# Information Governance Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/information-governance-officer/1c4b5688-5068-440f-ae34-6e8b08797903 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/information-governance-officer/1c4b5688-5068-440f-ae34-6e8b08797903.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - **Location:** New Cross Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Governance officer - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-28T12:21:02.179Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Wolverhampton/The_Royal_Wolverhampton_NHS_Trust/Data_Security_Protection_Team/Data_Security_Protection_Team-v8262562 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8262562?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated Information Governance Officer to join our Data Security and Protection Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting information governance, data protection, records management, information sharing, and freedom of information compliance across the Trust and wider Group organisations. Working closely with senior leaders, digital teams, service transformation leads, and clinical services, you will provide specialist advice and assurance to support the safe, lawful and effective use of information. The post holder will lead on a range of information governance initiatives, including data protection impact assessments, information sharing arrangements, compliance monitoring, staff training and awareness, and the development of policies and procedures. The role is critical in ensuring compliance with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality, Freedom of Information legislation, and NHS information governance standards. Working within a collaborative Group model, the successful candidate will help support digital transformation, innovation and service redesign programmes, ensuring that information governance requirements are embedded from the outset. They will contribute to the delivery of strategic objectives by enabling the safe sharing and use of information while helping to manage legal, regulatory, cyber security and patient safety risks. ### Main duties of the job Provide specialist Information Governance and Data Protection advice to staff and stakeholders. Support compliance with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information legislation and NHS standards. Undertake Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), information sharing reviews and compliance audits. Support digital transformation, service improvement and innovation projects by ensuring governance requirements are met. Manage and investigate information governance incidents and provide expert advice on risk mitigation. Deliver training, guidance and awareness activities to promote good information governance practices. Support the development of policies, procedures and assurance reporting across the Trust and Group organisations. Contribute to the safe, lawful and effective use of information to support patient care, service delivery and organisational objectives. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This role would suit an individual with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about supporting high-quality healthcare through strong information governance practices. Join us and help deliver exceptional care together by ensuring information is protected, used responsibly, and enables better outcomes for patients, staff and our communities - Degree or equivalent professional qualification, or significant equivalent experience in Information Governance, Data Protection, Information Management or a related field. - Specialist Information Governance or Data Protection qualification, or willingness to work towards one (e.g. ISEB/BCS Data Protection, GDPR Practitioner or equivalent). - Demonstrable experience of Information Governance, Data Protection and confidentiality within an NHS or public sector environment. - Good knowledge of UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information legislation and NHS Information Governance requirements. - Experience of undertaking DPIAs, compliance assessments, policy development and delivering advice to a range of stakeholders. - Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills. - Strong IT skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent level of professional qualification relevant to role - Evidence of continued development in IG/ Data protection **Desirable** - Specialist training in relation to IG subjects. E.g. ISEB Data Protection Qualification or Freedom of Information - Qualified in or knowledge of records management requirements ### Experience/Skills **Essential** - Specialist knowledge of Governance issues relevant to the NHS including relevant specialist organisational / procedural / policy knowledge in relation to records and information management - Experience using the DSPT toolkit - Good understanding of the application of Information governance in a healthcare setting - Writing policy/ procedure/strategy documents - Experience of auditing in an NHS organisation - Understanding of NHS services and patient/information flows - Organisational skills – able to manage an operational framework that will deliver enhanced and equitable information governance across the Trust - Ability to write complex strategic and operational briefing papers, reports, policies and protocols ## Documents - [wolverhampton map (pdf, 600.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2032) - [flexible working commitment (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2380) - [rwt professional standards (pdf, 95.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3048) - [employee rewards booklet v.15 (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2083) - [rwt health & wellbeing offer (pdf, 945.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3027) - [joint behavioural framework v1. 2024 (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2858) - [nhs staff offer - national express (pdf, 963.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2612) - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576539) - [using ai when completing application forms (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2969) - [transforming care together strategy 2026-2031 v4 (pdf, 2.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2618) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.