The role of the Head of Corporate Information is responsible for leading the Corporate Information team, providing strategic direction, mentorship, and professional development to foster an inclusive and innovative workplace culture. This role involves setting clear performance objectives aligned with Group priorities, promoting effective communication, and building a high-performing team through recruitment, onboarding, and talent retention initiatives. The postholder will represent the Group in external forums, building relationships and promoting best practices in healthcare data management.
The role provides essential analytical support for operational healthcare services, producing data insights and customised reports that guide business activities such as referral to treatment (RTT) reporting, cancer services, diagnostics, and maternity services. By collaborating with organisational leaders, the postholder will ensure that information needs are met through tailored solutions, assisting with analytics to support business critical activities. The postholder will oversee development of reporting to offer real-time insights, enabling efficient decision-making and continuous process improvement.
This is a Group-wide role across multiple sites. The Information Services teams are based at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham Hull and New Beacon House, Scunthorpe. Teams run a hybrid of office and remote working arrangements.
• Lead and manage the Corporate Information Team, fostering an innovative and inclusive culture. Set clear objectives aligned with group priorities, promote teamwork and ensure effective communication across the team and wider department.
• Provide analytical support across various healthcare services by developing customised datasets, reports and dashboards, enabling operational and clinical teams to monitor performance, make informed decisions, and align with strategic objectives.
• Oversee the development and accuracy of high-level board reports, highlighting key trends and metrics. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure reports are comprehensive, align with Group priorities, and support informed decision-making at the senior management or executive level.
• Manage the preparation and submission of statutory returns and corporate data submissions, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and data accuracy. Ensure the coordination with internal teams to validate data and improve processes for efficiency and accuracy.
• Participate in digital system change management, overseeing data reporting requirements. Engage with stakeholders to gather data needs, conduct testing, and ensure that new systems align with business intelligence requirements, supporting effective system adoption and use.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For further details on the post please contact Christopher Evans, Deputy Director of Information Management, 07756 201954
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Feb 2025