Data Administrator - Neonatal Service

Job description

Job responsibilities

The key job responsibilities for this role are:

Liaise with consultants, senior doctors and nurses to provide operational, financial and governance support that ensures quality, accurate and timely input of data for capture of income and local and national benchmarking.

To organise the retrieval and collection of data from case notes, databases, clinical staff members and other sources as appropriate for completeness of patient episodes.

To maintain a robust and sustainable process is in place for data collection across the units that ensures all income is captured.

Audit and review admission pathways onto Neonatal units at City and QMC campus, ensuring all patients are captured onto Badger Net and have process in place that helps improve quality and timeliness of data input and storage on a database.

To validate patient activity/data information across various computerised database systems with subsequent updating, maintenance and statistical analysis of these systems.

To statistically analyse, present and report data for monthly Divisional performance and other departments using a variety of software applications including Microsoft Excel, Unity, Medway Maternity and BadgerNet.

To support audit projects with data requested internally and externally as appropriate.

To develop and maintain a basic knowledge of the Neonatal Intensive care and the major conditions and categories and interventions.

To liaise with other departments both within the Trust and as part of the Trent Perinatal Network where appropriate e.g. service departments and other clinical specialities.

To produce reports for internal and external organisations with regard to clinical governance.

To be responsible for maintaining an accurate and up to date knowledge of all national guidelines and standards relating to Neonatal specialty and ensuring that the service are working to achieve them.

To facilitate staff usage of internal database.

The successful applicant will have extensive and demonstrable knowledge of IT software programmes including all Microsoft applications. They will have a good understanding of data management and previous experience of managing datasets.

The post holder will be an enthusiastic and conscientious team player and be able to work under pressure with excellent time management and organisational skills. They will have an eye for detail and able to stick to deadlines. They will be expected to work on their own initiative ensuring the team is supported and is running smoothly and efficiently.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCSE level with grade C or above in English and Maths
• ICT qualification or equivalent work based experience evidenced on application experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with Microsoft Excel i.e producing charts, utilising pivot tables, lookup formula's etc.
• Experience of collating information from a number of sources to contribute to reports

Desirable

• Experience taking minutes for meetings
• Experience using hospital systems such as Medway, Notis,

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels
• Able to communicate confidently and effectively with clarity and precision with all levels of staff and public at all times

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• Excellent practical analytical and numerical skills
• Ability to deal logically with quite complex issues, and deal with these in a professional manner.

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise, change priorities at short notice and lead the team to achieve goals, reports and targets in a timely manner
• Demonstrates an ability to organise own work schedule

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Nottingham City Hospital Campus

Hucknall Road

Nottingham

NG5 1PB

Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)