To work with colleagues in Informatics, Information Governance and Research and Innovation to ensure that all necessary approvals are received for the release of the required datasets.

Main Duties of the Job

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to recruit a proactive and self-motivated individual with a keen interest in research to work within the Research Data and Informatics Team (R-DIT).

The post-holder will:

• Provide timely and accurate information to research collaborators in a format that is readily understood and relevant to the decision making process.
• Provide regular briefings to key staff on project pipelines, workloads and any additional resource requirements that may be required to fulfil demand.
• Instruct non-information staff in the use of health data, including guidance around its uses, the logic and rules involved and its limitations.
• Build and maintain a productive working relationship with colleagues across corporate and operational teams within the Trust and with a wide variety of external stakeholders from academic and industrial backgrounds.
• Assist in the development of new bespoke solutions for Information reporting. This involves taking responsibility for decisions on the configuration and development of databases and applications and includes the design and direct testing of new systems e.g. making decisions on the architecture, security and certifications and ensuring that all systems delivered comply with Trust and national data standards, data protection and any other current legislation.

About Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Research is at the heart of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is involved in research at all levels, developing and trialling new treatments for patients. Being involved in cutting-edge research helps provide better care to patients.

Over the next 5 years, Leeds Teaching Hospitals aims to be the best Trust to deliver high-quality clinical research and to champion research amongst staff. The organisation also aims to support and grow world-class clinical infrastructure and assets for research and innovation.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals has a very proactive Research Academy. It offers an extensive programme of education and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals and teams involved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

The five Trust values are:

• Patient-centred
• Collaborative
• Fair
• Accountable
• Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to the process of redeploying “at risk” members of the existing workforce to new roles. All job adverts are subject to this policy and Leeds Teaching Hospitals reserves the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If there is a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, applicants may need to wait while the process is completed and can contact the named contact if there are any questions.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure a robust process is implemented and executed for Leeds Teaching Hospitals to provide a data extraction service delivering accurate, tailored information to meet specific needs in support of researchers requirements for a wide range of projects.
• Work with researchers from across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, the University of Leeds and other partners to identify datasets required to execute research projects, providing a high quality of customer service.
• Work with colleagues in Informatics, Information Governance and Research and Innovation to ensure that all necessary approvals are received for the release of the required datasets.
• Extract and provide the required information from a range of databases to research teams in a timely manner for use in projects, supporting the Trusts ambitions to be a leader in providing high-quality, comprehensive datasets which can be used to advance patient care through research.
• Provide reports to colleagues in Research and Innovation and Informatics on datasets provided, the pipeline of potential projects and forecast workload to ensure adequate resources are available to provide a high-quality and efficient service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent level qualification in a numerate/analytical discipline or equivalent industry experience and some amount of experience in an information management role

Desirable

• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development, i.e. specialist IM&T training/study/research, attendance at relevant conferences/workshops

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Formulates plans and strategies, allocating, scheduling and monitoring work streams across teams.
• Innovative and adaptable to changing priorities. Works to a high degree of accuracy within tight deadlines.
• An effective communicator able to convey highly complex concepts and data to staff at all levels, ensuring its accurate and effective use.
• A proactive and high-quality approach to customer service setting high service standards.
• Analyses, interprets and resolves complex information problems without precedent.

Desirable

• Understands implications of health and social care policies for the strategic development and delivery of informatics services.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial knowledge of data warehousing
• Expert knowledge of MS SQL server and Business Intelligence stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS)
• Knowledge and appreciation of, and compliance with, the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information and Caldicott
• Advanced knowledge of information management, information analysis and ICT tools, techniques and principles
• Knowledge and appreciation of data quality issues and their impact on subsequent analyses

Desirable

• Medical terminology, anatomy and epidemiology
• Patient administration and clinical coding processes
• Knowledge of processes around research approvals
• Specialist understanding of the complexities of the Trusts data management systems including the Patient Administration system and reporting systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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