Healthset Information Governance Lead

This 23-month post sits within the Healthset programme, a shared electronic health record project across four trusts, with University Hospitals Dorset as the employer. The postholder is the programme's subject matter expert on information governance and data protection, leading data protection impact assessments and data sharing agreements for the Epic EPR rollout. The work spans organisational boundaries, requiring close working with data protection officers and senior stakeholders.

Candidates need Masters-level or equivalent professional information governance knowledge.

• Provide expert leadership and advice on information governance, data protection and information risk across the programme
• Lead the development and implementation of DPIAs, data sharing agreements and other governance processes for the Epic EPR system
• Work with DPOs, programme teams and senior stakeholders to ensure compliance with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, NHS standards and organisational policies
• Identify and mitigate information governance risks
• Give specialist advice on complex information governance matters and support programme decision-making
• Help establish consistent governance arrangements across participating organisations
• Contribute to the development of policies, guidance and best practice
• Promote a culture of data protection, information governance and information security throughout the programme

• Masters-level information governance qualification or equivalent experience

• Extensive knowledge of data protection legislation, gained through postgraduate study, CPD and a lead information governance or EPR implementation role in a large organisation
• Experienced information governance professional

• Extensive understanding of NHS information governance policy
• Written and verbal communication skills to deliver key messages to internal and external stakeholders, including outside the NHS
• Ability to write reports up to Board level

• Membership of a professional health informatics body
• British Computing Society (BCS) Freedom of Information qualification
• Demonstrable project management experience