Records and Disclosure Manager

Job summary

Youll be joining the Record Management & Disclosure team as it embarks upon its most ambitious program of change yet. You will have responsibility for leading on the Records Management Framework and Strategy to contribute to embedding records management and disclosure practices across the organisation. As well as ensuring that all records (paper and digital) are managed according to legislation, regulation and good practice. You will equally have the opportunity to support, develop and establish new processes within the wider Information Governance strategic agenda, advising colleagues and other members of the team on additional Data Privacy and Information Governance remits. Reporting directly to the Senior Records & Disclosure Manager, you will gain experience and development as a senior member of the team and will have the opportunity to collaborate and advise across all NHSBT directorates to support the organisation to save and improve lives.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be part of the Data Security, Privacy and Records Management (DSPR) team led by the Head of DSPR, supporting all areas of the organisation to ensure Records Management and Data Privacy and Security standards are met across NHSBT. Your responsibilities will include: Supporting the effective delivery of the Records Management Programme, including managing digital and paper records across the entire records lifecycle, from creation to deletion and developing a Records Management framework and strategic agenda to ensure that records are managed consistently and effectively and based on established standards and statutory legislation Contributing to the wider DSPR strategic agenda to ensure DSPR continues to be customer centric function for NHSBT and an enabler of organisation wide objectives, ensuring compliance with regulatory and statutory legislation. Supporting DSPRs disclosure service (FOIs and SARs) Be a point of contact for specialist knowledge in the following areas: Records Management (inc. Freedom of Information) and Disclosure (inc. Subject Access Requests) providing expert guidance to the organisation, and donors, recipients and patients on Records Management related matters. Oversee and provide expert advice and guidance on relevant Records Management and Data Privacy legislation (e.g. Public Records Act 1958, Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and Data Protection Legislation

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.