# Subject Access Clerk

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/subject-access-clerk/44bf98f1-b36a-4a4f-8d1c-f532d527b58d
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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Ashford Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clerk (discipline unspecified)
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £26,618 pa, inc. HCAS, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09T10:21:23.759Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Ashford_Middlesex/Ashford_St_Peters_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration_Services/Administration_Services-v7909714
- **Employer website:** https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

A Subject Access Clerk works within an NHS Health Records or Information Governance team to process requests from individuals and authorised third parties who are seeking access to medical records under Data Protection legislation (DPA 2018, GDPR, Access to Health Records Act 1990).

### Main duties of the job

Supplying and completing Subject Access requests to patients, solicitors, police and other health care providers.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a high quality and confidential Subject Access Request service. To complete Subject Access Requests within the legal deadline. To maintain patient confidentiality

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Attention to detail
- Able to work on own initiative
- Able to work well under pressure.
- Self-motivated
- Ability to work to strict deadlines
- Able to use a methodical approach
- Numerate
- Computer literate, in particular word processing and keyboard skills
- Good communication skills
- Good ‘customer awareness
- Good team worker

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Patient confidentiality

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of SAR's
- NHS Constitution
- Trust vision, values and strategic objectives
- Knowledge of access to health records under the Data Protection Act 1998, Access to Health Records Act 1990 and Freedom of Information Act 2000.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience within the the Medical Records Department

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 733.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10221823)

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