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Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people's homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action - our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
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Job overview
Chief Information Security Officer
Band 8C, Full Time, Flexible working, Home or Remote Working
The Chief Information Security Officer is the lead role within the Trust's Digital Services function for cyber security and information governance. The CISO is responsible for developing the Trust's cyber security strategy, ensuring alignment with national and regional cyber strategies.
The postholder will line manage the cyber security and IG teams, and will work with other senior leaders within digital services to ensure that the department specifically and also the Trust as a whole, understand the cyber agenda, and how to protect the systems and data the Trust holds.
Proposed Interview Date - 16th April 2025
Main duties of the job
The CISO is responsible for:
1. Developing, implementing and reviewing the Trust's cyber security strategy
2. Ensuring that there is training for staff on all things cyber security and information governance
3. Oversight, delivery and reporting on the Data Security and Protection Toolkit
4. Providing assurance to the Trust's SIRO and Chief Digital Officer on all things cyber
5. Line managing a cyber team and the IG function, including the Trust's FOI responsibilities
Working for our organisation
The Trust is a combined acute and community Trust in south west London. Croydon is the largest Borough in the sector, and the hospital provides services from its two main hospital sites and a range of community venues.
The cyber and IG teams sit within the Digital Services Directorate, which is based at the main Croydon University Hospital site. The working pattern for all staff within the department is a mix of on site and remote working.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The CISO is responsible for:
1. Developing and maintaining highly effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including NHS England's regional cyber lead, and the CISO at SW London ICS
2. Developing and delivering the Trust's cyber security strategy
3. Managing the Trust's cyber security and IG frameworks, including associated policies and procedures
4. Developing, managing and reporting on a suite of cyber security KPIs
5. Reviewing the Trust's cyber and IG capacity and capability, ensuring that it remains sufficient in terms of capacity and capability, to meet changing standards and requirements as they change from time to time.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
* One or more security qualifications, including CISSP, CISM
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Extensive knowledge of relevant public and private sector cyber security practice
* Extensive Knowledge of key legislation and mandated standards including GDPR, NISR, DS&P Toolkit, Cyber Essentials + accreditation
* Experience of IT incident response, including Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of managing complex, strategic technology and cyber security projects or areas with complex working practices
* Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment
Skills
Essential criteria
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate, negotiate and influence staff at all levels in the organisation
* Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
If you decide to apply for this post, but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
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