Deputy Director of Information

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:02:58 +0000

Permanent

Employer: Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location : Penrith
Salary: Band 8D

The Trust is moving through a programme of significant transformational change following a major acquisition and is planning for similar growth in future. Key to delivering this change is our delivery of information and technology required for services to be modern, safe, effective and well governed. This demands that the Trust has effective leadership covering the areas of;

Business intelligence – managing the core systems for care record, performance, corporate and transactional information.
Information governance – achieving standards in data protection, data security, data quality, business continuity.
Information technology – strategic management of technical infrastructure, technology refresh, health technologies and maximising the connectivity of our people.
Transforming patient records from paper to electronic systems – implementing a complex change programme to support the successful introduction of EPR (electronic patient records) across all services.

This role is to support the Board of Directors in ensuring clear leadership of the above four areas. The role deputises for the Trust’s Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO) on all matters relation to IM&T and leads the Trust’s core IM&T function.

The scale of this task requires inspirational leadership combined with a highly organised approach to operational delivery.

The post holder will work with other senior managers cohesively supporting the Trust achieve its strategic goals including; future acquisitions, the introduction of major changes to the Trust’s income transactions, the external scrutiny of the Trust’s Quality report and the implementation of full electronic care records across all services.

He/she will lead overall re-design of the Trust’s IM&T core functions, support the SIRO to identify and mitigate key risks faced by the Trust and ensure the Trust has a dynamic, contemporary and effective IM&T strategy in place for the future.

He/she will deputise for the Director of Business Development where required.

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