HEAD OF CYBER SECURITY / CYBER SECURITY MANAGER in Ely

Job summaryNottinghamshire Health Informatics Service (NHIS) is seeking an experienced and strategic cyber security leader to join our Digital Leadership Team as Head of Cyber Security (Operational).You will provide both strategic and operational leadership for cyber security, ensuring the protection of critical systems, data and digital services while enabling the safe delivery of patient care. Acting as the organisation's senior cyber security expert, you will lead cyber risk management, incident response, threat intelligence, vulnerability management and security assurance activities across the organisation. Working closely with senior executives, clinical leaders and partner organisations, you will develop and deliver cyber security strategies, programmes and business cases that strengthen organisational resilience and support wider digital transformation objectives. You will also lead and develop a specialist cyber security team, ensuring the service remains responsive to emerging threats, regulatory requirements and evolving organisational needs. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated cyber professional with substantial leadership experience, strong technical expertise and a passion for protecting healthcare services. The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking with operational excellence, providing assurance at Board level while driving continuous improvement across cyber security services. About usWe are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UKHome Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Full-time EssentialExpert knowledge of digital best practice and procedures. Excellent understanding of information security and information governance. Excellent working knowledge of current practices and issues in the cyber field EssentialPrevious experience of inputting into short, medium and long term strategic plans and policies. Previous experience of all aspects of people management, from recruitment to dealing with disciplinary matters. Able to use own judgement and have an excellent level of knowledge in the field to problem solve on highly complex issues. Excellent communication skills in order to convey highly complex and highly sensitive digital / cyber issues to a non-digital / cyber audience. Able to hold coaching conversations with team members, guiding and supporting as necessary. EssentialAbility to travel to other Trust sites where requiredAbility to work onsite when requiredAbility to work outside core 'office hours' to meet the demands of the serviceClean driving licence and use of own car. The post holder may be required to form part of the on-call management rota EssentialExpert knowledge of digital best practice and procedures. Excellent understanding of information security and information governance. Excellent working knowledge of current practices and issues in the cyber field EssentialPrevious experience of inputting into short, medium and long term strategic plans and policies. Previous experience of all aspects of people management, from recruitment to dealing with disciplinary matters. Able to use own judgement and have an excellent level of knowledge in the field to problem solve on highly complex issues. Excellent communication skills in order to convey highly complex and highly sensitive digital / cyber issues to a non-digital / cyber audience. Able to hold coaching conversations with team members, guiding and supporting as necessary. EssentialAbility to travel to other Trust sites where requiredAbility to work onsite when requiredAbility to work outside core 'office hours' to meet the demands of the serviceClean driving licence and use of own car. The post holder may be required to form part of the on-call management rotaDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer detailsEmployer nameSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddressKing's Mill HospitalMansfield RoadSutton in AshfieldNG17 4JLUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddressKing's Mill HospitalMansfield RoadSutton in AshfieldNG17 4JLUnited KingdomEmployer's website