Information Governance Operational Lead - Ascot, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Ascot, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent IG skills to join our Information Governance (IG) Team.

The role will provide expert advice and guidance to the Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) staff in relation to the IG issues and the day-to-day management of BSPS services and information.

Your contracted base of work will be Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, however, the postholder will be required to travel to each BSPS site - Royal Berkshire, Ashford & St Peters, Royal Surrey and Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust sites.

Previous experience of working within an NHS organisation is required, as well as working to implement the Data Protection and Security Toolkit assertions.

The post holder needs to have a current in-depth knowledge of Data Protection, ideally with applicable qualifications as well as an understanding of the Freedom of Information legalisation.

You will need to have excellent IT skills, as you will be required to use a number of systems on a daily basis.

The post holder will be hosted by Frimley Health, and work in collaboration with the IG leads in each partner of BSPS to implement, deliver and maintain a robust IG Framework across the BSPS network.

Frimley Health Information Governance Team provides knowledge and support to all staff across the Trust to enable them to meet the highest level of Information Governance good practice and legal compliance.

BSPS has been built from the SPS (Surrey Pathology Service) into BSPS (Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services) and manages over 6.7 million patient records annually.

The partnership is made up of 5 partner organisations - Royal Surrey, Ashford & St Peters, Frimley Health, Royal Berkshire NHS Trusts and Surrey & Sussex HealthCare NHS Trust (SASH).

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

Provide expert advice and guidance to the Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) staff in relation to the IG issues and the daytoday management of BSPS services and information.
Attend meetings to ensure BSPS projects being implemented are compliant with the Data Protection Act 2018 and Common Law Duty of Confidentiality.
Work with the Information Governance leads in each Partner Organisation to manage and implement the Annual Information Governance Work Programme for BSPS e.g. management of incidents, data mapping, information sharing agreements, joiners, movers and leavers process, auditing.
Support the Trust's compliance and attainment of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit by collating evidence relating to BSPS processes.
Work with the Trust's IG Operational Lead
Information Sharing to ensure there is a robust sharing framework in place with organisations who have access to BSPS information.
Support the implementation of the Trust's Annual Information Governance Work Programme.