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Protect and assure patient data and services against cyber security risk, while enabling secure delivery of new patient services and systems Provide leadership and guidance to the Trust on cyber security policy, risk and compliance issues Provide leadership and support to the Cyber Security Risk Manager and team Deputise for the Head of Information Security when required Develop and drive adoption of the Trusts cyber security strategy, policy, standards and procedures, including policy exception management, in alignment with Trust strategic objectives and with legal and NHS Digital requirements for cyber security and data protection Development of cyber security portfolio, including alignment with clinical and IT strategic objectives and initiatives Partner with business and IT leaders and key decision makers to ensure that appropriate cyber security controls are deployed and operated to time and budget Develop and ensure delivery of the Trust strategic cyber improvement programme, including engagement with NHS Digital and other key partners to drive improvements in cyber capability and maturity Shape commercially acceptable business cases and propositions for Cyber Security investment which balance cyber security risk control with accessibility, usability and cost considerations Lead for providing formal response to cyber security compliance elements of the NHS Digital Data Security & Protection Toolkit Develop and drive adoption of the Trust security risk and assurance framework Lead for embedding cyber risk and assurance controls within development lifecycle for Trust services and systems Provide direction and assurance for cyber security service development and operation, including assurance on cyber security services and systems provided by suppliers Lead the Trust response to major cyber incidents, and on preparatory work for major incidents, including cyber resilience planning and rehearsals Assess and report on cyber security risk posture and compliance through specification and collection of relevant cyber security metrics and KPIs Ensure that the Trust can meet the requirements of national cyber security standards and legislation, including the Data Security & Protection Toolkit, Cyber Essentials Plus, the Data Protection Act (2018) / GDPR and the Directive on the security of Network and Information Systems Monitor and audit Trust processes to identify gaps or weaknesses in current policy and practice, for manual and or electronic systems. Ensure all recommendations are implemented to deliver a continuous improvement in Trust service delivery Agree an annual audit programme with the Trusts Internal Audit department and external auditors. Ensure senior Trust engagement and support for cyber initiatives through regular briefings and reports to senior management boards and forums on cyber risk posture, action planning, and compliance with required standards Provide colleague education and awareness on cyber threat and how to safely respond to cyber incidents As a member of the Trusts senior cyber security team, ensure that cyber security considerations are effectively raised and addressed within appropriate IT and business management forums Set objectives for the Cyber Security Risk team, monitoring performance to assure delivery of the cyber security work programme Develop the skills and foster the career paths for cyber security professionals within the Cyber Risk team. Responsible for overseeing information security systems in place. Reporting on security systems in place and producing reports and audits for relevant governance forums.

Leadership Provide leadership and direction to the information security and business continuity service, including wider directorate and business teams Mentor and coach others, helping to develop our long-term capability including identify capability gaps and solutions Contribute to the development of long-term strategic plans for information security and business continuity, identifying risks and issues and developing mitigation strategies with clear outcome measures.Communicating between the technical and non-technical Identify the needs of business and technical stakeholders. Effectively manage stakeholder expectations. Demonstrate excellent communication skills and can manage difficult conversations or negotiations, including highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information. Represent information security and business continuity on various internal and external groups.Data protection and freedom of information Support information gathering and creating supporting narrative / recommendations for complex data protection and freedom of information requests. Conduct information system searches and investigations that are highly complex / sensitive in nature, to meet data protection or freedom of information needs. Provide advice and expert knowledge to projects / programmes / operational services to ensure that information systems are designed to meet data protection requirements.Financial management Understand how to balance cost versus value. Consider the impact of user needs. Contribute and develop economic investment cases for information security including financial models for implementation, and running of servicesGovernance and assurance Evolve and define governance. Take responsibility for working with and supporting other staff in wider governance. Assure services across sets of services. Use tools such as standards, guardrails, and principles to effectively govern delivery.Information Security and Business Continuity Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of information security and business continuity, including analysing + testing Trust-wide capabilities and identifying improvement areas. Ensure that our security posture is maintained, monitored/measured and be responsible for leading interventions where standards are not met (example: security patching). Develop, maintain, and improve our data and technology Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Plans, enabling us to respond to and recover from business continuity events ensuring we can provide a safe level of service to the public during the event, and ensuring we can manage the recovery process and incorporating learning. Lead vulnerability audits, security & penetration tests, forensic audits, or related investigations ensuring all findings are evaluated, and where appropriate, fed into continuous service improvement activities to continuously improve our security posture and resilience. Responsible for ensuring standards around information security and business continuity are embedded into service design. Provide subject matter expertise in major incidents, cyber security incident and/or events caused by or affecting information security. Act as the Problem Owner for highly complex, or sensitive information security matters (from identification through to resolution). Undertake Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and Information Security Assessment (ISA) activities, including supply chain / 3rd party assessments, aligned with projects / operational services. Maintain and improve the Information Security Assessment lifecycle, and Information Risk Management documentation for IT systems and data. Ensure that access to Trust systems is appropriately managed, regularly audited, and lead investigations as required. Provide expert advice on information transfer agreements with partner organisations in support of the Information Governance function. Partner with the Organisational Development and Information Governance teams and support the delivery of information security awareness and training.Making and informing risk-based decisions Make decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase. Resolve disputes between wider peers and indirect stakeholders, considering all views and opinions.Policies, procedures, and processes Develop, maintain, and improve all directorate information security and business continuity policies & procedures, considering regional and national policies and practices, ensuring that both manual and electronic information across the Trust is included in-scope. Including, but not limited to DSPT, NIS, ISO / IEC series standards, cyber essentials, etc.Risk management Conduct information security risk assessments and control selection activities. Responsible for the management of information security and business continuity risks (for technology and data), including identifying new risks and ensure we are actively managing risk controls (for your portfolio that you are leading on).Service focus, monitoring, and reporting See the bigger picture and investigate how to get the best out of the underlying services to support the organisations strategic objectives and business priorities. Take complex reporting data from multiple sources, compare, and interpret against service baseline and industry standards and provide a supporting narrative. Responsible for service reporting for information security and business continuity, in-line with Trust-agreed reporting measures (example: security dashboard, security operations centre performance, etc). Ensure we comply with external reporting for information security and business continuity (example: NHS Cyber Alerts).Strategy Apply strategy, using and challenging patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps, and vision statements. You can provide guidance. Evaluate current information security and business continuity strategies to ensure business requirements are being met and exceeded where possible Responsible for managing and updating underpinning / enabling information security strategies that support the business objectives Ensure alignment of operating procedures and policies in-line with national, sector (ICS) and industry best practice where it makes sense to do so.Understanding the whole context Understand trends and practices outside your team and how these will impact your work. See how your work fits into the broader strategy and historical context. Consider the patterns and interactions on a larger scale.User focus Explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user. Champion user research to focus on all users. Prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so. Offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use.Community of practice Develop and maintain a network of professionals to enable continuous learning and a community which can share, learn, and keep up to date on the information security and business continuity landscape, within the wider Digital, Data and Technology teams. Other Duties: Deputise for the Head of Information Security & Business Continuity as required. Occasional work may be required outside of core business hours to support major projects / programmes. All other reasonable requests

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This post is designed to strengthen the midwifery contribution to the public health agenda for women and families in Islington, Haringey and others outside these Boroughs who choose Whittington Health for their maternity care. Specifically, setting in place strategies and frameworks to address inequalities in health and access to health care for vulnerable women. The post holder will provide clinical leadership; advice and support to all colleagues providing midwifery care in primary and secondary care settings. S/he will be an expert practitioner and source of expertise for the multi-professional and organisational team involved in providing health care for pregnant women from vulnerable groups. The Midwife Consultant for Public Health and Education will contribute some time to midwifery clinical practice. The expectations of this post will be met through professional leadership, consultancy, education and training, research, audit and evaluation, practice and service development. The focus of the role is to use midwifery expertise to define the public health role of the midwife, incorporating pre-conception advice, health promotion, services to support pregnant teenagers, smoking cessation, the effects and implications of domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, breastfeeding rates, parenting skills, postnatal examination, mental health, child protection and womens health. In addition, the Midwife Consultant will lead the strategy for continuity of care for vulnerable women and may hold a small personal caseload to whom she/he will provide continuity of care/carer. Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for the details and main responsibilities.

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ABOUT PPVAG NHS England is accountable commissioner for around 150 specialised services. Specialised services support people with a range of rare and complex conditions. They often involve treatments provided to patients with rare cancers, genetic disorders or complex medical or surgical conditions. They deliver cutting-edge care and are a catalyst for innovation, supporting pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. NHS England has in place strong patient and public involvement and engagement mechanisms as part of its national governance for the specialised commissioning function, providing advice on securing appropriate engagement and involvement in activities and fulfilling our legal duty to involve the public in commissioning. The Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group (PPVAG) works to offer strategic assurance to NHS England that effective mechanisms are in place to fully involve patients and the wider public in the development of the national specialised services portfolio, including our statutory duties as national commissioners to involve and consult. The objectives of the PPVAG are: i) To deliver a strategic, critical friend function across specialised services governance, in respect of patient and public voice ii) To maintain oversight of the successful implementation of models for patient and public voice and participation, including the development of assurance processes iii) To contribute to the improvement of services and patient experience in respect of specialised services iv) To act as a forum for a range of organisations representing patients of specialised services PPVAG is at the heart of how we ensure specialised services are designed and delivered to best meet our needs as patients. The work of PPVAG is sensitive in nature and the Chair should be analytical, articulate and able to carry authority, as well as being well equipped to deal with the challenges of working with emotive issues. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

To be aware of Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust fire regulations, cardiac arrest and major incidents procedures. Undertake training as a fire warden and ensure that sufficient staff in your team is trained as fire wardens. To be conversant with Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust grievance and disciplinary procedures and any other policies as appropriate. Follow midwifery and obstetric guidelines and liaise where necessary with medical staff in the implementation of client care. To promote Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as an Equal Opportunities employer which operates a No Smoking Policy. Topromote St Georges as a Centre of Excellence at all times, by example. Be aware of and work within the policies of Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust carrying out such duties as may be required and are consistent with the responsibility of the grade. To work in accordance with the Trusts policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote good race relations and diversity in the workplace. To positively promote at all times equality of opportunity in service delivery and employment for patients and staff in accordance with the Trusts policies, to ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, marital status, race, religion, creed, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation or disability. To be trained in and demonstrate fair employment practices, in line with trust policies. The post holder may be deployed in a wider setting than the one in which the post holder normally works within the maternity service

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NHS England's Public Accountability, Communications and Engagement function sits within the Strategy Directorate. It is one of the busiest communications teams in the country, operating within a fast-moving environment and managing a wide range of high-profile issues affecting the NHS each day, with those issues commanding significant public attention and scrutiny. Activities delivered by the team include: answering Freedom of Information (FoI) requests and parliamentary questions; managing communications for major incidents such as COVID-19 and industrial action; delivering public facing campaigns including recruiting future NHS staff and supporting appropriate access to health services; marketing NHS products such as the NHS App and other digital services and supporting take up and usage of NHS education and training services; planning and co-ordinating events and visits; internal communications and engagement, working with our HR team; managing strategic relationships with a wide range of external stakeholders including Royal Colleges and health and care sector representative organisations; handling incoming media queries and proactively pitching and communicating stories that deepen public understanding of the NHS and its activities through all media channels. The team works on a business partner model, combining national communications teams and embedded regional and Directorate communications teams into a single function. The role(s) will be accountable to the Chief Strategy Officer who has Executive Group responsibility for communications, policy, strategy, health inequalities and greener NHS but will work closely with other NHS England senior leaders including the Chief Executive and Chair. Please see job description for additional information. Key relationships They will interact frequently with, and provide strategic counsel to, senior NHS England leaders, including the chief executive, chair and other board members, as well as represent the organisation with the most senior stakeholders in government, the wider NHS and elsewhere. The Director will have line management responsibility for the following national teams: Corporate Affairs; Public Accountability and External affairs; Campaigns and Social Media; Strategic Communications; NHS Operational Communications. They will also line manage the Director of Regional and Directorate Engagement who will, in turn, line manage communications colleagues providing embedded support to regional and directorate teams. In order to maintain the relationship required to be successful in this position, the postholder will need to be frequently present in NHS England's headquarters in London (Waterloo). See also the attached job description for additional information. Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Main Duties and Responsibilities 1. Your primary duty is to manage the Security operations, ensuring the safety and security of all persons and properties at Kings College Hospital, promoting public reassurance and reducing the fear of crime by providing a high profile visible uniformed presence. 2. To be responsible for the management, supervision and administration of security staff including: appraisals, attendance sheets, sickness / absence records, disciplinary investigations, training and the implementation of the Trusts policies and procedures. Conducting a daily handover of information. 3. To co-ordinate all staff duties, ensuring that any staff absence is covered and that staff patrol and provide escorts as directed, whilst delegating additional tasks as necessary. Utilising leadership and problem solving skills to make decisions that may conflict with medical or senior staff. 4. To respond to any security incident within an agreed time frame and to attend at medical emergencies to provide support to medical staff, including the use of reasonable force, if necessary. 5. To liaise with all Emergency Services and the Trusts Works Department to assist them as necessary in pursuit of their duties. 6. To co-ordinate and work as part of the Fire Response Team, liaising with other departments and the Fire Brigade as appropriate. 7. To manage and staff the hospitals Security Control Room, monitoring all alarms within, as well as monitoring the CCTV cameras. Ensuring all equipment is operational and that faults are reported immediately. To compile and update the Standard Operating Procedures for the Service. 8. To use designated powers & policies when intervening at incidents, whilst deterring, and preventing crime and other anti-social behaviour. To undertake, as appropriate, necessary tasks and risks associated in restraining/detaining individuals. 9. To promote a pro-security culture within the Trust so that patients and staff accept responsibility for this issue. Whilst ensuring that where security incidents/breaches do occur that they are detected and reported. To actively seek information/intelligence associated with criminal offences committed and to identify suspects and trends. 10. To investigate and monitor ongoing staff investigations into security incidents/breaches in a fair, objective and professional manner so that the appropriate sanctions are taken and consideration of preventive action takes place. 11. To manage the hospitals car parking systems and to enforce the Trusts parking policies, including PCNs where appropriate. Ensuring all car park monies are collected and counted on a regular basis, whilst calculating cash till revenue on a daily basis and depositing for collection; often handling amounts of up to £15,000. 12. As required, to attend court and give evidence in relation to any incident that is within the post holders personal knowledge or in which the post holder has any involvement. 13. To ensure that all Health & Safety requirements are met and maintained and to actively pursue and reinforce the Trusts policies in relation to Equal Opportunities and diversity legislation. 14. To comply with the Trust and local security policies. 15. To take additional responsibilities in the absence of a Security Manager and justify any management decisions made. 16. To support risk Management for the Directorate and the Trust by identifying, implementing maintaining controls, contingencies and action. Risk Management To support and contribute to risk management for the Directorate and the Trust by identifying, implementing and maintaining controls, contingencies and actions. All staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly and when requested to co-operate with any investigation undertaken. Confidentiality During the course of your employment you may have access to, see or hear information of a confidential nature and you are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff. In order to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 you must not at any time use personal data held by either Trust for any unauthorised purpose or disclosure such as data to a third party. You must not make any disclosure to any unauthorised person or use any confidential information relating to the business affairs of the Trusts, unless expressly authorised to do so by the Trust. Health & Safety The post holder must co-operate with Management in discharging its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well being and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post. Infection Control The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times. Equal Opportunities You are at all times required to carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy and to ensure that staff receive equal treatment throughout their employment with the Trust. General Conditions You will be expected to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder. You may be required to carry out other duties which are felt to be reasonable and in accordance with the grade of the post. The post holder will be expected to undertake any relevant training to acquire the specific and core competencies determined for the post.

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Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are advised that the minimum salary threshold must be met, therefore sponsorship cannot be guaranteed due to government guidelines. For further information visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

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Main Duties and Responsibilities 1. Claims Handling Under supervision of more senior members of Legal Services, manage claims against the Trust for clinical negligence and employer/public liability in accordance with Pre-Action protocols, Civil Procedure Rules and NHS Resolution reporting requirements. Liaise with other departments to obtain additional information where there has been a complaint, incident or internal investigation. Identify links between claims, incidents, and Inquests and initiate any additional investigations via other relevant teams such as Risk or Patient Safety. Responsible for notifying and requesting comments or statements from relevant members of staff on any claims matters, where panel has not already been instructed to do so. To prepare updating briefs on claims for the approval of ADoL / HoL and provide reports on the claims as and when requested by ADoL / HoL Liaise with claimants solicitors as necessary to elicit further information. Review and analyse medical records and any other relevant documents and preparation of chronology/synopsis. At the conclusion of the claims, to ensure that relevant clinicians and the department are updated with the conclusion of the matter and ensure that any lessons learned are identified and communicated across the Trust, in particular through contributing to Legal Services reports Responsible for ensuring that all claims where complex issues arise are brought to the attention of ADoL / HoL for advice and direction as per relevant policies. 2. Inquests To assist ADoL / HoL in the conduct of Coroners Inquest cases by completing tasks in the preparation of all such cases, including: Acting as primary liaison point with the Coroners Office and maintaining a professional and amicable working relationship with the various Coroners Officers; Management of frequent, unexpected and urgent requests for information and/or assistance from Coroners Officers which may require reprioritisation of work, exercising judgement having regard to the particular circumstances; Opening case management files for all new Inquest matters and maintaining/updating these as the matter develops; Retrieving medical records and identification of relevant witnesses, and requesting reports and/or statements from the witnesses, ensuring at all times that any time scales requested by the Coroners Office are met; Identifying linked complaints and incidents and notifying ADoL / HoL; Analysis and assessment of complex clinical and factual scenarios (which may be distressing) in the identification of relevant factual witnesses and any key legal, ethical or patient safety issues that may arise in the Coroners inquiry; Escalating any potentially contentious issues and/or any problems in obtaining witness reports/statements to more senior members of the team and proactive identification of potential solutions; Identifying where NHSR funding is required for an inquest hearing and requesting this; Drafting briefs and instructions to panel and/or Counsel. Co-ordinating Pre-Inquest Meetings and court hearing appointments for the Legal team and the relevant witnesses and, if appropriate, external Counsel; Attending Inquest hearings in order to support relevant witnesses and / or conduct advocacy; Ensuring that Record of Inquests and conclusions are promptly obtained following the conclusion of Inquests and ensuring that any learning identified has been escalated to ADoL / HoL the Case management files are updated and closed as appropriate. At the conclusion of the Inquest, to ensure that relevant clinicians and the department are updated with the conclusion of the matter and ensure that any lessons learned are identified and communicated across the Trust, in particular through contributing to regular Legal Services reports. 3. Advice, Analysis and Data Management Under supervision, to manage advisory queries and provide advice within their sphere of competence. Responsible for maintaining the data within the Trusts inquests and claims database(s) (e.g. InPhase), ensuring that the data is accurate and up-to-date Provide relevant information to ADoL / HoL as requested in order to form the wider Trust with regards to trends within the inquests and claims portfolio Preparing draft reports under direction for review by more senior colleagues. 4. Supervisory role Under supervision of ADoL /HoL to: supervise and provide support to junior staff; and guide work undertaken by junior staff, to support them in their day to day roles.