Job summary
The Privacy, Transparency & Trust (PTT) Sub-directorate is a sub-directorate of the Delivery Directorate. The mission of the PTT Sub-directorate is to enable NHS England to drive innovation and improve lives through greater use of data and technology and to be a well-run organisation.The PTT Sub-directorate will enable and promote public trust in NHS England's custodianship of staff, workforce and patient data. This aligns with the new legal duty of NHS England to have regard to the need to respect and promote privacy of patients and the core principles that underpin NHS England as a safe haven of patient data.
The Information Governance Manager role sits within the PTT Sub-directorate, as part of the IG Delivery (Digital and Operations) domain that is responsible for providing expert advice on IG, legal, policy and professional requirements and guidance. It also provides 'front door' IG advice to internal NHS England wider corporate teams. This role promotes and supports a privacy by design approach in NHS England's national and digital IT services, data platforms, corporate and operational services.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to provide professional expertise to one of the teams in the PTT Sub-directorate. This will involve providing clear, timely and practical IG advice internally to wider NHS England corporate teams. You will lead and manage key project IG areas and also be required to respond to ad hoc IG queries that are received by the team. You will work within a fast paced and high-performance environment working collaboratively across team, function, and organisational boundaries, to achieve the best outcomes for the organisation. You will need to engage and contribute to a team culture of continuous improvement and excellent service delivery. Developing yourself and others to operate a "one team" respectful and inclusive culture.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate level qualification / equivalent experience: Educated to Graduate degree level (in a relevant subject) or equivalent relevant experience within a professional working environment.
- Post-Graduate level qualification / equivalent experience: Educated to Post-Graduate degree level (in a relevant subject) or equivalent relevant experience within a professional working environment.
- IG accredited qualification: Accredited IG specific qualification e.g. (but not limited to) BCS, ISEB, PDP, IAPP.
Desirable
- Other relevant accredited qualification: Accredited qualifications which would materially benefit the performance of your role such as qualifications in project management (e.g. Agile, Prince II), technology (such as advanced level user of Microsoft Office365), security, communications, or leadership.
Knowledge
Essential
- The role requires a good knowledge of the following laws and legal frameworks: oData protection law: Understanding key principles and concepts of data protection law set out in the UK GDPR, DPA 2018, Human Rights Act 1998. oCommon law duty of confidentiality: Understanding the common law duty of confidentiality, how it applies to NHS England's use of patient data, including the gateways for sharing confidential data with third parties. oNHS legal framework: Understanding the statutory functions of NHS England, the laws which underpin those functions, and how those laws impact NHS England's use of personal data. oRecords management: Where required by the specific role, knowledge of the Public Records Act 1958. oFOIA & EIR: Where required by the specific role, knowledge of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an information governance / privacy / data protection role. oExperience of providing timely, clear and practical IG advice in a range of formats including verbal advice and on a range of matters, services, and projects, including advice on privacy by design. oExperience in identifying IG, compliance and operational risks and issues, identifying and advising on mitigations and escalating where appropriate. oExperience of writing key information governance documents, including information governance policies and procedures, data protection impact assessments, privacy notices, briefings, advice notes, reports etc. Ability to tailor such documents to the various audiences.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate level qualification / equivalent experience: Educated to Graduate degree level (in a relevant subject) or equivalent relevant experience within a professional working environment.
- Post-Graduate level qualification / equivalent experience: Educated to Post-Graduate degree level (in a relevant subject) or equivalent relevant experience within a professional working environment.
- IG accredited qualification: Accredited IG specific qualification e.g. (but not limited to) BCS, ISEB, PDP, IAPP.
Desirable
- Other relevant accredited qualification: Accredited qualifications which would materially benefit the performance of your role such as qualifications in project management (e.g. Agile, Prince II), technology (such as advanced level user of Microsoft Office365), security, communications, or leadership.
Knowledge
Essential
- The role requires a good knowledge of the following laws and legal frameworks: oData protection law: Understanding key principles and concepts of data protection law set out in the UK GDPR, DPA 2018, Human Rights Act 1998. oCommon law duty of confidentiality: Understanding the common law duty of confidentiality, how it applies to NHS England's use of patient data, including the gateways for sharing confidential data with third parties. oNHS legal framework: Understanding the statutory functions of NHS England, the laws which underpin those functions, and how those laws impact NHS England's use of personal data. oRecords management: Where required by the specific role, knowledge of the Public Records Act 1958. oFOIA & EIR: Where required by the specific role, knowledge of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an information governance / privacy / data protection role. oExperience of providing timely, clear and practical IG advice in a range of formats including verbal advice and on a range of matters, services, and projects, including advice on privacy by design. oExperience in identifying IG, compliance and operational risks and issues, identifying and advising on mitigations and escalating where appropriate. oExperience of writing key information governance documents, including information governance policies and procedures, data protection impact assessments, privacy notices, briefings, advice notes, reports etc. Ability to tailor such documents to the various audiences.
