Summary
Implements standard data governance practices based on detailed organisational requirements. Monitors and maintains data quality through regular reviews and validation checks. Communicates the details of data governance procedures to others, helping with their understanding and compliance.
Work Activity Components
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Data governance (DATM) (Level Three) | Communicates the details of data governance procedures to others, helping their understanding and compliance. |
| Data structures (DATM) (Level Three) | Protects the availability, integrity and searchability of information through the application of formal data structures and protection measures. |
| Validation (DATM) (Level Three) | Monitors and maintains data quality through regular reviews and validation checks. |
Technical Skills
| Title | Details | Depth |
|---|---|---|
| Big Data | The discipline associated with data sets so large and/or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate. The data files may include structured, unstructured and/or semi-structured data, such as unstructured text, audio, video, etc. Challenges include analysis, capture, curation, search, sharing, storage, transfer, manipulation, analysis, visualization and information privacy. | Familiar with |
| Business Environment | The business environment relating to own sphere of work (own organisation and/or closely associated organisations, such as customers, suppliers, partners and competitors), in particular those aspects of the business that the specialism is to support (i.e. localised organisational awareness from a technical perspective). | Aware of |
Other Skills
| Title | Details | Depth |
|---|---|---|
| Threat Landscape | Knowledge and understanding of the threat landscape, regulatory and legislative requirements and awareness of industry good practice relating to information governance, privacy and security. | Aware of |
Training
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Data Management | Data management concepts, methods, tools and techniques relating to the planning, development, implementation, administration and curation of data. |
| Security Awareness | Tools and techniques to help users and employees understand the role they play in helping to combat information security breaches and for IT and security professionals to prevent and mitigate risk. |
Professional Development Activity (PDA)
| Title | Details | PDA Group |
|---|---|---|
| Communications | Undertaking learning and practice in oral and written communications, including report writing and presentation. | Developing Professional Skills |
| Deputising | Standing in for supervisor or manager on a temporary basis during periods of absence. | Broadening Activities |
| Gaining Knowledge of Employing Organisation | Gaining basic knowledge of the employing organisation, its business, structure, culture, policies, products/services, operations and terminology. | Increasing Knowledge |
| Gaining Knowledge of the Technical Environment | Gaining knowledge of IT activities in the employing organisation. | Increasing Knowledge |
| Involvement in Professional Body Activities | Attending meetings, seminars and workshops organised by professional body and reading published material, such as journals and web content. | Participation in Professional Activities |
| Job Shadowing and Special Assignments | Undertaking temporary periods or secondments in other roles, particularly those that offer a new perspective on own function or exposure to other environments and cultures. | Broadening Activities |
| Research Assignments | Exploring a topic which is not part of own normal responsibilities and presenting findings to colleagues and/or management | Increasing Knowledge |
Qualification Components
| Title | Awarding Bodies |
|---|---|
| FEDIP Practitioner | The Federation for Informatics Professionals |
Additional Frameworks
National Competency Framework for Data Professionals in Health and Care
Behaviours
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Delivering outcomes (B1.1) (Level Two) | You initiate work with others in your team in order to bring about a generally agreed outcome. |
| Communicating within a hierarchy (B1.2) (Level Two) | You are able to appeal to those in authority in order to facilitate influence. |
| Generating consensus (B1.3) (Level Two) | You understand how to steer the direction of activity by influencing the consensus of opinion. |
| Logical arguments (B1.4) (Level Two) | You understand how to structure a reasoned argument to influence the decisions of others. |
| Negotiation (B1.5) (Level Two) | You are able to negotiate simple exchanges in order to achieve a specific result. |
| Generating support (B1.6) (Level Two) | You understand how interpersonal skills such as kindness and compassion can increase people's desire to support you. |
| Influence (B1.7) (Level Two) | You are generally able to identify when you are being influenced and assess the situation on its own merits. |
| Equality (B2.1) (Level Two) | You consistently look to collaborate with colleagues who are representative of the protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 to work on any group and do not tolerate any implication that any group should be omitted from inclusion. |
| Challenging discrimination (B2.2) (Level Two) | You articulate, when prompted, the fact that discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated by your organisation and report what you know to your line manager. |
| NHS Constitution (B2.3) (Level Two) | You know the importance of following, and are familiar with, the behaviours and values listed in the NHS Constitution. |
| Supporting others (B2.4) (Level Two) | You are kind to yourself, supportive of those around you and let someone know if things become difficult. |
| Open environment (B2.5) (Level Two) | You have read your organisation's local and the NHS National Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies and take time to actively listen to the lived experiences of underrepresented and marginalised groups, asking questions and escalating the concerns of your colleagues to your line manager. |
| Written communication (B3.1) (Level Two) | You are able to convey complex written ideas and insights in a clear and concise manner. |
| Discussing complex ideas (B3.2) (Level Two) | You are able to discuss complex ideas in a clear and concise manner. |
| Delivering complex ideas (B3.3) (Level Two) | You are able to appear confident when conveying complex ideas and insights. |
| Understanding new ideas (B3.4) (Level Two) | You are able to understand new and complex ideas when brought up in conversation. |
| Reading audiences (B3.5) (Level Two) | You consistently check to ensure other parties have understood the message from your communication. |
| Problem sharing (B4.1) (Level Two) | You regularly work on problems with colleagues in your team. |
| Seeking opinions (B4.2) (Level Two) | You take time to elicit the input of others to a problem. |
| Sharing best practice (B4.3) (Level Two) | You look to make successes part of your routine offering. |
| Embedding best practice (B4.4) (Level Two) | You scan the successes of the team in order to improve your work. |
| Patient impact (B5.1) (Level Two) | You understand the impact of your actions on patients. |
| Understanding the customer (B5.2) (Level Two) | You spend time with the customer to understand what will add value to their requirement. |
| Customer service (B5.3) (Level Two) | You use your knowledge and experience to offer alternative suggestions that would benefit the customer. |
| Customer solutions (B5.4) (Level Two) | You regularly try new techniques to provide greater efficiencies for the customer or outcomes for the patient. |
Data Skills
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Non-technical audiences (Date Governance) (DGC1.1) (Level Two) | You can communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. |
| Stakeholder management (Data Governance) (DGC1.2) (Level Two) | You can support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team, with potentially difficult dynamics. |
| Reporting (Data Governance) (DGC1.5)(Level Two) | You can understand the appropriate media to communicate findings. |
| Data governance standards (DGC2.1) (Level Two) | Develop an understanding knowledge of data governance theory, standard methodology and the practical considerations. |
| Governance framework (DGC2.2) (Level Two) | Develop an understanding of end-to-end data governance framework (the processes, operational policies and standards needed to support data management). |
| Multidisciplinary teams (DGC2.3) (Level Two) | Understand the fundamentals of a data governance framework. |
| Integration (DGC3.1) (Level Two) | You can understand data governance and how it works in relation to other organisational governance structures. |
| Assurance (DGC3.2)(Level Two) | You can participate in or deliver the assurance of a service. |
| Maturity models (DGC3.4) (Level Two) | You have an understanding of the different data maturity models available. |
| Data management best practice (DGC3.5) (Level Two) | You can measure data maturity and identify best practices. |
| Improvement (DGC3.6)(Level Two) | You can describe the benefits of potential improvements. |
| Awareness (DGC4.1) (Level Two) | You understand the laws, regulations, codes of practice and ethical requirements associated with data governance. |
| Application (DGC4.2)(Level Two) | You can apply relevant data and ethical frameworks and standards to your work. |
| Regulations, standards and ethics best practice (DGC4.3)(Level Two) | You can demonstrate an awareness of emerging best practice in areas such as data ethics, and an understanding of the changing landscape. |
| Monitoring (DGC4.7)(Level Two) | You can work within a team to monitor how data policies and standards are applied and complied with, identifying action where necessary. |
| Data Literacy (DGC5.1) (Level Two) | You can raise awareness of the need for data literacy within the organisation. |
| Literacy development (DGC5.2)(Level Two) | You can support data literacy training and development by enabling data consumers to understand what they can and cannot do with data. |
| Risk methodologies (DGC6.5) (Level Two) | You can describe different risk methodologies and how these are applied. |
| Data Modelling (Level One) | You understand what a data model is and how data items are stored. You are able to explain the potential relational nature of data and can express conceptual models. You understand how conceptual, logical and physical data models relate to each other. |
| Information Governance (Data) (Level One) | You know the key data protection principles. You understand when data can be accessed and shared and know who in the organisation to approach for advice/approval. |
| Hypothesis Testing (Level One) | You can identify a business question and convert it into an appropriate hypothesis. You understand the difference between analytical hypotheses and null hypotheses. You understand one-sided and two-sided hypotheses. |
Project Skills
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Business cases (WP1.1) (Level Two) | You advise on the effort required and perceived risks and benefits during the development of business cases. |
| Scope (Level Two) | You ensure the team's work conforms to project scope, adjusting as necessary following any authorised changes, allocating work efficiently whilst maintaining quality standards within the allocated timescales. |
| Reviews (Level Two) | You report progress effectively using the project management framework in use demonstrating accountability for the team's output. |
| Advice and monitoring (Level Two) | You advise on data and digital project plans to ensure they thoroughly encompass all the activities and resources required to ensure a successful outcome and that the planned benefits can be realised. |
| Complexity (Level Two) | You understand and can articulate when the complexity of a proposed project requires further professional management or support. |
| Scheduling (Level Two) | You schedule project work appropriately for yourself and the team, ensuring business needs are met both within the project and in business as usual. |
| Refinement (Level Two) | You refine the plan within your work area to take account of any authorised changes communicating actions, progress and results with project managers. |
| Resource identification (Level Two) | You identify the resources required to fulfil the project plan's requirements. |
| Skill acquisition and management (Level Two) | You plan for the recruitment of staff with additional required skill sets, liaising with HR and/or other providers to source skilled staff to fulfil project roles. |
| Additional tools and resources (Level Two) | You plan for the acquisition, deployment and support of additional tools and resources such as hardware, software and data sources for the course of the project. |
| Resource allocation (Level Two) | You plan the allocation of existing resources to project work whilst effectively maintaining business as usual wherever feasible. |
| Project management (Level Two) | You identify and co-ordinate team project-related activities to conform to cost, time and quality limitations, reporting and, where approriate, managing any risks and issues locally. |
| Pilots and testing (Level Two) | You advise on or lead pilot and testing programs and report on progress, findings and lessons learned. |
| Implementation (Level Two) | You engage with project co-ordinators and change agents to facilitate the implementation of a project and nurture its sustainability. |
| Communications (Level Two) | You communicate effectively with others, adapting your style and approach as and when required. |
| Business change (Level Two) | You understand the business case for change and how your team can facilitate that change. |
| Assurance (Level Two) | You contribute to ideas generation and the evaluation of appropriate solutions which deliver the intended business benefits. |
| Evaluation (Level Two) | You are an advocate for the project and the benefits to be realised. |
The Professional Body Responsible for this job family is AphA. This job role profile was created in collaboration with BCS, using Role Model Plus.