Data Protection Lead - NWL Pathology

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is looking for a Data Protection Lead to ensure compliance with data protection regulations. The candidate will support the NHS pathology network's data protection framework, working with clinicians and operational teams. Essential criteria include an English Law Degree and experience in data protection within the NHS, alongside excellent communication and legal research skills. The position promotes career development and offers a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in the NHS.
• Experience in Data Protection.
• Excellent understanding of EU/UK GDPR.
• Excellent understanding of Data Protection Legislation.
• Excellent understanding of the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality.
• Excellent understanding of the Information Commissioner's Office.

Responsibilities

• Support DPO Team in promoting Data Protection compliance.
• Handle data protection matters relating to new systems.
• Manage data subject rights requests and incidents.
• Assist with training needs analysis for staff on data protection.
• Support data protection policy implementation.

Skills

Excellent Presentational Skills

Excellent Written Skills

Excellent Legal Research

Working effectively under pressure

Education

English Law Degree

Tools

IT Skills (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Data Protection Lead to play a key role in strengthening and embedding the data protection framework across NWL Pathology, hosted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to support one of the largest NHS pathology networks in the country, ensuring that patient, staff, and organisational data is managed in line with legal, regulatory, and NHS standards.

As Data Protection Lead, you will act as a subject matter expert, providing specialist advice and guidance on data protection, information governance, and privacy compliance.

You will work closely with senior leaders, clinicians, and operational teams to support data protection compliance, and ensure that data protection risks are effectively identified and managed.

You will also play a pivotal role in building awareness and capability across the network, helping staff understand their responsibilities for safeguarding sensitive information.

Main duties of the job

• Working as a Data Protection Lead, the post-holder will support the DPO Team in promoting adherence and compliance to Data Protection best practice in ICHNT, especially in relation to NWL Pathology.
• Supporting data protection matters relating to New Systems of ICHNT, especially in relation to NWL Pathology.
• Supporting data protection matters relating to Privacy cases of ICHNT, especially in relation to NWL Pathology, such as incident management, data subject rights requests etc.
• Supporting data protection matters relating to Secondary Use cases of ICHNT, especially in relation to NWL Pathology, such as research, audits, service evaluations etc.
• Supporting data protection matters relating to the Training Needs Analysis of ICHNT, especially in relation to NWL Pathology.
• Supporting data protection matters relating to Policies and Privacy Notices of ICHNT, especially in relation to NWL Pathology.
• Supporting data protection matters in relation to the Risk Register of ICHNT, especially in relation to NWL Pathology.
• Supporting the overall NWL Pathology Data Protection Framework.
• Supporting all other data protection matters in relation to NWL Pathology that may not directly fall within a 'category' as above.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• English Law Degree
• Demonstrable evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Desirable criteria

• Masters in any area of Law
• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E)
• Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
• PRINCE2
• Excellent IT Skills (WordExcel/Access/PowerPoint /or equivalent)
• Understanding of Policy / Procedure / Process etc.

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience in the NHS
• Experience in Data Protection
• Excellent understanding of the EU / UK General Data Protection Regulation
• Excellent understanding Data Protection Legislation
• Excellent understanding of the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality
• Excellent understanding of the Information Commissioners' Office

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the healthcare setting
• Experience of data protection law applied to a healthcare setting
• Experience in dealing with NHS operational and strategic issues
• Experience in delivering a Data Security & Protection Toolkit
• Experience in delivering / maintaining Records of Processing
• Experience in developing a Data Protection Framework
• Experience in managing data protection risks and issues.

Skills / Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent Presentational Skills
• Excellent Written Skills
• Excellent Legal Research
• Working effectively under pressure and meeting tight deadlines

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.