IG Privacy and Risk Lead | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

The IG Privacy and Risk Lead will be part of SLAM's Information Governance Department and provide dedicated support for research and innovation within the Trust.

The post-holder will manage all aspects of Information Governance (IG) for pertaining to health research and data governance purposes. The post-holder will be responsible for advising on, implementing and raising awareness of nationally mandated guidance and standards from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), NHS England, Department of Health & Social Care, Health Research Authority (HRA), National Institute for Health Research and UKRI. The post-holder will work on and support SLAM's IG processes, including policy development and managing Freedom of Information processes relating to research

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to Senior manager roles within the IG and the wider team. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in conjunction with the BCS membership.

Main duties:

To implement and manage a compliance framework of actions to meet required IG standards for all research and innovation.

To provide expert guidance on SLAM's legal and statutory obligations relating to research, information and data governance, including Data Protection Act 2018, UK GDPR, Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT), NHS England, NHS X, ICO and HRA guidance.

Work closely with the Biomedical Resource Centre, Innovation team, SLAM's R&D Directorate and external stakeholders to maintain a high degree of awareness and application of IG standards to research and development, providing detailed guidance and expertise on enquiries concerning data protection and confidentiality in relation to research programmes.

Flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

The Role sits within the Information Governance function, which forms part of the Digital Services team. Information governance (IG) provides a framework to bring together all the legal rules, guidance and best practice that apply to the handling and security of information.

IG is about setting a high standard for the handling of information through a robust IT security assurance and complying with the law and national standards.

We ensure a high standard of information handling across the Trust, covering information security, data protection, freedom of information and privacy.

About our locations:

Maudsley Hospital(headquarters)

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range restaurants.

To implement and manage a compliance framework of actions to meet required IG standards for all research and innovation.

To provide expert guidance on SLAM's legal and statutory obligations relating to research, information and data governance, including Data Protection Act 2018, UK GDPR, Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT), NHS England, NHS X, ICO and HRA guidance.

Work closely with the Biomedical Resource Centre, Innovation team, SLAM's R&D Directorate and external stakeholders to maintain a high degree of awareness and application of IG standards to research and development, providing detailed guidance and expertise on enquiries concerning data protection and confidentiality in relation to research programmes.

Ensure the operational delivery for SLaM research of the IG Compliance programme.

Work with colleagues across research to ensure the maintenance of information asset registers, contracts registers, information flows and other IG related registers.

Ensure Data Protection Impact Assessments and Information Risk Assessments relating research, innovation and SLAM's R&D Directorate are completed, and provide expert advice on information and data governance where appropriate.

To ensure research, innovation and SLAM's R&D Directorate are compliant with legislative requirement for third party contract management pertaining to IG related matters, including data sharing or licensing.

To manage and support SLAM's Freedom of Information function and processes relating to research.

Provide expert specialist information and data governance advice and guidance to the Head of IG, SIRO, the Caldicott Guardian, the Chief Operating Officer for research, and senior staff within SLAM's R&D Directorate.

To liaise with counterpart IG leads within Kings Health Partnership to ensure inter-Trust coordination on the development of and support of research

Coordinate and manage IG operations for research and innovation keeping the Head of IG and the Chief Operating Officer apprised of the developments and escalating issues as appropriate.

Ensure research compliance with Trust IG and information security policies and statutory legal framework leading on research, development and communication of best practice guidance, policies and procedural documents.

Provide expert and specialist IG advice and expertise on health research and related data access initiatives, developing high-quality, user-friendly and accurate guidance in a range of formats.

Provide IG lead, expertise and advice on research management and proposals (grant applications), including research ethics and data sharing/licensing and/or service agreements involving personal data, liaising with the Head of IG where appropriate.

Manage IG/Information Security reviews relating research and innovation, including Information Risk Assessments, Data Protection Impact Assessments for new and existing research systems/processes/projects involving large scale processing of personal data, ensuring that proposals are compliant and in the required format for sign off by the Head of IG.

Ensure research related policies, procedures and guidelines are compliant with Data Protection legislation and are implemented effectively across SLaM.

Monitor and audit research tools and systems within the SLaM systems to identify gaps in current practice and/or systems, and where required make recommendations to the Head of IG and Chief Operating Officer.

Develop and provide IG training and guidance as part of service provision by SLAM's IG Department.

Investigate and report on IG complaints and incidents in line with Trust policy as required, particularly where they are linked to research.

Coordinate, develop and review appropriate information-sharing protocols that provide clarity of purpose and enable streamlining of information disclosure routes.

Support the Chief Operating Officer with the production of IG related data and reports, including for SLAM's Information Security Committee.

Support the Information Governance Operations Lead with the completion of the IG Dashboard and Information Governance Committee, and as required provide advice to the SIRO and the Caldicott Guardian.

Provide input to the Trust's IG and corporate risk registers and reporting requirements covering research and innovation.

As part of the SLAM's IG Team, support the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) programme including the collation and provision of evidence, and coordination of returns.

Assist with complex DPA requests relating to research (including requests that overlap between the DPA and the FoIA) and respond to DPA complaints where necessary.

Continue to maintain concurrent knowledge of IG and other related initiatives pertinent to research and innovation.

Assist the Head of IG with IG Departmental work planning. This includes planning and coordinating specialist project advice and technical support, planning and coordinating specialist advice and guidance, including an information hub.

There is an expectation that the postholder may be responsible for contractors/consultants hired to undertake a discrete piece of service work, and/or agency temporary staff.

To provide IG training and guidance as part of service provision by SLAM's IG Department.