Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Job Purpose: To be a point of contact on all matters relating to Information Governance.
To work closely with the Information Governance Officers and IG Manager in ensuring that RDaSH complies with its statutory duty to fully implement the requirements of Information Governance and Data Protection.
To support the provision of information, guidance and advice as required to the Trust regarding Information Governance matters as part of a wider Information Governance Team which undertake the following functions:
* Subject Access to Records under the Data Protection Act 2018
* Freedom of Information (FOI) requests under the FOI Act 2000
* Records Management: Archive of records including filing, tracking and the correct application of destruction schedules
* Confidentiality and Caldicott Support
* Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)
* Information Security
* Data Protection Duties
Main duties of the job
* To support the implementation of the Information Governance Framework for the Trust taking into account legislation and NHS requirements as set out in the DSPT.
* To assist the IG Manager/Officers in completion of the DSPT.
* To be responsible for the processing of Individuals' Rights Requests and Subject Access requests under the Data Protection and Access to Health Records Acts. Ensuring that any problems where statutory timescales may not be met are immediately raised with appropriate managers.
* To be responsible for the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations. Ensuring that any problems where statutory timescales may not be met are immediately raised with appropriate managers.
* Provide advice and guidance to patients and their relatives regarding their rights of access.
* Support the IG Manager/Officers in providing the statutory training on the full remit of Information Governance including Freedom of Information and Data Protection.
* Assist the IG Manager to manage the link with the offsite records storage facility. Ensuring that records are made available to clinical staff as required and are returned to storage in an organised manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good standard of literacy and numeracy
* Administration/office experience supporting senior management functions within the public sector
* Portfolio of Information Governance associated professional development
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.
Employer name
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
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