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[email protected]Senior Information Governance Specialist
Closed for applications on: 13-Dec-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-Dec-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Address
- Cobbett House, Oxford Road Campus
- Town
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M13 9WL
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Information Governance
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the Digital Services team, ensuring that the the Trust provides an excellent data protection and information governance service internally, and for external customers.
The post holder will have 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.
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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.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 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 & staff experience, operational effectiveness & 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 & 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re 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.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Education to Degree or equivalent
- Additional Managerial qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Direct experience within an NHS Digital Services function
- Industry Recognised Data Protection Qualification
Training
Essential criteria
- Experience and practical application of Information Governance, in particular in-depth knowledge of the Data Protection legislation and Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Caldicott principles
- Experience of managing a Team
- Operational expertise in data protection principles and practices
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit
- Experience and understanding of investigating incidents and Complaints Management
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information appropriately
- Ability to critically analyse and interpret complex data accurately and provide summary position with clear observations to support accurate decision-making
- Ability to manage a range of activities to formulate local work plans across multiple disciplines
- Demonstrates a high level of communication skills
- Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Ability to manage, motivate and develop project staff in a matrix environment
- Demonstrates a collaborative approach and good team working
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure
- Demonstrates problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Ability to deliver at pace in complex environment
- Demonstrable excellence interpersonally; articulate, creative, self-aware, controlled and confident
- Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a passion for results and achieving goals
Desirable criteria
- Ability to sensitively investigate and interrogate date using developed persuasive, motivational, negotiation, training, empathic or reassurance skills are required
- A solid understanding of the application of Data Protection by Design and Default
- A solid understanding of the application of information technology and how it can be used to achieve organisational effectiveness within the healthcare environment
- An ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner with the confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to achieve change/improvement
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake shift working including out-ofhours, weekend and Public Holidays, when required
Desirable criteria
- Driving Licence / Car Owner
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lois Critchley
- Job title
- Head of Digital Services Assurance and IG
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 276 6874
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Parkway 1
- Parkway Business Centre
- Recruitment Office 1st Floor
- Princess Road
- Manchester
- M14 7LU
- Telephone
- Resourcing Department: 0161 276 6198
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