Information Manager

Birmingham Women’s and Children; Metchley; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Information Manager to lead the Core Reporting Team during a maternity cover. The role focuses on NHS performance reporting, data quality, and ensuring compliance with national datasets.

The post offers hybrid working with one day on site, 24 hours per week, and a pro-rata salary within the stated band. Applicants should have NHS information management expertise and leadership ability.

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS information management and national reporting.
• Proven track record of managing statutory submissions and data quality.
• Strong leadership and development of reporting teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Core Reporting Team to deliver accurate, timely statutory and performance reporting.
• Ensure compliance with national reporting standards and data quality processes.
• Collaborate with operational, clinical and corporate colleagues to provide high-quality information for decision-making.

Skills

NHS information management

NHS data reporting

Power BI

Team leadership

Data quality

Education

Masters degree in a relevant field

Membership of professional bodies

Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / statistics

Tools

SQL Server

SQL Reporting Services

Excel

Job description

Search through the open vacancies at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s.

This is YOUR place

• To be at the heart of brilliant care for women, children and young people.
• Where innovation, compassion, and opportunity meet to help transform lives.
• To make a unique impact from day one. As one of only two centres in the UK for women, children, and young people, this is where you can help bring prize-winning discoveries and game-changing innovations to life.
• To grow a thriving career and unlock your potential. Our unique and vast specialisms provide opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. No matter the career path you choose – you’ll have unwavering support for your ambition and a real investment in your learning.
• To discover a community of support. Where our strength comes from our people, who come from every walk of life and who work shoulder-to-shoulder across every discipline. Here, you’ll find a deep camaraderie and the support to take control of your career and find your passion – on the best days, and the toughest.

This is Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Trust.

This is your place, our place, the place.

Site Post could cover both Women's and Children's Hospitals Town Birmingham Salary £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/11/2026

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Information Manager to lead our Core Reporting Team during a period of maternity cover. This is a key leadership role within the Informatics function, responsible for ensuring the Trust delivers accurate, timely and high-quality statutory, regulatory and performance reporting.

We are looking for a candidate with significant experience of NHS performance reporting and national data submissions, including areas such as RTT, DM01, CDS, UEC SitReps and other nationally mandated returns. You will provide leadership to a specialist team responsible for managing the Trust's core reporting services, ensuring compliance with national reporting standards and maintaining robust data quality processes.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with operational, clinical and corporate colleagues, you will ensure the Trust has access to high-quality information to support performance management, service improvement and strategic decision-making. You will also play a key role in strengthening data quality, developing reporting processes and ensuring the Trust continues to meet all external reporting requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced NHS information professional looking to lead a high-performing team at the heart of the Trust's reporting infrastructure.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neo‑nat and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centered care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity.

This role will offer the flexibility of hybrid working, with a typical week including 1 day onsite. The role is Maternity cover for 12 months and is 24 hours per week.

Our ideal candidate will have substantial experience of NHS information management, a detailed understanding of national reporting requirements and a proven track record of managing statutory submissions, performance reporting and data quality improvement within an NHS organisation. Experience of RTT, DM01, CDS, UEC SitReps and other national datasets is highly desirable, together with experience of leading and developing specialist reporting teams.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Qualified to Masters level or equivalent in an associated field with evidence of continuing professional development.
• Member of relevant professional body(ies)
• A degree in Computer Science, Business Administration Information Systems or statistical / analytical field is desirable.

Knowledge and Experience

• Information specialist with strong analytical skills with an up-to-date in depth knowledge of all NHS information and data requirements.
• Full understanding of statutory and mandatory requirements, with clear knowledge of best practice.
• Understanding the NHS management agenda and appreciation of the national information strategy.
• Full understanding NHS contracting, commissioning and regulatory requirements/processes.
• Ability to translate local and national requirements into an information plan
• Database design and management, statistical analysis, data modelling and interrogation.
• Extensive skillset in business intelligence software including Microsoft Power BI
• Significant expertise in staff management, coaching, team building and change management
• Strategic thinker with significant experience of developing and implementing long-range strategic plans.
• Departmental line manager familiar with line managing staff and dealing with issues such as recruitment, appraisal, disciplinary and performance.
• Significant post qualification experience working at a senior level, with a strong professional reputation built on a track record of career development through delivery.
• Excellent communications skills, written and verbal, with the ability to communicate highly complex and sensitive information to large groups.
• Ability to understand and interpret customer requirements and deliver the correct level of information dependent upon the audience.
• Thorough understanding of importance of data quality within an NHS Trust
• Detailed project and programme management experience
• Knowledge and experience of data protection and IG and confidentiality issues within the NHS.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Specialist knowledge of NHS data dictionary standards and definitions.
• Specialist knowledge in performing all health informatics processes, including data capture and manipulation, information analysis and reporting, statistics and in continually seeking to automate, streamline and improve processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to provide detailed informatics and technical advice to both other specialists and non‑IT or Informatics staff.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Ability to manage own workload as well as the workload of staff.
• Ability to use own initiative to determine the most appropriate methods to achieve expected work tasks and outcomes.
• Ability to influence and interact with people at various levels.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines
• Ability to build positive relations within and outside the organisation, with health professionals and managers.

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

• Ability to work effectively with in a team.
• Confident, highly motivated and able to use own initiative.
• Ability to resolve problems effectively
• Significant attention to detail, given the nature of the role including the development of own software and data driven applications so need advanced concentration and highly developed analytical skills with a drive for accuracy

Professional / Mangerial / Specialist Knowledge

• Knowledge and a strong interest in informatics, analytics and programming, underpinned by significant experience and/or theoretical study
• Demonstrable skills in using SQL Server, SQL Reporting Services and MS Excel and Power BI Advanced analytical and interpretation skills including statistical techniques
• Advanced querying skills against large relational database management systems
• A strong working knowledge of the NHS Data Dictionary and Data Definitions.
• Highly specialist detailed knowledge of data management and core NHS informatics business Knowledge and understanding of procedures and guidelines around NHS central returns, commissioning datasets and contract monitoring.
• Have strong organisational and planning skills to successfully develop and implement national policies and long term strategic plans.
• Ability to accurately analyse and present highly complex data to a variety of audiences ensuring understanding
• Excellent communication and presentation skills sufficient to impart highly complex information to a wide range of audiences
• Able to remain calm under pressure
• Ability to concentrate frequently and sometimes for prolonged periods of time.

Sponsorship:

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Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

Reasonable Adjustments:

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.