Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated validator to join the Corporate Planned Care Team based at King's Mill Hospital.
The accuracy, timeliness, consistency and relevance of data and information are vitally important for the Trust, not only to secure the correct income levels but also to inform decision-making regarding the future of clinical services and patient safety. Data produced by the Trust informs secondary users within the NHS, Government and external bodies to produce statistics (such as standardised mortality rates) and monitor clinical outcomes and key quality indicators.
This role will primarily involve validating the Referral to Treatment (RTT) and DM01 diagnostic Patient Tracking Lists (PTLs); identifying and correcting any pathway data errors using Careflow, Dragon, ORION and a range of other SFH clinical systems. The post holder will be logical in their approach and able to identify individual needs of patients to progress them through their care pathway.
Working pattern will be 5 days per week; Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9.00 and 17.00.
Apply now to join our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to A level standard or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Proven RTT Validation experience
- MOST Excel Qualification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Experience of working independently and in a team orientated collaborative environment
- Awareness of the importance of confidentiality in a healthcare setting
- Competent IT skills/emails
Desirable
- Knowledge of RTT standards and guidance
Further Training
Essential
- Microsoft Office Applications including Word and Excel
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Good problem solving skills
- Methodical with strong attention to accuracy and detail
- Ability to work under own initiative to prioritise and plan workload
- Very strong analytical skills
- Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines
- Organised and logical approach
- Good written and verbal communication skills (e.g. ability to discuss/explain complex data issues with operational staff)
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with cross-functional teams
- Ability to ensure behaviour reflects values of the organisation
- Ability to work with sensitivity/tact, including a commitment to confidentiality
- Resilient and able to work in a pressurised environment to meet required deadlines
- An effective team member
Desirable
- Good data verification skills to ensure accuracy of data input
Experience
Essential
- The ability to concentrate for prolonged periods at a computer
- Able to demonstrate how to understand and maintain confidential information
- Dealing with confidential issues
Desirable
- Experience of Careflow PAS/hospital clinical systems
- Worked in a Health Care environment
- Working in data entry, data quality, health information or health care records experience
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to A level standard or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Proven RTT Validation experience
- MOST Excel Qualification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Experience of working independently and in a team orientated collaborative environment
- Awareness of the importance of confidentiality in a healthcare setting
- Competent IT skills/emails
Desirable
- Knowledge of RTT standards and guidance
Further Training
Essential
- Microsoft Office Applications including Word and Excel
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Good problem solving skills
- Methodical with strong attention to accuracy and detail
- Ability to work under own initiative to prioritise and plan workload
- Very strong analytical skills
- Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines
- Organised and logical approach
- Good written and verbal communication skills (e.g. ability to discuss/explain complex data issues with operational staff)
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with cross-functional teams
- Ability to ensure behaviour reflects values of the organisation
- Ability to work with sensitivity/tact, including a commitment to confidentiality
- Resilient and able to work in a pressurised environment to meet required deadlines
- An effective team member
Desirable
- Good data verification skills to ensure accuracy of data input
Experience
Essential
- The ability to concentrate for prolonged periods at a computer
- Able to demonstrate how to understand and maintain confidential information
- Dealing with confidential issues
Desirable
- Experience of Careflow PAS/hospital clinical systems
- Worked in a Health Care environment
- Working in data entry, data quality, health information or health care records experience
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.
