Job summary
- Main area
- Information Governance
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 025-AC077-0524
- Employer
- Digital Health and Care Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hybrid working
- Town
- Location to be confirmed at interview
- Salary
- £35,922 - £43,257 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Primary Care Support & Information Governance Assurance Lead
Band 6
Digital Health and Care Wales is an ambitious organisation created by Welsh Government to lead on the digital transformation of health and care. It builds on the digital architecture and national services put in place by the NHS Wales Informatics Service over the past decade.
The organisation will lead on large-scale developments that make a significant difference to the people of Wales as well as to health and care professionals, such as expansion of the digital patient record and the creation of a National Data Resource. It will improve the way data is collected, shared and used. Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity within the Clinical Directorate, Information Governance team for an experienced Information Governance professional to join us in the role of Primary Care Support & IG Assurance Lead to cover maternity leave, on a fixed term or secondment basis until June 2025.
The key objective of this role is to provide support to the Primary Care Support and Information Governance Assurance Manager/ DPO Service Manager, ensuring the continued implementation, assurance of a number of Primary Care, Information Governance work programmes and supporting the developments of the Welsh Information Governance Toolkit.
The role will require knowledge of Information Governance, Data Protection and Confidentiality.
You will be required to hold a relevant degree or have experience in an Information Governance role with experience in information governance work programs.
Ideally holding a recognised qualification in Data Protection.
This role can be based at any of our DHCW Offices.
Part-time, job share and/or flexible working (including home working) options are also available.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidates must have a flexible approach to working, along with excellent communication and organisational skills, in order to support the development of a robust information governance framework and provide ongoing support, advice and guidance to programs in all matters of data protection and information governance.
They will be responsible on a data to day basis for information governance work for primary care service and Welsh IG Toolkit work programs, providing Information governance expertise, identifying best practice and making recommendations.
The postholder must have information governance skills and knowledge. Experience of working in health and/or social care is desirable but not essential for this role.
Due to geography and spread of the service you will be required to have a flexible approach to work and be able to travel on occasion to various sites across Wales as required; this may require overnight stays.
Working for our organisation
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Providing specialist Information Governance advice and guidance to Primary Care projects and supporting the ongoing development and deployment of the Welsh IG Toolkit.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
- Have or be working to information law professional qualifications such as British Computer Society (BCS) suite of Information related certificates
Desirable criteria
- Registered with a relevant informatics professional body, for example, BCS
- Evidence of ongoing professional development in related fields
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of producing high quality information for an internal and external audience
- Experience of working on projects that support better IG practice and highlight successes
- Understanding of confidentiality based on UK data protection/UKGDPR and Caldicott principles
- Knowledge and experience of using technical language and terminology
- Experience of developing procedures and guidance documents, and updating information resources on an All-Wales basis
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to and from a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience or prioritising work to meet deadlines in a highly pressured environment.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries in a complex organisation
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills when dealing with a wide range of stakeholders
- Be able to effectively convey complex information in reports, presentations or responding to queries
- Be able to demonstrate attention to detail and be able to produce work of high standard
- Excellent planning skills
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships across multi-functional teams and organisational boundaries
- Excellent organisations skills.
- Able to manage complex workloads, multi-task in complex and sensitive environments
- Be able to demonstrate excellent IT skills, including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web-based systems
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cora Suckley
- Job title
- DPO Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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