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Prif leoliad
Information Governance; Data Protection; Health Records Management
Gradd
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Contract
Parhaol
Oriau
Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd
196-SMT1732
Cyflogwr
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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NHS
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Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Tref
London
Cyflog
£82,462 - £93,773 per annum inc HCA
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06/07/2025 23:59
Dyddiad y cyfweliad
28/07/2025

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust logo

Head of IG & Data Protection Officer

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Trosolwg o'r swydd

This is an exciting opportunity to play a significant role in the senior leadership and operational management of Information Governance and medical records services across two of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in London.  

Guy's & St Thomas', with over 23,000 dedicated staff, operates from 5 main hospitals - Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital, and in the community. 

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, employing over 15,000 staff,  is also one of the biggest and busiest Trusts in the country, primarily serving the London Boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Bromley, with a population of over 1 million people, and acting as a referral centre for millions more. Our specialist services are also available to patients from a wider area, and we provide nationally and internationally recognised treatment. 

This role will provide senior leadership and advice on Information Governance  and data protection matters for all Trust services, programmes and projects. The successful applicant will ensure expert advice and support to policy development, to create and maintain high level awareness, profile and understanding of the strategic and practical importance of data protection and IG, and to ensure that the highest level of subject matter expertise and support is provided to the Trusts in order to meet their statutory and mandatory obligations.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The job holder is required to provide independent advice and assurance to the KCH and GSTT Boards on all matters relating to data protection &  IG, patient records and underpinning legislation, ensuring executive and non-executive awareness of responsibilities and maintaining compliance with mandatory training / skills requirements.

Main duties include:

  • Ensuring effective delivery of the annual IG service and business plan, the budget for pay and non-pay expenditure and the underpinning operational plan
  • Ensuring that GSTT/KCH and data subjects are informed about their data protection rights, obligations and responsibilities
  • Ensuring the review and amendment of records of processing to ensure legal compliance 
  • Overseeing complaints concerning information rights and data protection,  as raised by the ICO, GSTT/KCH or other person(s)
  • Acting as principal liaison between the Trusts and the ICO regarding investigations, complaint handling and inspections
  • Advising on applicable data protection rules/regulations and laws
  • Responsibility for IG staff performance and development

Financial and staff management responsibility, including:

  • Annual business plan and budget for IG and patient records services, with a current operating budget of £7m pa as at 2023/24 staffing levels
  • Leading the Trusts’ Information Governance  teams, setting strategy and monitoring performance
  • Monitoring compliance within the directorate with Trust-wide staff management policies and procedures

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The successful applicant will work with an enthusiastic and dedicated team to provide strategic leadership within the Trusts to deliver an effective, integrated, responsive and flexible IG service.  The post holder will support the  Joint Director of Information Governance  & Management in developing a strategic IG service model by contributing to service design, taking responsibility for areas of service improvement and developing a shared vision for the service. 

In performing the tasks set out by law, the DPO must have significant and demonstrable experience. in particular:

    • Experience leading a privacy-by-design approach, strategically implementing and utilising Data Protection Risk Assessments (DPIAs)
    • Experience operating within a risk-first environment, understanding and utilising risks to drive change and innovation.
    • Data Protection Officer (or deputy) level experience within UK Healthcare.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

See attached job description for details of main responsibilities. 

Key relationships of the job holder will span both KCH and GSTT NHS Foundation Trusts, and include the following:

Internal

•           Chief Executives

•           Senior Information Risk Owner / Chief Digital Information Officer

•           Senior Information Management / IG and Health Records Managers

•           Caldicott Guardians & Trust Legal / General Counsel

•           Clinical Directors and Managers

•           Directors of Quality & Assurance

•           Heads of Information Security & Major Programmes

•           Business, Finance and Project Managers 

 External

•           Information Commissioner’s Office

•           NHS England / Transformation

•           National Coordinating Centre (CRNCC) | NIHR

Kings College and AI Centre

•           DPOs across major programmes and research projects

•           Police, Solicitors and Courts

Health Innovation Network

Manyleb y person

Qualifications, Education, Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Qualifications in Information Governance / Data Protection
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Experience of working within an NHS Foundation Trust

Skills

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through management and clinical teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities and delegating effectively
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working;

Setting direction

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams and have them understand the Trusts’ performance expectations;
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Sound political judgement, astuteness and sensitivity in understanding and working with complex policy, matters of confidentiality and diverse interest groups

Personal Qualities

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • High level of work organisation, selfmotivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach and attitude;
  • Excellent inter-personal and communications skills with a track record in writing complex business cases and X A/I policies;

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Experience leading a privacy-by-design approach, strategically implementing and utilising Data Protection Risk Assessments (DPIAs)
  • Experience operating within a risk-first environment, understanding and utilising risks to drive change and innovation.
  • Data Protection Officer (or deputy) level experience within UK Healthcare

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Charlie Eustace
Teitl y swydd
Joint Director of IG & Management – KCH & GSTT
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02032994489
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Mr Salim Badat, Head of Information Governance

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