Information Governance Manager

We are looking for an individual with experience in information governance. The post is 22.5 hours working 8am - 4pm Tuesday to Thursday. You will be based on site for the first three months after which time agile working can be considered., Reporting to the Head of DSP & Health Records/ DPO you will:

Facilitate the implementation of local monitoring systems to ensure compliance with national standards including Data Protection Act (2018), Freedom of Information Act (2000) & other regulations, codes of practice and frameworks, as required.

Be responsible for ensuring the Trust complies with the requirements of external standards relevant to Data, Security and Protection; including the cyber assessment framework and care quality commission . Identify and lead on areas for improvement.

Work with the relevant management teams to develop and implement cross-divisional monitoring systems/tools to deliver compliance with DSP standards.

Provide regular reports against required assessment standards to the appropriate operational groups or other equivalent forums as required.

Ensure that mechanisms are in place to enable staff to perform to their highest potential; ensuring all information governance arrangements within the department are robust to deliver and meet DSP compliance.

Lead on the collation of evidence for compliance of the required DSP standards. Complete organisational mapping of evidence across all compliance standards.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.