Job overview
We are recruiting for an Information Governance Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The post holder will support the Head of cyber security and information governance in reviewing and implementing the Trusts IG Strategy and improvement program ensuring the Trust meets with all the statutory and regulatory requirements for information governance. The role will lead on ensuring the requirements of the Data Security and Protection toolkit are met. Provide leadership and expert advice on information governance across the Trust on information governance. Data protection, GDPR and on developing new and innovation approaches, ensuring compliance with all the relevant legal and regulatory framework
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Support Data Protection Officer (DPO) the development and implementation of the Trust’s Information Governance Strategy, policies and delivery of the associated work programme to meet statutory, regulatory and legislative requirements, national/local policies and best practice.
Interpret the requirements of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit, develop and lead an improvement plan, liaising with the identified leads to ensure the organisation meets with the requirements and has the supporting evidence internal and external inspection.
Lead and ensure the timely completion of the annual Data Security and Protection Toolkit, and take the lead on specific measures, in order to gain internal authorisation prior to submission in line with the national deadlines.
Identify risks across the Trust in relation to information governance, ensure actions taken to mitigate the risks and escalated as appropriate and maintain an Information Governance Risk Register.
Support the DPO and interpret the legislation and national guidance in relation to Information Governance and make recommendations to ensure that the Trusts meets the requirements.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
* Relevant qualifications in information governance/Data Protection
* Evidence of ongoing career/professional development
Desirable criteria
* Relevant qualifications in information governance, records management, data protection and information security.
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Detailed knowledge of information governance and data protection legislation, duties and responsibilities.
* Experience of Information Governance management and compliance within a large organisation – preferably the NHS.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in Health care setting with multi-professional healthcare teams.
* Project Management experience.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills; written and verbal
* Strong interpersonal, communication, negotiating and influencing skills
* High level of written and verbal communication skills
* High level of interpersonal skills to respond to public, patients, staff and external stakeholders
* Good IT and computer skills inc. use of Microsoft office
* Numerical and analytical skills
* Problem solving approach
* Report writing skills
* Project management and administration skill
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Detailed knowledge of information governance legislation & policy such as GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Caldicott 2, The Freedom of Information Act 2000, The Confidentiality Code of Practice, Information Commissioner’s office.
* Knowledge of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
* Role model our Trust values every day