Senior Information Governance Officer

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Sleaford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in England is seeking a Senior Information Governance Officer to join their team. This role involves delivering compliance programs and managing information governance requests. Candidates should have a relevant degree, experience in Digital health, and strong leadership skills. Excellent communication and knowledge of data protection legislation is required. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Qualifications

• Experience in Digital health setting.
• Knowledge of Information Governance in the NHS.
• Experience with senior staff engagement.

Responsibilities

• Monitor Information Governance requests.
• Review and assess data breaches.
• Deliver mandatory training to staff.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Microsoft Office

Data protection legislation knowledge

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Risk appraisal

Education

Degree or equivalent in Informatics

Continuous professional development evidence

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity within the Information Governance team for a Senior Information Governance Officer on a permanent basis, 37.5 hours per week. We are looking for a dynamic, caring and highly skilled Senior Information Governance Officer to join our busy information governance team supporting the Trust in the development, establishment and management of its trust-wide Information Governance Framework.

As well as delivering an information governance programme, you will be expected to work closely with all Trust Services to minimise risk, by handling information governance requests in accordance with policy and procedure and ensuring best practice is adopted Trust-wide.

You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be methodical and process-oriented, be thoroughly conversant with the use of Microsoft Office and Trust Clinical Systems and be reliable and able to work under pressure. There is a strong requirement for knowledge of the duty of confidentiality and a working awareness of data protection legislation. A positive and confident approach to our patients, carers, professional colleagues, and team working will also be required.

For further information please contact Andrew Scott, Team Co-ordinator [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will predominantly be based at home with some base travel required to attend meetings or deliver training. Duties include monitoring the Information Governance in-box, reviewing and assessing data breaches, completing Data Protection Impact Assessments, delivering mandatory training to staff, completion of statutory Data Security and Protection Toolkit, supporting on the completion of Information Sharing Agreements and ensuring all Information Governance and Records materials are fit for purpose and reviewed in line with current legislation.

This post also has line management responsibility for the B4 Information Governance Officer.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job description

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Benefits

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent within Informatics or Informatics related discipline or diploma in IG or equivalent and specialised experience and knowledge of management, information systems and legislation
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Relevant professional body membership
• Management qualification
• GDPR and Data Protection experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in Digital health setting
• Good level of knowledge of Information Governance in the NHS
• Experience of working and engaging with a variety of senior staff
• Experience of change management approaches
• Experience of project management workExperience and specialist knowledge in supporting others in Information Governance or related experience
• Experience in monitoring and reporting against deliverables

Desirable

• Awareness in respect of GDPR
• Working knowledge of a computerised patient information systems

Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of Information systems and ICT function within organisations
• Knowledge of risk appraisal and management of risk
• Leadership, coaching and management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Organisational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead by example and motivate teams
• Ability to analyse and assimilate information in order to make decisions
• Evidence of taking initiative in delivering work objectives
• Specialist knowledge across Data Protection, IG training, Information Risk, Cyber Security and Information Governance underpinned by relevant practical experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 9, The Point

Sleaford

NG34 8GG

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