Data protection and information governance practitioner Apprentice (level 4)
Harbour Medical Practice
FOLKESTONE (CT20 1JY)
Closes in 31 days (Monday 8 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 August 2025
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Summary
Training as the Data protection lead for a GP practice in Folkestone. You will learn every aspect of administration within the practice and also focus on how we can ensure that all information governance is complied with.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Data protection and information governance practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Mon-Friday 8.00-18.30 shifts times tbc
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Inputting patient data
- Answering Calls
- Looking at Date protection policies and ensuring they are complied with in practice
- Dealing with patient enquiries
- Helping staff with admin duties
- Filing and phtocopying
- There are many more but all cannot be listed
Where you'll work
FOLKESTONE HEALTH CENTRE
15-25 DOVER ROAD
FOLKESTONE
CT20 1JY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DAMAR LIMITED
Training course
Data protection and information governance practitioner (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with data protection requirements and organisation policies.
- Communicate complex subjects in simple terms through different media (such as face to face meetings, emails, reports and presentations) to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Prepare documentation and materials for review and ratification.
- Working at times under time pressure, prioritising their workloads in order to raise and resolve areas of concern such as individual rights, breach management, FOI requests and information sharing.
- Being able to accept and deal with changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
- Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage such as data incidents.
- Interpret regulation and legislation, share best practice and advise stakeholders on its application.
- Identify organisation needs and how these are applied to enquiries.
- Interpret and apply sector guidance appropriately.
- Undertake investigations and interviews in order to assess a data breach.
- Gather, analyse, use and share data to inform risk assessment and make judgements on actions to take.
- Make decisions on data protection and information governance issues raised and ensure that any areas of concern are escalated to the stakeholders.
- Provide day to day support, specialist advice, guidance and training across the organisation and external stakeholders for all matters regarding information governance and data protection.
- Identify potential data solutions and evidence the way in which they could improve data management.
- Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with data protection requirements and organisation policies.
- Communicate complex subjects in simple terms through different media (such as face to face meetings, emails, reports and presentations) to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Prepare documentation and materials for review and ratification.
- Working at times under time pressure, prioritising their workloads in order to raise and resolve areas of concern such as individual rights, breach management, FOI requests and information sharing.
- Being able to accept and deal with changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
- Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage such as data incidents.
- Interpret regulation and legislation, share best practice and advise stakeholders on its application.
- Identify organisation needs and how these are applied to enquiries.
- Interpret and apply sector guidance appropriately.
- Undertake investigations and interviews in order to assess a data breach.
- Gather, analyse, use and share data to inform risk assessment and make judgements on actions to take.
- Make decisions on data protection and information governance issues raised and ensure that any areas of concern are escalated to the stakeholders.
- Provide day to day support, specialist advice, guidance and training across the organisation and external stakeholders for all matters regarding information governance and data protection.
- Identify potential data solutions and evidence the way in which they could improve data management.
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
GP Practice in Folkestone
After this apprenticeship
Qualified Data protection lead for our practice
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Harbour Medical Practice
Iris Crowhurst
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336302.
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Closes in 31 days (Monday 8 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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