Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior IG Officer
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Senior Information Governance (IG) Officer
The Senior Information Governance (IG) Officer will work as part of a small IG team within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
You will support the team's important work in promoting good practice around data protection and confidentiality across the Trust, working to ensure the Trust meets its statutory and legal obligations.
- Overseeing complex Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
- Managing Subject Access Requests
- Supporting the annual Data Security and Protection Toolkit submission process
- Participating in data security incident investigations
- Acting as a source of expert IG knowledge for colleagues across the Trust
Independently manage and process highly complex information requests, including Subject Access Requests (SARs) from members of the public, Trust staff, solicitors, and patients, involving sensitive information.
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Oversee and quality-assure complex Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, ensuring responses from clinical directorates comply with statutory deadlines.
Support the annual completion and evidence-gathering process for the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT), taking part in collection and indexing of the required evidence.
Participate in investigations into complex data security incidents and confidentiality breaches reported via the Trust’s incident management system (Datix).
Act as an internal source of knowledge to clinical directorates, research teams, and administrative managers, responding to queries with clear and practical advice on GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and Caldicott Principles.
Facilitate and review Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for high-risk projects, including artificial intelligence (AI) clinical tools, cloud migrations, and research trials.
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Assist with investigations into complaints regarding data protection breaches, or with internal reviews of FOI complaints. Liaise with the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) to support this complaints process where needed.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Fran Hancox
- Job title: Assistant Information Governance Manager
- Email address: frances.hancox2@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0114 3052503
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