JOB TITLE: HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGER
MANAGER: DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROMOTION, INFORMATION & TRAINING
The Irish Heart Foundation is Ireland?s national charity dedicated
to fighting heart disease and stroke. Every hour someone in Ireland
suffers a stroke and every day hundreds of people are diagnosed with
heart conditions. The lives of these people are often cut tragically
short. Many are left with disabilities. Almost 9,**Apply on the
website** die from heart conditions and stroke every year in Ireland
making cardiovascular disease one of the nation?s biggest killers.
We work to turn this around ? support people to live healthy lives
and avoid cardiovascular disease, but also to support people living
with heart conditions and stroke.
THE ROLE
The Irish Heart Foundation has a fundamental role in providing
information on all aspects of cardiovascular disease, from risk
factors and healthy lifestyle behaviours to diagnosis, treatment and
management, both in print and online. It is essential that this
information is accessible, of high quality, up to date and consistent
with IHF brand.
We require a Health Information Manager to lead cardiovascular
information provision, positioning the Irish Heart Foundation as
leaders in this space. The ideal person will be passionate about
understanding the information needs of the public, patients and health
professionals and will be ambitious in providing them with supportive,
easy to understand and relevant content. A health qualification is not
essential.
Reporting to the Director of Health Promotion, Information & Training,
this role is cross-organisational, working with health promotion,
patient support and communications teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Cross-organisational leadership of the Information Project,
advocating for a consistent user-focused approach to health
information across all departments.
* Develop, implement and monitor appropriate systems and processes,
to ensure information is accessible, of high quality, up to date and
consistent with IHF brand.
* Develop a content management process. Project manage the
redevelopment of health promotion and patient support content,
championing a variety of formats.
* Build on existing audit and project recommendations to further
understand the information needs of the public, patients and health
professionals.
* Benchmark information against similar organisations and engage
with other heart and stroke organisations to explore opportunities for
sharing of content.
* Build relationships with health professional stakeholders to
understand their information needs, that of their patients and
relevant patient touchpoints.
* Support development work by the web team and project manage a
blended approach to how content is presented online using a variety of
formats.
* Improve the accessibility of information to include reviewing
current practice and developing an organisational accessibility
statement.
* Identify gaps in information and increase the content available on
the mental health and psychological impact of CVD
* Run training on content creation for staff and health professional
volunteers.
* Engage with relevant community organisations to collaborate on
meeting specific information needs e.g. Travellers, ethnic minorities
and older people.
* Explore feasibility of creating a database of services and
supports for patients
* Consider the concept of organisational health literacy and how it
could apply to the IHF?s work.
* Manage the dissemination of the Irish Heart Foundation?s
?Cardiac Rehab for All? programme material.
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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
_EDUCATION_
* A relevant third level qualification. This role could suit
candidates from many professional backgrounds, including but not
limited to, health (e.g. health promotion, public health or nursing
etc) social science, project management, communications, marketing,
library & information studies or journalism.
* Minimum 3 years demonstrable relevant experience required.
_SKILLS_
* Excellent project management skills and experience.
* Ability to build professional relationships internally across all
levels of the organisation and externally with a variety of
stakeholders.
* Strong communication (verbal and written), interpersonal skills
and empathetic approach.
* A self-motivated person able to work autonomously with strong
administration, prioritisation and time management skills.
* Strong planning capabilities are essential.
* Experience of needs assessment, questionnaire development and
focus group facilitation.
* Experience of content creation and resource development.
* Familiarity with health promotion and/or patient support settings
is desirable.
* Awareness of health inequalities and health literacy practices.
* Excellent attention to detail.
* Fluent written and spoken English.
* Digital proficiency including MS office suite and CRM database
* Ability to represent the Irish Heart Foundation in a professional
manner at all times.
DETAILS OF ROLE AND APPLICATION PROCESS
_This is a full-time permanent role, Monday to Friday. The role is
based in the Irish Heart Foundation?s offices in Rathmines, Dublin.
Currently staff are working remotely and the successful candidate will
be supported to work remotely initially according to public health
guidelines._
_To apply please provide an up to date curriculum vitae and cover
letter outlining how you suit the post by email to Siobhan Browne, HR
Consultant._
_EMAIL: **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**_
_The closing date for this position is Friday January **Apply on the
website**th January **Apply on the website**._
THE IRISH HEART FOUNDATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER.
_THE IRISH HEART FOUNDATION HAS A NO SMOKING POLICY. EMPLOYEES ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO SMOKE WHILST UNDERTAKING ANY DUTIES ON BEHALF OF THE
FOUNDATION._
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Type: Permanent
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