Job Description: Senior Information Governance (IG) Officer

Please note that this is an office-based position, meaning that you will need to work on site at King's College Hospital (SE5 9NY) multiple times per week.

Additionally, the interviews will be face-to-face. This is non-negotiable and we will not be offering virtual interviews for this position.

Please note that we may close the position early if high volumes of applications are received.

Role Overview

The Senior Information Governance (IG) Officer will manage the IG Support Officers and will be responsible for overseeing the police requests process, ensuring that each request is acknowledged and responded to in a timely manner. The post-holder will be responsible for the coordination of all relevant policies and procedures and for recommending changes to ensure the maintenance of compliance with Data Protection legislation across the Trust.

• Act as the first point of contact for IG enquiries (some of which will be of a confidential nature), referring enquirers onward where appropriate.
• Provide guidance and advice to senior management across the Trust and their teams on a wide range of complex IG matters, and escalating as required, to enhance service delivery and patient care.
• Oversee and manage the process for police requests for information and provide support to teams who manage police requests.
• Manage the IG Support Officers to ensure that all police requests for information are responded to in line with legislative requirements and in a timely manner.
• Take a solution-focused approach to IG, encouraging a culture of identifying opportunities and designing systems and services in a way that complies with Data Protection legislation – ensuring that the implementation of the service is achieved in a practical and supportive way.