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Information Manager | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,927 - £68,676 inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 March 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 1NA |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6990356/196-COF10609-T |
Summary
This role provides the opportunity to manage an information team in one of the largest acute trusts in the country. The size and pace of our organisation makes this role a challenging, but hugely rewarding one.
The role covers Guy's and St Thomas' statuary and mandatory reporting- ensuring our arm’s length bodies are sighted on our trusts position. The post will also be responsible for the production of high-quality internal information flows. The successful candidate will champion data lead decision making and become a vital part of the excellent care provided by the hospital.
The role falls into the wider Performance and Health Informatics Department. This exciting department provides opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues with different expertise, from data warehousing to performance management. Within the department, this role is central and provides the vital bridge between data and insight.
• Manage the trusts process for national returns and submissions in line with current National definitions, standards and ISNs,
• Manage & develop the trusts internal operational reporting framework for acute services
• Maintain the ad-hoc request process, including the centralised mailbox. Ensure request are triaged, tracked, assigned to the appropriate lead and delivered within appropriate timeframe
• Provide analytical and interpretational support to operational and trust management teams, to support patient care.
• Management of the Acute information team
• Deputises for the Deputy Head of Information Delivery, where appropriate, assuming full managerial and representative roles.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
The post holder will be responsible for managing the Acute Information management team, which includes a portfolio of high priority returns covering A&E, RTT, Diagnostics, Activity & Theatres, along with a large volume of internal operational and management reports.
• Ensuring returns are completed within agreed timetable and sent to for appropriate sign-off
• Maintain & develop return processes, including the internal quality assurance framework.
• Keeping abreast of all national reporting guidance and ensuring all changes to, or new reporting requirements are implemented
• Support internal and external audits of returns
The post holder will support operational management, Performance and Planning and Elective Assurance teams with high quality routine and ad hoc reports, Information management and analytical expertise.
• Ensuring all reports are produce and published as per the reporting timetable
• Working with operational teams and Elective Assurance to create or improve the content and presentation of internal reports
• Developing and maintaining user guides relating to existing and new information products
Management of the Acute Information delivery teams- to ensure the smooth running of external and internal reporting. Focusing on skill development of junior members of staff.
• Line managing the Deputy Information Manager and support Information Analysts.
• Recruitment and retention for existing and any future roles within the team.
• Staff development and training
Create and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation, including: Senior Information Staff, Planning and performance team, Elective Assurance, Operational management teams, Information Governance & National reporting and policy teams.
• Attend key operational and performance meetings
This advert closes on Sunday 23 Feb 2025