The following role has become available at Barts Health NHS Trust, please circulate widely and please note the closing date of October 2nd 2013. Thank you.

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Barts Health NHS Trust, the largest acute hospital trusts in the UK with around 15,000 employees and six hospital sites, is looking to appoint a Corporate Records Manager.

The successful candidate will be able to meet both the requirements of the person specification and the responsibilities as outlined in the job description and will be able to start work as soon as possible.

Based at Prescot Street near Aldgate, the Corporate Records Management team is part of the Trust’s Information Governance department and works closely with the Trust Archives Team

The post holder will have responsibility for developing and implementing the Trust’s future strategy for corporate records management in liaison with colleagues and partner organisations in line with the current regulatory and legal frameworks. The post holder will be expected to be capable of liaising successfully with departments and staff at all levels and promote best practice in records management for both hardcopy and electronic records.

The post holder will ensure that the Trust maintains compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and with national standards for corporate records management, including standards incorporated within the NHS Information Governance Toolkit

The post holder directly line manages the Assistant Corporate Records Manager and the FOI Coordinator.

This is a well-established post based in the Corporate Records Centre in Prescot Street near Aldgate. The Trust has set high standards for corporate records and the Corporate Records Manager will work with all clinical and corporate departments across the Trust’s sites to ensure that these standards are met and developed.

The post holder will need to thrive in a fast-paced, fast–changing and pressured environment with many exciting challenges over the next few years for records management resulting from the recent merger of three organisations.

You should have a post-graduate qualification in archives and/or records management and as such be able to demonstrate understanding of the latest professional standards, legislation, theories and practice in records management, both manual and electronic. You must be able to work in a fast-paced, pressured environment, multi-task many obligations, have practical experience of managing records management service and a Records Centre with a variety of types of records. You must have experience of managing Freedom of Information requests and have a keen interest and enthusiasm for both Records Management and Freedom of Information.

The post-holder must be capable of undertaking frequent (several times daily) manual handling duties and must be prepared to travel between sites across East London on a frequent basis.

Please see the person specification and job description for more details.

For any queries about the post please contact Remi Ogbe, Information Governance Manager, by email [log in to unmask] (please read the job description and person specification first)