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Information Governance Officer

The closing date is 28 July 2025

The post holder will be a subject matter expert on all Information Governance (IG) related matters. They are responsible for supporting the Information Governance Manager for Research in all aspects of the Information Governance agenda to ensure UCLH meets its obligations in respect of data protection, confidentiality and information security across the Trust but particularly for all Research related activities at UCLH.

The post holder will act as a point of contact for all IG queries from the Research community, providing advice, guidance and approval or escalating as appropriate to the IG Manager for Research. The post holder will be responsible for advising on, implementing and raising awareness of nationally mandated guidance and standards from the ICO, NHS England, Department of Health & Social Care, Health Research Authority (HRA), National Institute for Health Research and UKRI.

The post holder will be responsible for compliance with UK data protection legislation such as the Records of Processing Activity (ROPA), including monitoring and reporting on compliance. They will provide expert advice and guidance in areas such as DPIAs, data breach management, and data sharing across the complex areas of corporate and clinical services. They will have a sound understanding of current legislative requirements and will monitor continually changing technology advances and national requirements.

This role is a hybrid role working from home and occasionally onsite.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:o Providing effective and timely advice to trust staff on all aspects of Information Governanceo Ensuring research departments maintain a high degree of awareness and application of IG standardso Providing advice and monitoring DPIAs and ensuring that DPIAs are carried out on all relevant projectso Presenting highly complex, sensitive and potentially contentious information to staff, management, third parties, patients and the public. This will require developed negotiation and motivation skillso Developing recommendations to resolve issues of non-compliance in the Trust offering a range of options which are suitable both for service provision and for legislative complianceo Providing expert guidance on legal and statutory obligations relating to research, information and data governance, including the Data Protection Act 2018, UK GDPR, DSPT, NHS England, ICO and HRA guidanceo Assisting the IG Manager for Research in managing the Trust's annual IG work programme to achieve compliance with and improvements against the DSPTo Managing and balancing a wide range of demanding and conflicting deadlines in a complex workloado Writing, implementing, reviewing and updating Trust wide Information Governance policies, guidelines, protocols, procedures and processeso Interpreting national and international IG and data protection legislation, codes of practice, policy, and guidance and proposing policy and service changes

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent level of experience
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of Data Security and Protection Toolkit, DPA, FOIA and security standards

Experience

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of IG and its interaction with complex information systems.
• IG experience (at least 2 years) in a team within an NHS or equivalent healthcare setting
• Experience of implementing organisation-wide IG policies and procedures.
• Experience ofdeveloping andimplementing records management training and awareness programmes for staff.
• Experience of gaining and maintaining a clear understanding of business objectives
• Thorough knowledge of the NHS Information Governance Agenda and the NHS Digital Data Security and Protection Toolkit
• Experience of cross-team and cross-discipline working with multiple organisations, external agencies and organisations
• Dealing with members of the public

Skills, Abilities, Knowledge

• Working within a team.
• Good decision making and organisational skills.
• Highly developed specialist understanding or experience of IG issues relating to supporting healthcare systems
• Presenting to and persuading large groups of (often senior) managers and conveying complex concepts clearly and persuasively
• Ability to prioritise between competing demands and allocate resources accordingly.

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.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearPer Annum Inclusive of HCAS