Senior Health Information Officer

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Position: Senior Health Information Officer
Reporting to: Health Information Manager
Salary: £28,000 per year (London weighting available if appropriate)
Location: UK wide and home based with occasional travel and overnight stays

Bowel Cancer UK is the UK's leading bowel cancer charity. We're determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer. We support and fund targeted research, provide expert information and support to patients and their families, educate the public and professionals about the disease and campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care.

This role provides a fantastic opportunity for you to join a brilliant team working hard to provide the highest quality and award-winning health information. You'll be responsible for producing and maintaining our health information, ensuring it meets high standards, including being evidence based, clinically accurate and meeting the needs of patients and their families, the public and healthcare professionals.

You'll love health data and research and be able to communicate complicated science and medical treatments to a lay audience. You'll manage multiple projects independently, and work with a range of stakeholders across the bowel cancer pathway. With a passion to engage with and reach a wider audience, you'll help ensure everyone affected by bowel cancer has access to high quality health information that's relevant to them.

If you fit our person specification, have a can-do attitude and are willing to roll your sleeves up and pitch in to get a job done then this could be the role for you. In return you'll join our brilliant and supportive team, be able to work flexibly and finish each day knowing you've played a central role in supporting people affected by bowel cancer.

Job description and person specification (PDF)
Download our staff recruitment pack (PDF)

Closing date: Monday 28 November, 9am
Interviews: Tuesday 13 December

Please apply by sending your CV accompanied by a cover letter (no more than two A4 pages) to jobs@bowelcanceruk.org.uk which explains your interest in and details your suitability for this post. This email address can also be used for any queries or questions relating to the role.