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Corporate Information Lead

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford, M6 8HP

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Secondment

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

2 September 2026

2 days left

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Data & Analytics Team at the Northern Care Alliance for an experienced and motivated Corporate Informati...

Lead and manage the Corporate Information Team, providing direction, support and professional leadership to a team of analysts responsible for delivering high-quality information services across the Northern Care Alliance.

Oversee the production, validation and timely submission of statutory, regulatory and external reporting requirements, ensuring compliance with national standards and reporting deadlines.

Manage the delivery of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, Care Quality Commission (CQC) information requests and other external data returns, ensuring responses are accurate, robust and completed within required timescales.

Lead the implementation of updates, changes and new requirements relating to national datasets, external reporting specifications and regulatory returns, ensuring reporting processes remain compliant and fit for purpose.

Provide assurance on the quality, accuracy and integrity of data submitted externally, working collaboratively with operational, clinical and corporate teams to identify and resolve data quality issues.

Develop and maintain strong relationships with senior operational, clinical and corporate stakeholders, providing expert advice on performance reporting, information management and data quality matters.

Ensure effective governance arrangements are in place to support corporate reporting, performance management and organisational decision-making, maintaining confidence in the information used throughout the Trust.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree or equivalent professional qualification/experience.
  • Evidence of relevant continued professional development in a specialist informatics area.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Significant NHS experience of working with health-related data
  • Good understanding of performance management, data manipulation and analysis within the NHS.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate complex information clearly to a wide audience, verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, achieve deadlines and respond quickly to change.
  • Ability to use SQL

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

27 August 2026

Last checked

31 August 2026

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About the employer

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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