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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8A Senior Information Governance Manager

The closing date is 09 November 2025

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large and highly skilled Information Governance department. The department continually invests in the professional development of team members, and works on complex local, national and regional projects which directly contributes to improved patient care.

This role forms part of the wider Information Governance Team's (IG Team) support and is delivered both internally and externally. The post-holder will be responsible for providing senior and strategic information governance subject matter expertise and insight to programmes and projects to achieve beneficial changes in line with the strategic goals of trust.

The role will deputise for the Head of Information Governance as required.

This role will provide thought leadership on information governance requirements in the context of Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and the trust and to include projects concerned with interoperability, large scale analytics, and public facing digital solutions.

The Senior Information Governance Manager will be responsible for work that is highly complex in nature and will have involvement from a range of organisations, services, stakeholders at a regional and national level.

Main duties of the job

The main duties for this role include:

Management of the Corporate Information Governance teamProviding expert advice in all matters relating to Information GovernanceAdvising and leading of complex Data Protection Impact AssessmentsBudget managementContract managementSupporting the trust's wider Information Governance agenda.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Details

Date posted

31 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£64,156 to £71,148 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

391-RFL-7531445-A

Job locations

TBC

Royal Free London

NW3 2QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Trust values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Desirable

  • Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent

Confidentiality and data protection

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Desirable

  • ISEB Information Security Management Principles qualification or equivalent
Person Specification

Trust values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Desirable

  • Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent

Confidentiality and data protection

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Desirable

  • ISEB Information Security Management Principles qualification or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

TBC

Royal Free London

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

TBC

Royal Free London

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Information Governance (Corporate)

Ben Tunmore

ben.tunmore@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

31 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£64,156 to £71,148 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

391-RFL-7531445-A

Job locations

TBC

Royal Free London

NW3 2QG


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