Internal Only Freedom of Information Officer | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £32,720 - £39,769 pa inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Hillingdon, UB8 3NN |
| Company: | The Hillingdon Hospital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6337042/394-Corp-6037313DT-A |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to work within Information Governance.
The successful candidate will support the Information Governance function working closely with the Information Governance Manager and team, and wider Digital team to ensure that the Trust complies with its legislative responsibilities.
The role is responsible for the Freedom of Information email account, collating and producing Freedom of Information requests (Freedom of Information Act 2000) responses keeping logs and working with departments to ensure that information is provided on time to requestors, meeting targets ( 20 days).
This is an entry level position which will provide the successful post-holder with the knowledge to build a career in Information Governance.
Training will be given in the principles of information governance, policy application and development.
Please note that this vacancy may close earlier then the closing depending on the amount of applications we receive for the position.
The successful candidate must be a good communicator both written and verbally and work well in a team. A key part of this exciting role is to be the first point of contact for Freedom of Information requests, and responding to these in a timely fashion. Collating monthly statistics to reflect the Freedom of Information requests and share this information at Senior level meetings such as the Data Security Protection Group.
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024