# Information Governance Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Berkshire Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (n/a)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17T09:40:58.983Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Royal_Berkshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Admin_Clerical/Admin_Clerical-v8193862
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8193862?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

It is recommended that applicants call Caroline Lynch ahead of submitting an application.

The role of the Information Governance (IG) Officer is to work with the Trust Secretary, Senior Information Risk Officer, and Caldicott Guardian to ensure that Information Governance policies and procedures are developed in lined with best practice and that standards are understood and adhered to.

The post holder will work with the Trust Secretary in relation to the Trust’s self-assessment against national standards for Information Governance.

### Main duties of the job

To support the promotion of information governance awareness throughout the Trust by providing training and written procedures that are widely disseminated and made available to all staff. This will include face to face delivery of information governance training at staff induction and mandatory training sessions for all levels of staff.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- The postholder is responsible for the project management and the accurate and timely submission of the Information Governance toolkit, including advising requirement leads on the information required. In addition, promoting information governance awareness throughout the Trust and ensuring compliance with relevant statutory and NHS requirements. The postholder will also act as the first point of contact for all matters relating to information governance.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to analyse and assimilate information in order to make decisions
- Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and effectiveness

**Desirable**

- Legal qualification
- Experience of working and engaging with public and patients and staff at all levels

### Education/Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work
- A minimum of GCSE English
- A minimum of 1 years’ experience across one or more of the following areas: Law, Freedom of Information Act, Information Governance administration (including delivery of the IG Toolkit)
- An understanding of Subject Access Requests, Individual rights requests and Data protection Complaints

**Desirable**

- Previous NHS experience
- Previous Freedom of Information experience

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 139.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=603)
- [job description (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10498861)
- [relocation policy (pdf, 572.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1764)
- [person specification (pdf, 112.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10498862)
- [behaviours framework 2022 (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2970)
- [probation policy & procedure (pdf, 559.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1640)
- [leadership behaviours framework (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2718)

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