Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the Digital Services team, ensuring that the Trust provides an excellent data protection and information governance service internally and for external customers.
The post holder will play a key role in developing, implementing, and monitoring the comprehensive Information Governance (IG) framework of best practice policies and guidelines to ensure personal and corporate information is safeguarded, handled, and managed in line with data protection legislation and NHS national standards and guidelines.
Main Duties of the Job
You will contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of the Trust Information Governance framework, incorporating Data Protection, Confidentiality, Freedom of Information, and, where appropriate, Cyber Security and Information Security.
The post holder will act as a source of expertise on Information Governance and Data Protection matters within Digital Services and across the Trust to ensure that MFT operates in accordance with legislation and best practice.
About Us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job Responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, please take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you are even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Education to Degree or equivalent; Additional Managerial qualification or equivalent experience.
* BCS Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection
Experience
* An expert knowledge and understanding of the Health Service data flows, definitions, and information requirements.
* Substantive NHS management experience at a senior level in performance or information role with specialist experience in the relevant area.
* Experience of delivering good customer service.
* Experience in an information governance, privacy, or data protection role in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
Attributes
* Ability to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive, or highly contentious information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiation, training, empathic, or reassurance skills are required.
* Ability to make judgements on multi-stranded or complex problems which may have no precedent or where there are conflicting opinions.
* Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Head of Digital Services Assurance and IG
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum, pro rata
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