Information Governance Manager

Job overview

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.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts 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 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 & 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

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, 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 / 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 re-assurance 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