Information Governance Officer- Data Protection

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable  over   staying comfortable; Listening   over  always knowing best; and Succeeding together  over  achieving alone. 

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Looking for an opportunity to drive information governance improvements, and make a realdifference?YourcontributionwillhelpLewishamandGreenwichNHSTrust achieve its goal regarding Confidentiality and Data Protection.

Main duties of the job

You will support the Head of Information Governance and Assurance and IG Managers in developing and coordinating effective information governance across LewishamandGreenwichNHSTrusttoensurecompliancewiththeDataProtectionAct 2018.

Youwillprovideafirstpointofcontactforqueriesaroundhowpersonalinformation should be handled, providing advice and guidance to stakeholders across the organisation. You will be training substantive staff and bank staff on Information Governance, Data Protection, Data Security and Confidentiality.

Therolewillrequireyoutodothefollowing:

·GivingadviceandassistanceregardingIGand Data Protection

·AttendingtheTrainingLeadsMeeting

·SecretarytotheInformationGovernance and SecuritySteering Group (IGSSG)

·ToprovidepracticalsupporttotheHeadofInformationGovernance&Assurance and the other members of the IG department in the execution of their defined duties

·ThepostisbasedatQueenElizabethHospitalalthoughitisexpectedforthe postholder to come to University Hospital Lewisham periodically.

Working for our organisation

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:

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Whatarewelookingfor?

This role would suit someone with some experience or knowledge of Information Governance and Data Protection legislation looking for an opportunity to have a real impact,improvegovernanceandassociatedprocessesanddrivecreativeandeffective solutions.

IfyouhaveanyqueriesconcerningtheabovepleasecontactRyan Pooley at or call 0208 333 3000 x 48199

Person specification

Essential criteria

Graduate or relevant experience

Desirable criteria

IG qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

NHS Experience

Experience in Information governance or related field.

Desirable criteria

Experience of collection and collation of information for external assessments such as the DSPT, Care Quality Commission’s Information Commissioner’s Office

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, both orally and in writing.

Self-motivated and able to motivate others.

Understanding of Freedom of Information Act 2000, Data Protection Act 2018 and Information Governance legal frameworks.

Understanding and knowledge of confidentiality guidance.

Understanding of the role of the Caldicott Guardian in the NHS

Knowledge of the DSPT

Desirable criteria

Understanding and knowledge of records management guidance

Understanding and knowledge of the Human Rights Act.

Experience of working on projects

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Good team player.

Possess self-confidence, enthusiasm, motivation, tact and diplomacy.

Ability to relate to a wide range of staff and colleagues.

Flexibility in approach to work – ability to take on unscheduled tasks.

Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, including negotiation and presentational skills.

Desirable criteria

Self-motivated, enthusiastic and confident

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce. 

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.