Patient Administration Project Officer

JOB PURPOSE

The post holder will play a key role in the development and delivery of the Trust’s Information Governance strategy to ensure organisation-wide compliance with statutory, mandatory information governance standards and will take responsibility for Information Governance policy and procedure development. The post holder will be the Trust expert for Information Governance & Data Protection and associated policies and procedures.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

To be the line-manager of the Information Governance, Data Protection and Freedom of Information functions.

To manage the IT Account Management and Smart Card Registration functions.

To provide expert professional advice and guidance on Information Governance and Data Protection issues to the Trust.

To plan, develop and deliver the Information Governance strategy under the guidance of the Head of Information Governance & Information Services for the Trust.

To investigate as the Trust expert, any complex breaches in IT security and/or confidentiality and report on findings and submit evidence to any disciplinary hearings.

To provide advice and support on Information Governance and Data Protection issues to internal or external bodies or individuals to the Trust.

To plan, develop and implement Trust wide policy and procedures in relation to Information Governance and Data Protection ensuring that legislative changes and national mandates are included.

To develop, publish and maintain guidance documentation to assist LTHT staff in their understanding of and compliance with Information Governance and Data Protection standards.

To conduct self-assessment compliance audits to assure the Trust that it is meeting the requirements of the national Information Governance Toolkit.

To plan, develop, adjust and implement annual action plans to meet, equal or improve upon the required Information Governance Toolkit standards.

To plan and monitor the annual Trust wide nationally mandated Information Governance and Data Protection Training of all Trust staff.

To work with the relevant Information Governance initiative leads to manage and monitor the progress of the agreed action plans and ensure the target level of performance is achieved.

To ensure the collection and availability of up to date evidence for assurance requirements of the National Information Governance Toolkit.

To ensure that the Information Governance Toolkit reporting and submission requirements are completed on time.

To Co-ordinate the Information Governance work streams for Trust IT projects.

To ensure the correct income for Access to Records and Subject access requests is charged and be responsible for ensuring cheques are accounted for and forwarded to the finance Department.

To ensure that Departments are cross charged for encrypted memory sticks.

To be responsible for the Registration Authority system and associated equipment, the Access to Health Records monitoring system and the Access to Health Records scanning equipment; ensuring upgrades and updates are implemented.

To assist in the development and routine production of performance reports to measure key indicators of service delivery.

To assist in the analysis of the performance statistics to identify trends and areas for action and improvement.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Educated to degree level in computing or related field or equivalent relevant work based experience / qualifications
Familiar with Information Governance and Data Protection policies and all relevant legislation.Full job spec will be provided to shortlisted applicants.

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