iCARE (Imperial Clinical Analytics, Research & Evaluation)
Senior Data Engineer
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Main area: Business Intelligence/ICT
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Fixed term: 18 months (Until 31st March 2028)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 290-CR-2026
Site: St Mary's Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £66,274 - £73,496 pa inclusive
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/08/2026 23:59
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye. With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities. With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Join iCARE (Imperial Clinical Analytics, Research & Evaluation) and help shape the future of data-driven healthcare. We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team and play a key role in advancing secure NHS research infrastructure through innovative use of health data.
iCARE is a cutting-edge health data and analytics initiative and home to Imperial’s Azure based Secure Data Environment, bringing together clinical expertise, research capability and advanced analytics to unlock the potential of health data and improve patient outcomes.
Working across digital health, Artificial Intelligence and Real-World Evidence, you will contribute to nationally significant programmes, including the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre and the Paddington Life Sciences initiative. You will work alongside clinicians, researchers, data scientists and engineers in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, helping to transform complex healthcare data into trusted research assets that drive innovation and improve patient care.
Please note: Face-to-face interviews will be held on 2nd September from 9:00 am in Paddington, London. Interviews will take place only on this date and alternative dates or rescheduling will not be available.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be a key member of iCARE, leading the design, development and optimisation of secure, scalable data platforms and services that enable high-quality health research. You will play an integral role in the continued evolution of the Imperial Biomedical Research Centre’s Azure based NHS Secure Data Environment. You will also drive the delivery of a portfolio of translational projects within the Digital Health theme of the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, a £95 million translational research initiative supporting the development of new treatments, diagnostics and technologies that benefit patients and communities locally, regionally and nationally. Working within the iCARE NHS Data Engineering Unit, you will manage and curate large volumes of healthcare and other data using advanced technologies. You will champion modern data engineering practices, provide technical leadership, and collaborate with expert stakeholders across multiple disciplines. Your work will help ensure data solutions meet the needs of patients, staff and local communities, supporting social purpose, care equity and the ongoing digital transformation of the NHS.
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Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level or equivalent experience (relevant to role).
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- Qualification in Project Management.
- Masters in IT / informatics
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience in healthcare informatics or analytics.
- Experience in a data integration role with the ability to apply logical thinking using a wide range of data processing tools and techniques to build and integrate solutions in a highly complex environment
- Advanced use of SQL to extract data from large complex databases
- Advanced use of Excel (macro level).
- Experience in delivering solutions in public and the NHS services.
- Experience of Metadata documentation and development
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Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing projects.
- Experience of managing teams to underpin knowledge of HR, staff performance and workforce issues.
- Demonstrable experience at a senior level in healthcare
- Informatics management role.
- Experience of Cerner Millennium
- Experience of implementing OMOP
- Experience of NLP
- Azure DevOps and GIT experience
- IT Project Management knowledge and experience
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Strong knowledge and understanding of health data including health data models, coding systems and ontologies (e.g. SNOMED CT), and NHS data standards / definitions.
- Good level of technical skills, underpinned by theory and practice, in designing systems, handling sensitive data, automating data processing that will support data presentation and interpretation.
- Highly Advanced SQL Server, SSIS DBT or Snowflake
- Advanced knowledge of Python and SQL
- Advanced data modelling knowledge
- Good knowledge of Electronic Health Record systems (e.g. Cerner/Epic etc) and other HealthCare IT systems.
- Advanced knowledge of ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) processes.
- Change control and software development good practice
- Ability to perform DBA\Developer activities with minimum of four years Data Warehouse experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Cerner data model
- Proven people management, leadership, team building and motivation skills.
- Clear vision of health informatics as an enabler to modernisation.
- Knowledge of data science and statistics
- Knowledge of Cerner frontend
Right to work
If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK
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Vacancy Closing Date
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application. Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
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