OverviewThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Data Assurance Manager to join the Performance and Information Directorate. This role offers the individual the opportunity to lead the Trust in delivering its ambitions of providing high quality, complete and accurate data to support analysis, research and decision making within the Trust. The Royal Marsden has a vital role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education, and leading-edge practice. We are incredibly proud of our international reputation for pushing the boundaries and for our ground-breaking work ensuring our patients receive the very best and latest in cancer treatment and care.

For more information please refer to the job description and personal specification.

Contact detailsLianne MellorDeputy Chief Information OfficerLianne.mellor@rmh.nhs.uk

Responsibilities

To develop the Trust’s Data Quality and Assurance Policy and the Data Quality (DQ) Programme in accordance with national initiatives and local requirements to drive up data quality.

To develop and maintain an active granular understanding of data collection and data flows inside the organisation, as well as existing internal and national data standards and requirements.

To develop and embed local data collection and data management standards across the organisation in order to deliver high quality data to meet the organisation’s needs and the needs of the NHS as a whole.

To develop and embed an organisational data quality framework, that describes how data flows from input to output, and determines how the data content and quality is monitored across these data flows, with issues being flagged and acted upon.

To oversee the design and scope of data quality-related work queues in Epic and ensure appropriate specification, ownership and management of these to deliver high quality data.

To lead on the design and specification of reports that measure data quality and to ensure the appropriate readily-available information relating to data issues and current compliance against data standards.

To ensure that issues are owned by the correct operational/clinical leads and that there are robust processes to identify, understand and quickly resolve issues so that quality remains high at all times.

About The Royal MarsdenThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That''s why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do. At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Application closingThis advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025.

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