About this role
Job summary
NHS England leads the NHS to deliver high quality care. 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 (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 time to join one of the Data Engineering squads and work closely with colleagues from other professions in multi-disciplinary teams, using agile methodologies.You will work to deliver robust data engineering solutions with increasing independence, working across a number of projects contributing to delivery standards.
Main duties of the job
Build and maintain data pipelines, products and datasetsSupport ingestion, transformation, and validation processesWork with analysts to deliver data productsFollow best practice in coding, testing, and deploymentContribute to improving team processes and documentationSupport junior colleagues where appropriate
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please review the attached job description for further details and main responsibilities.
For more information please contact [email protected]
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Relevant degree or equivalent practical experience.
Knowledge Essential
Good working knowledge with integration and transformation within Cloud Data Warehouses (e.g Azure, AWS, GCP) including languages such as Python, SQL, PySpark, Java Knowledge and experience with programming languages such as React, Typescript, Javascript is desirable
Skills and Experience Essential
Can deliver well-scoped work independently Applies standard design patterns and engineering practices Debugs and resolves data pipeline issues Communicates effectively with technical and semi-technical stakeholders.
Values Essential
Proactive, team-oriented, willing to learn Open to feedback and continuous improvement.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name NHS England
Address Wellington Place or Wellington House
Leeds/London
Leeds/London
LS1 4AP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)