Information Governance Assistant

at  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Information Governance provides a legal framework for managing and handling personal confidential data. As a healthcare organisation we hold information about the staff we employ and the patients who use our community services.
We are looking for a conscientious and organised person to support the team in managing access to clinical and corporate systems, handling, and responding to requests for information; and to undertake general administrative duties within an information and digital environment.
You will be provided with appropriate in-house and external training for this role.
If you are interested in joining our team, please have a look at the job description. Should you have any queries please get in touch.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
To support the information governance team to deliver a variety of functions aligned to the roles and responsibilities within the structure;
To ensure that governance information is handled in accordance with local and national policies and, procedures;
Investigate and respond to routine enquiries from staff, members of the public and, other stakeholders;
Assist in the maintenance of software and databases, webpages and information reports;
Assist in the analysis and interpretation of datasets and reporting, that can be disseminated to operational and corporate teams.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information of this role

Please refer the Job description for details