Information Governance Coordinator

The Information Governance Coordinator will be a member of the Information Governance (IG) Department, which is made up of the Head of Information Governance, IG Manager, Deputy IG Manager, IG Officers, and IG Administrators. The IG Department is responsible for supporting and coordinating the Trust's compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), Data Protection Act 2018, Access to Health Records Act 1990, and other relevant legal, statutory and regulatory requirements. The primary aim of the role is to provide operational support to the Information Governance Team by coordinating and processing requests received under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection legislation, and the Access to Health Records Act. The post holder will be responsible for managing a varied workload including Freedom of Information requests, Subject Access Requests, information governance administration, and other ad hoc duties as required, ensuring that all work is completed accurately and within statutory timescales.

• Provide appropriate support to ensure operational processes are followed when requests for information under the Data Protection Act and the FOI Act are received
• Liaise with staff across the Trust to ensure legal deadlines are met.
• Work as part of the IG team to ensure information exempt from disclosure is protected as required by law.
• Provide support to ensure requests for information sharing are processed as required to enable an informed decision to be made.
• Assist the IG Manager in identifying where exemptions may apply and where the Public Interest Test needs to be applied
• Assisting those who are contributing to requests for information to ensure the information that is provided meets the requirements of the Act.
• Build working relations with other NHS Trusts and neighbouring public organisations to ensure a consistent countywide approach to blanket FOI requests and to identify lessons learnt.
• Maintain electronic and paper filing systems in relation to FOI and ensuring disclosure of requests are available for uploading to the Trusts public website.
• To identify trends in information requests and establish whether information requested could be more readily available in the future.
• Compile statistical reports on the numbers of requests received, the time taken to respond to them and their level of complexity.
• Developing and maintaining extensive knowledge of the FOI Act and changes in legislation
• Any other duties as required by the IG Manager
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff.As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.