# Information Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/information-manager/46cff026-16f7-4672-8bd3-48b492316e5b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/information-manager/46cff026-16f7-4672-8bd3-48b492316e5b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 24 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T12:02:08.283Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Information_Team/Information_Team-v8337128 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8337128?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Information Manager to lead our Core Reporting Team during a period of maternity cover. This is a key leadership role within the Informatics function, responsible for ensuring the Trust delivers accurate, timely and high-quality statutory, regulatory and performance reporting. We are looking for a candidate with significant experience of NHS performance reporting and national data submissions, including areas such as RTT, DM01, CDS, UEC SitReps and other nationally mandated returns. You will provide leadership to a specialist team responsible for managing the Trust's core reporting services, ensuring compliance with national reporting standards and maintaining robust data quality processes. INTERVIEW DATE SUBJECT TO POTENTIAL CHANGE ### Main duties of the job Working closely with operational, clinical and corporate colleagues, you will ensure the Trust has access to high-quality information to support performance management, service improvement and strategic decision-making. You will also play a key role in strengthening data quality, developing reporting processes and ensuring the Trust continues to meet all external reporting requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced NHS information professional looking to lead a high-performing team at the heart of the Trust's reporting infrastructure. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity. This role will offer the flexibility of hybrid working, with a typical week including 1 day onsite. The role is Maternity cover for 12 months and is 24 hours per week. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Our ideal candidate will have substantial experience of NHS information management, a detailed understanding of national reporting requirements and a proven track record of managing statutory submissions, performance reporting and data quality improvement within an NHS organisation. Experience of RTT, DM01, CDS, UEC SitReps and other national datasets is highly desirable, together with experience of leading and developing specialist reporting teams. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualified to Masters level or equivalent in an associated field with evidence of continuing professional development. **Desirable** - Member of relevant professional body(ies) - A degree in Computer Science, Business Administration Information Systems or statistical / analytical field is desirable. - Microsoft SQL DbA qualification ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Advanced keyboard skills - manipulating data at high speed - Physical skills – combination of sitting and standing, Combination of sitting, standing and walking Desk based with requirement to attend meetings throughout the working week - Mental effort - frequent requirement for prolonged concentration including where the work pattern is. Dealing with highly complex analytics that requires real focus and concentration with very little break during the working day - Working conditions – Office conditions but with occasional exposure to dust, dirt, smell or noise when maintaining / installing e.g. PC equipment. ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Information specialist with strong analytical skills with an up-to-date in depth knowledge of all NHS information and data requirements. - Full understanding of statutory and mandatory requirements, with clear knowledge of best practice. - Understanding the NHS management agenda and appreciation of the national information strategy. - Full understanding NHS contracting, commissioning and regulatory requirements/processes. - Ability to translate local and national requirements into an information plan - Database design and management, statistical analysis, data modelling and interrogation. - Extensive skillset in business intelligence software including Microsoft Power BI - Significant expertise in staff management, coaching, team building and change management - Strategic thinker with significant experience of developing and implementing long-range strategic plans. - Departmental line manager familiar with line managing staff and dealing with issues such as recruitment, appraisal, disciplinary and performance. - Significant post qualification experience working at a senior level, with a strong professional reputation built on a track record of career development through delivery. - Excellent communications skills, written and verbal, with the ability to communicate highly complex and sensitive information to large groups. - Ability to understand and interpret customer requirements and deliver the correct level of information dependent upon the audience. - Thorough understanding of importance of data quality within an NHS Trust **Desirable** - Detailed project and programme management experience - Knowledge and experience of data protection and IG and confidentiality issues within the NHS. ### Analytical and Judgement Skills **Essential** - Specialist knowledge of NHS data dictionary standards and definitions. - Specialist knowledge in performing all health informatics processes, including data capture and manipulation, information analysis and reporting, statistics and in continually seeking to automate, streamline and improve processes. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to provide detailed informatics and technical advice to both other specialists and non-IT or Informatics staff. - Excellent written and verbal skills. - Ability to manage own workload as well as the workload of staff. - Ability to use own initiative to determine the most appropriate methods to achieve expected work tasks and outcomes. - Ability to influence and interact with people at various levels. - Excellent analytical and numerical skills. - Ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines - Ability to build positive relations within and outside the organisation, with health professionals and managers. ### Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes **Essential** - Ability to work effectively with in a team. - Confident, highly motivated and able to use own initiative. - Ability to resolve problems effectively - Significant attention to detail, given the nature of the role including the development of own software and data driven applications so need advanced concentration and highly developed analytical skills with a drive for accuracy ### Professional / Mangerial / Specialist Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and a strong interest in informatics, analytics and programming, underpinned by significant experience and/or theoretical study - Demonstrable skills in using SQL Server, SQL Reporting Services and MS Excel and Power BI Advanced analytical and interpretation skills including statistical techniques - Advanced querying skills against large relational database management systems - A strong working knowledge of the NHS Data Dictionary and Data Definitions. - Highly specialist detailed knowledge of data management and core NHS informatics business Knowledge and understanding of procedures and guidelines around NHS central returns, commissioning datasets and contract monitoring. - Have strong organisational and planning skills to successfully develop and implement national policies and long term strategic plans. - Ability to accurately analyse and present highly complex data to a variety of audiences ensuring understanding - Excellent communication and presentation skills sufficient to impart highly complex information to a wide range of audiences - Able to remain calm under pressure - Ability to concentrate frequently and sometimes for prolonged periods of time. ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10660881) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.