Information Governance Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
The Information Governance (IG) Officer works with the Trust Secretary, Senior Information Risk Officer, and Caldicott Guardian to ensure IG policies and procedures align with best practice and standards are adhered to. This role involves supporting the Trust's self-assessment against national IG standards. The post holder will also promote IG awareness through training and act as the first point of contact for IG matters.
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and assimilate information in order to make decisions
- Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and effectiveness
Desirable criteria
- Legal qualification
- Experience of working and engaging with public and patients and staff at all levels
- Education/Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work
- A minimum of GCSE English
- A minimum of 1 years' experience across one or more of the following areas: Law, Freedom of Information Act, Information Governance administration (including delivery of the IG Toolkit)
- An understanding of Subject Access Requests, Individual rights requests and Data protection Complaints
- Previous NHS experience
- Previous Freedom of Information experience
- Ability to analyse and assimilate information in order to make decisions
- Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and effectiveness
- Legal qualification
- Experience of working and engaging with public and patients and staff at all levels
- Education/Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work
- A minimum of GCSE English
- A minimum of 1 years' experience across one or more of the following areas: Law, Freedom of Information Act, Information Governance administration (including delivery of the IG Toolkit)
- An understanding of Subject Access Requests, Individual rights requests and Data protection Complaints
- Previous NHS experience
- Previous Freedom of Information experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
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The role of the Information Governance (IG) Officer is to work with the Trust Secretary, Senior Information Risk Officer, and Caldicott Guardian to ensure that Information Governance policies and procedures are developed in lined with best practice and that standards are understood and adhered to.
The post holder will work with the Trust Secretary in relation to the Trust's self-assessment against national standards for Information Governance.
Main duties of the job
To support the promotion of information governance awareness throughout the Trust by providing training and written procedures that are widely disseminated and made available to all staff. This will include face to face delivery of information governance training at staff induction and mandatory training sessions for all levels of staff.
About us
_Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding._
Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.
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