RA and IG Assistant

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Woolwich is seeking a highly motivated individual to join their Information Governance Team. You will provide essential support for staff registration with Smartcards and assist in managing access to patient records. This role requires excellent organisational skills and a strong commitment to teamwork. The trust offers a supportive work environment with mentoring and development opportunities.

Benefits

Well-established mentoring

Staff development packages

Qualifications

• Ability to provide technical and administrative support.
• Organised individual able to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Enthusiastic team member with a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Registration Authority Manager with Smartcard functions.
• Monitor staff access to electronic patient record systems.
• Provide administrative support to the Information Governance department.

Skills

Organisational skills

Technical support

Administrative support

Team orientation

Job description

We are seeking dedicated, motivated people to help us provide high quality care to our local communities. In return for your hard work, we offer well-established, structured mentoring and staff development packages to support you in your role.

The Information Governance Team are looking for a highly motivated, organised, enthusiastic team orientated individual to join our Registration Authority (RA) team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

You will be a key member of the Information Governance Team, working closely with the departments RA Agent, Information Governance Manager (Information Security) and the Head of Information Governance & Assurance to provide supporting and assistance with the running of the Registration Authority/Smartcard functions.

It is essential that you are organised and have the skills able to provide technical and administrative support, registering staff for Smartcards, assigning specific access to the range of electronic patient records systems we host. This is a highly demanding role and requires someone who likes a challenge., The post-holder will assist the Registration Authority (RA) Manager and information governance Officer (information security) in the delivery of the RA service and its on-going operation and maintenance across the organisation. Duties include all aspects of the RA service and provide necessary administration support to the Information Governance department.

The post holder will help aid the RA Manager and information governance Officer (information security) in ensuring that appropriate staff are registered for, and issued with Smartcards, following correct national and local procedures.

To provide advice and assistance in monitoring staff access to systems and ensuring relevant roles, business functions and units are set up to support clinical and corporate functions

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations