Information Governance Manager for Research and Compliance
- Employer
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 to £68,676 a year incl. HCAS
- Closing date
- 7 Nov 2024
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- Profession
- Healthcare scientist, Researcher, Informatician
- Grade
- Band 8A
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Moorfields is a leading national and international Trust providing high quality services to patients in partnership with other providers at a number of locations. The Trust has invested in its comprehensive approach to governance to match its ambition to improve eye care. The newlycreated post of Information Governance Manager for Research and Compliance joins a dynamicteam supporting the Head of Information Governance to deliver great IG performance across clinicalcare, research, and education.This is a great opportunity to develop your career by joining a world leading care provider with arecord of innovation and teaching. The successful candidate will be a team player with a trackrecord of best practice IG delivery in a care provider or research environment, and will be able todemonstrate how good IG compliance supports care now and in the future
Main duties of the job
The IG Manager for Research and Compliance will support colleagues at all levels to facilitate change as part of the Trust's ambition to use data efficiently and effectively supporting strategic innovation to deliver clinical transformation in the short, medium and long terms. Working with partners in the UK and beyond, the post holder will be supported to develop in role and contribute to wider developments at Trust and in collaboration with providers and other stakeholders in the care system. The IG team is based at City Road, but will move to the St Pancras site in time.
About us
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kemp House
160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
273-DC-9627-C
Moorfields is a leading national and international Trust providing high quality services to patients in partnership with other providers at a number of locations. The Trust has invested in its comprehensive approach to governance to match its ambition to improve eye care. The newlycreated post of Information Governance Manager for Research and Compliance joins a dynamicteam supporting the Head of Information Governance to deliver great IG performance across clinicalcare, research, and education.This is a great opportunity to develop your career by joining a world leading care provider with arecord of innovation and teaching. The successful candidate will be a team player with a trackrecord of best practice IG delivery in a care provider or research environment, and will be able todemonstrate how good IG compliance supports care now and in the future
Main duties of the job
The IG Manager for Research and Compliance will support colleagues at all levels to facilitate change as part of the Trust's ambition to use data efficiently and effectively supporting strategic innovation to deliver clinical transformation in the short, medium and long terms. Working with partners in the UK and beyond, the post holder will be supported to develop in role and contribute to wider developments at Trust and in collaboration with providers and other stakeholders in the care system. The IG team is based at City Road, but will move to the St Pancras site in time.
About us
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:
- Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
- Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
- Free 24/7 independent counselling service
- Learning and development opportunities
- Easy and quick transport links
- A range of attractive benefits and discounts
- Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
- Free Pilates classes
- Full support and training to develop your skills
- Flexible working friendly organisation
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Coordinate and manage IG operations in support of research, keeping the Head of IG, the Director for Research, and the Chief Operating Officer for INSIGHT apprised of outcomes and escalating issues as appropriate.
- Provide expert and specialist IG advice and expertise on health research and related data access initiatives, developing high-quality, user-friendly and accurate guidance in a range of formats.
- Provide expertise and advice on research management and proposals (grant applications), including research ethics and data sharing/licensing and/or service agreements involving personal data, liaising with the Head of IG and Moorfields General Counsel where appropriate.
- Manage information asset accession and information security reviews relating to research proposals, including Information risk assessments, data protection impact assessments for new and existing research systems/processes/projects involving processing of data, ensuring that proposals are compliant and in the required format for approval.
- Ensure research related policies, procedures and guidelines are compliant with data protection legislation and are implemented effectively and efficiently across the research function.
- Assess and report on the discharge of procedures and processes to identify gaps in current practice, and where required make recommendations.
- Work with the managers and principle investigators to ensure the maintenance of their entries to the information asset register.
- Develop and provide tailored IG training and guidance for research colleagues.
- Investigate and report on IG complaints and incidents in line with Trust policy as required, particularly where they are linked to research.
- Coordinate, develop and review appropriate information-sharing protocols that provide clarity of purpose and enable streamlining of information disclosure routes.
- Ensure the Trust is compliant with legislative requirement for data sharing or licensing.
- Support research leadership with the production of IG related data and reports, including for Moorfields Research Management Committee, Research Governance Committee, and for HDRUK purposes.
- Provide input to the Trusts IG and corporate risk registers and reporting requirements.
- Manage the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) activity, including the collation and provision of evidence, and coordination of returns.
- Assist with DPA requests relating to research (including requests that overlap between the DPA and the FoIA) and respond to DPA complaints where necessary.
- To assist the Head of IG with IG Departmental work planning. This includes planning and coordinating specialist project advice and technical support, planning and coordinating specialist advice and guidance.
- There is an expectation that the postholder may be responsible for contractors/consultants hired to undertake a discrete piece of service work, and/or agency temporary staff.
- Monitor and support internal and management audit of research processes to identify IG gaps or weaknesses in current practices or systems. Ensure all recommendations are implemented to deliver an improvement in the research function delivery.
- Provide leadership for, and the IG element of research governance groups, ensuring terms of references are up to date and aligned with other governance structures at the Trust
- Manage, support and develop the Information Compliance Officer.
- Attend external Information Governance and Research Forums to develop strong and productive relationships with Information Governance leads in other NHS organisations and with wider stakeholders and to help influence the national policy agenda on Information Governance.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum five years' experience of working in the Information Governance field
- In-depth experience of working in an Information Governance/ field with care provider(s) higher education, or research institution.
- Two years' experience of handling Freedom of Information requests
- Experience of team and staff management
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Professional qualification(s) in Information Governance fields, for example ISEB Certification in Data Protection, FOI, Information Security or other certificates in Information Governance or Specialist knowledge and expertise acquired through experience or theoretical study of a broad range of techniques / processes relating to the knowledge area.
- Qualified by experience and through evidence of continuous professional development to work at a senior level in a care provider, higher education, or research institution.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Information Governance issues relevant to the health or social care including relevant specialist organisational / procedural / policy knowledge in relation to records and information management.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of NHS Information Governance agenda and the Data Security & Protection Toolkit
- Knowledge and understanding of the IG agenda, including Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation, Caldicott Report guidelines, security, confidentiality, and the Goldacre Review.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of IG in the research context
Employer details
Employer name
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kemp House
160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
273-DC-9627-C
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