Senior Information Governance Officer

Job summary

We have a new and exciting key role within Velindre Trust to Support the Head of Information Governance and the comprehensive information governance agenda trust wide.

As the post holder you will support the myriad of programme delivery objectives across the Trust ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, standards and common law. Utilise highly developed administrative, time management and organisational skills to ensure timescales are delivered against a backdrop of challenging timescales and conflicting priorities.

The successful candidate would have worked in a similar role in a health, social care or similar setting and where Information Governance (IG)is a significant aspect or main responsibility of their current post. You will be highly motivated and looking for a new challenge in a dynamic and changing environment to help embed compliance with statutory legislation, standards and common law.

Main duties of the job

The role of an IG Officer is to primarily support the Trust's IG management requirements and facilitate the Trust's compliance with them. Act as a source of data protection advice and guidance within the Trust, disseminating and reinforcing good governance and security practice to all staff and providing consultancy support to projects, advising on all matters relating to Information Governance, delivering training and conducting audits.

The post holder will provide advice to the organisation and support compliance and conformance with all relevant standards and legislation, including the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulations 2016 (GDPR).

You will assist and support the Head of Information Governance and Data Protection Officer in all matters relating to Information Governance.

Review, develop and maintain policies and procedures in compliance with data protection legislation, Caldicott Principles, information security, records management and other related national and local standards.

Communicate Information Governance advice to members of Staff, within your own levels of knowledge and expertise, referring to the Head of Information Governance when appropriate.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/