Information Governance Lead

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

12/17/2024

The Privacy, Transparency & Trust (PTT) Sub-directorate is a sub-directorate of the Delivery Directorate. The mission of the PTT Sub-directorate is to enable NHS England to drive innovation and improve lives through greater use of data and technology and to be a well-run organisation.

The PTT Sub-directorate will enable and promote public trust in NHS England’s custodianship of staff, workforce and patient data. This aligns with the new legal duty of NHS England to have regard to the need to respect and promote privacy of patients and the core principles that underpin NHS England as a safe haven of patient data.

The IG Lead role provides professional expertise, experience and leadership within the PTT Sub-directorate.

The post holder will work in a dynamic team in delivering an effective service providing senior professional expertise to support NHS England programmes achieve their aims ensuring that IG is an enabler and embedding good practice.

• Leading activities and workstreams using highly developed problem-solving, leadership and communication skills.
• Drafting key IG documents, including supporting the creation of Directions which are issued by DHSC to NHS England.
• Communicating effectively with colleagues who are not specialists in IG and raising awareness of IG across the organisation.
• Supporting and advising on the use of personal data; risks, mitigations, and requirements of DPIAs.
• Responding to statutory requests for access to personal data and exercise of other rights under the UK GDPR and DPA 2018.
• Advising on the application of the FOI Act 2000 or Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
• Advising on legal bases for sharing personal data with other organisations and the required documentation to facilitate such sharing, including advising on data processing agreements and data sharing agreements, identifying most appropriate controller / processor for processing activities in complex data flows.
• Identifying IG compliance and operational risks and issues, advising on mitigations and escalating where appropriate.
• Producing reports and KPIs to evaluate the organisation’s compliance with IG requirements.
  
  

The NHS England Board Have Set Out The Top-level Purpose For The New Organisation To Lead The NHS In England To Deliver High-quality Services For All, Which Will Inform The Detailed Design Work And We Will Achieve This Purpose By

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
  
  

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Harrison Job title: Deputy Director of IG Delivery (Data & Analytics) Email address: wendy.harrison10@nhs.net