Job summary
- Main area
- Governance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 27 hours per week
- Job ref
- 083-7882793-HO
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sirona care and health Headquarters
- Town
- Yate
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Information Governance Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
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Job overview
We are looking for a Deputy Information Governance Manager to support the delivery of a robust information governance framework; implementing IG initiatives/regulations and codes of practise across Sirona care & health.
The postholder will provide specialist knowledge on all aspects of information governance including data protection, confidentiality, information security, records management, information risk, ensuring compliance with legislation, national NHS guidance and regulatory requirements.
The role incorporates responsibility for the strategic and operational management of patients/service users and corporate records across the organisation. This includes ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and NHS standards, improving records systems and processes and supporting safe, efficient and confidential handling of information.
The role includes operational leadership, staff support and deputising for the Data Protection Officer/Information Governance Manager as required.
Main duties of the job
- To provide managerial leadership for Information Governance. Maintaining an overall view of IG activities within the Organisation ensuring that responsibilities and accountabilities are formally defined, communicated and acted upon.
- To act as deputy to the Head of Information Governance/Data Protection Officer.
- To support the development, implementation and monitoring of the organisation’s IG
- To monitor, develop, and review IG strategies, policies and systems, to ensure appropriate compliance with relevant national legislation and NHS guidance; ensuring that associated risk is successfully managed.
- Be a source of information and expertise on information governance including EU and national legislation & Information Commissioner directives to senior managers, clinical teams and corporate services.
Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please only provide the expiry date and not your share code within your application.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Please use your 'Supporting Information' to demonstrate and provide evidence in how you meet the Person Specification below.
Person specification
Skills, Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of the Data Protection Act 2018 / UK General Data Protection Regulation and other key information legislation
- Strong knowledge of the NHS Records Management Code of Practice.
- Recent experience in information governance assurance frameworks and delivering to the required standard of quality assurance and audit.
- Recent experience of working in Information Governance roles in the NHS r equivalent organisations with similar complexity of IG requirements
- Experience of handling complex IG incidents and legal data requests.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of completing or supporting Data Security and Protection Toolkit submissions.
- Line management or supervisory experience.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent experience in Information Governance, Information Management, Law or similar related field
- Information Governance or Dta Protection qualification e.g. ISEB, BCS or equivalent)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Glyn Young
- Job title
- Information Governance Manager / DPO
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07811 030812
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