Information Governance Officer

**Job Title**:Information Governance Officer

**Trust Location**:South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, then South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

**About the Trust**

At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust we provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We also provide substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Our staff serve a local population of nearly two million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. We provide inpatient care for over 5,000 people each year and we treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Croydon. As well as serving the communities of south London, we provide morethan 50 specialist services for children and adults across the UK and beyond.

**What you’ll be responsible for**:

- Process Subject Access requests to ensure they are completed within the statutory timeframe
- Provide Information Governance advice to staff, patients and public
- Support the FoI Committee by organising meetings, taking minutes and preparing documents.
- Ensure IG Office operates and maintains the highest ethical standards of confidentiality in managing patient and staff information.
- Support the IG Compliance Manager to ensure effective monitoring of the Data Protection mailbox
- Provide cover for the Corporate IG Officer role to cover sickness and annual leave.

**You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust**:

- An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS.
- Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times.
- A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation.

**You’ll have the following skills/experience**:

- Information Government Compliance experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Specialist knowledge and clear understanding and experience of working in accordance with information governance standards
- Excellent organisational skills
- Microsoft Office package knowledge e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel

**As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits**:

- **Competitive pay rates-** work this week, get paid next week
- **Essential support when you need it
- 24/7 365 days**:

- call us anytime
- **Multi locational**:

- work across neighbouring Trusts
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go**:

- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle**:

- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
- **Training and development opportunities**:

- Keep up with the essentials and more
- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work**:

- your work life balance is important to us
- **Stakeholder pension scheme available**:

- a flexible future for you and yours

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £14.92 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have Information Government Compliance experience?

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 63379