Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/

Job overview

We are looking for someone to come and work with us to support the Information Governance Manager and their team.

HPFT provides life changing care to people from all walks of life.

The Information Rights and Compliance team challenges ourselves to live the Trust values in every interaction with colleagues, service users, carers, and the public.

We believe that data protection is a safety net, not a blocker! Our approach to information governance is practical, credible, and seeks to build data protection into everything the Trust does.

Main duties of the job

The team ensure that the Trust complies with Information Rights Law including the Data Protection Act 2018, the UK General Data Protection Regulation, Access to Health Records Act 1990, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in this specialist area, or be able to demonstrate transferable skills from another discipline.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on..."

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to show us excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to negotiate on complex technical issues.

We're looking to welcome someone who is passionate about data subject rights and is willing to work with clinical and corporate colleagues to deliver the best service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Experience in the relevant field
• Relevant Professional Qualification e.g. Records Management, ISEB / BCS Freedom of Information Act Qualification, ISEB / BCS Data Protection Act Qualification
• Degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of managing people
• Experience of managing projects
• Evidence of influencing motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change
• Evidence of training individuals and groups
• Knowledge of audit and research

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.

If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information

HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.

The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.

Infection Control

All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• SIGO Job Description (PDF, 560.3KB)
• SIGO Job Person Spec (PDF, 64.7KB)
• Refer a Friend (PDF, 160.5KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 888.5KB)