Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Head of Information Governance (Primary Care)
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Are you an experienced Information Governance professional looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have the leadership skills, technical expertise, and drive to help shape Information Governance services across both primary and secondary care?
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Deputy Head of Information Governance to support the Head of Information Governance and Data Protection Officer (DPO) in delivering a high-quality Information Governance service across our primary care partners.
About the Role
A key aspect of this role will be leading and developing our growing Data Protection Officer as a Service (DPOaaS) offering to GP Practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs). You will act as a trusted advisor to primary care organisations, providing expert guidance on data protection, confidentiality, information sharing, records management, and compliance with UK GDPR and NHS information governance requirements.
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Working closely with senior leaders, clinicians, practice managers, digital teams, and external partners, you will help drive compliance, support digital innovation, and ensure information is used safely, securely, and effectively across health and care services.
About Mersey Care
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
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At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jeanie Hedley
- Job title: Head of Information Governance and DPO
- Email address: DPO@merseycare.nhs.uk
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