Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work closely with the Information Manager to ensure that the team contributes effectively to integrated performance reports, and that these reports are aligned with the Trust’s strategic priorities.
• Support the Information Manager in developing and refining policies, procedures, and guidelines related to information services, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards such as GDPR.
• Support the Information Manager in leading transformation programmes within the Trust, ensuring that the information team is equipped to support and sustain these initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Trust Improvement Programme Board and other DDaT teams to drive successful technology-based change management and ensure that data services are aligned with broader digital transformation efforts.
• Ensure that all information services adhere to the Trust’s governance frameworks, including those related to data security, system access, and the ethical use of information.
• Assist the Information Manager in ensuring that the team’s activities are governed by DDaT oversight, and that they contribute to the Trust’s digital governance and performance management structures.
• Assist the Information Manager in managing the budget for the information team, ensuring that resources are used efficiently and deliver value for money.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and income generation through effective data management and business intelligence activities.

• Maintain extensive knowledge of systems, methodologies, techniques and statistical methods for undertaking complex analysis of a variety of complex and conflicting data.
• Present complex analysis to a variety of internal and external staff where there are barriers to understanding or the information is contentious. Clearly communicate complex concepts and methods and use guiding and persuading techniques to ensure appropriate outcomes.
• Develop strategic support material for use at board level, presenting to senior staff as required.
• Monitor the consistency of data reporting throughout the Trust ensuring that internal and external reports are both accurate and of the requisite standard.
• Work with internal management and external agencies to ensure information systems meet Trust’ local and national requirements.
• Leading Information expert for strategic planning for commissioning/service delivery and corporate reporting
• To lead the delivery and management of internal intelligence applications, relative to operational efficiency to ensure corporate reporting, business intelligence, clinical coding, data quality assurance and other relevant information requirements are delivered
• Ensure timely production and submission of operational efficiency data and other activity reports
• Ensuring downloading of datasets to support Trust improvement projects related to occupation efficiency e.g. Waiting List, Diagnostics, Cancer, Maternity
• Ensure the quality of external and internal activity and internal reports through regular operational efficiency data reconciliations
• Ensuring information management of projects for waiting list improvement, maternity incentive scheme etc
• To have in-depth knowledge of national policy relating to information services, operational efficiency e.g. eRS, RTT, Waiting Lists, Cancer, Diagnostics, Maternity etc, corporate performance and other related frameworks. Interpret any changes determine and advise in necessary action and implement changes throughout Trust systems.
• Develop the Trust adherence to information governance principles ensuring procedures, policies and working practices are in place to meet national guidelines, performance indicators and standards.
• Establish and manage systems of information sharing between stakeholders including liaison with other Trusts ensuring that all appropriate guidelines are adhered to in the process.
• Audit all activity related administration taking place within the Trust to ensure maximum compliance with the NHS Data Dictionary, local and national contracts and recommend changes to policies and procedures where necessary.
• Responsible and accountable for the delivery of activity and performance monitoring information that enables the Trust to review and track performance against agreed targets at both local and national level.
• Establish the provision of accurate, timely and well presented statistical and analytical reports to support Trust Board reporting criteria.
• Advise on the systematic review, monitoring and constant improvement of the data repository / warehouse by the development and implementation of a strategy to meet internal and external requirements related to the above subject areas
• Responsible for the development of robust reporting systems for the Trust that are responsive to the changing needs of the organisation, and keep pace with technology changes, changes in national policy and national reporting policy.
• To deputise for the Head of Information as required and to provide them with a brief on salient points.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of Operational Efficiency data reporting in line with the Trust’s strategy.
• To support the Information Manager in the development and implementation of the Trust’s internal and external reporting in line with the Trust strategy.