Job summary
Delivery
of Cancer treatment is a priority for Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, as well
as nationally. This is an opportunity to be part of a team that places
patient care at its centre, working with the Clinical teams and managers to
support the cancer care throughout the organisation.
This
is a permanent role in the Corporate Cancer Team, with the focus on
maintaining high quality and accurate data quality for both internal and
external reporting for Cancer Waiting Times and COSD data. There is also a
strong project element to the work that the CCT team undertakes, and data
collection to support service improvement is an essential part of the role,
which also includes working with the MDT Cancer Tracking team, project
managers, business managers and Cancer Tri Team.
Working
with the Band 4 data assistant, the post holder will seek innovative and
efficient methods of supporting multiple strands of the exciting work going
on in the CCT into 2024.
Excellent
communication and organisational skills are essential, as well as ability to
understand and manipulate data from multiple sources
Main duties of the job
The
scope of this role has expanded as the benefits of such support within the
CCT have been realised. The postholder will work with the other members of
the team to deliver monthly data for the COSD National team, work with them
to ensure the accuracy of submissions and improve methods for collection,
whilst also helping to develop a more long-term sustainable plan.
The
post holder will link in with the MDT Tracking team, performing regular CWT
validation and supporting the team to identify learning and educational
requirements. Ensuring that referrals from other centres are received and
managed appropriately in weekly meetings with the referring organisations is
an integral part of the role.
Project
support and governance data will also form part of the workload of the
successful candidate.
About us
LTHT
offers one of the largest and most comprehensive cancer centres in the UK.
Whilst
Cancer prevalence is increasing, so are survival rates. Our goal is to
improve one and five year survival and to reduce the incidence of cancer
diagnosis via emergency presentation
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
provide targeted administrative support to collect, validate and analyse the
Cancer
Outcomes and Services Dataset (COSD), working with clinical teams across LTHT
to improve the quality of, and the depth of staging data. The post holder
will also be required to also provide data analysis support as part of the
health inequalities work stream.
The
post holder will be required to support the planning, delivery and assurance
of the COSD reports. This will require collaborative working as part of a
dynamic team and alongside the clinical leads to support delivery within the
existing resource, leading to efficiencies in processes and procedures across
all cancer pathways within LTHT. The post holder will support the Corporate
Cancer Team and the tumour site teams within LTHT in the review, redesign and
improvement of the COSD collection, to maximise the benefits of the service
with the aim of delivering improvements
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
provide targeted administrative support to collect, validate and analyse the
Cancer
Outcomes and Services Dataset (COSD), working with clinical teams across LTHT
to improve the quality of, and the depth of staging data. The post holder
will also be required to also provide data analysis support as part of the
health inequalities work stream.
The
post holder will be required to support the planning, delivery and assurance
of the COSD reports. This will require collaborative working as part of a
dynamic team and alongside the clinical leads to support delivery within the
existing resource, leading to efficiencies in processes and procedures across
all cancer pathways within LTHT. The post holder will support the Corporate
Cancer Team and the tumour site teams within LTHT in the review, redesign and
improvement of the COSD collection, to maximise the benefits of the service
with the aim of delivering improvements
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Honesty and the ability to recognise own mistakes and learn from them.
- Ability to organise, plan and manage own workload
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with colleagues in all areas of the role.
- Ability to respond to changing demands. Approachable and receptive.
- Excellent analytical and logical skills with flexibility and creativity in pre-empting and resolving problems
Desirable
- Ability to motivate and influence.
- Self-motivated with commitment to all elements of the role
- Willingness to be flexible.
- Able to deliver on competing priorities in a stressful environment
Additional requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary)
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- European Computer Driving License or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- IT/Management/Teaching Qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Diploma or equivalent level qualification/experience in a numerate/analytical discipline or with data management and analysis content or substantial experience in an NHS Information environment or sim
- Experience in the use of PPM or diabetes systems such as Twinkle and Diamond systems and /or other health related software and database systems
- Experience of data collection and analysis including procedures for consent
- Knowledge of data quality standards and the requirements of data confidentiality
- Knowledge of confidentiality and data protection issues relating to data collection.
- Technical expertise with high level of accuracy, including knowledge of Windows operating systems, productivity tools, skilled in the use of MS Access, Excel and other related packages
- Knowledge of evaluation, validation, audit and survey methodology.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills at all levels with the ability to communicate at a range of levels, engaging staff from 28 Units
- Excellent analytical and logical skills with flexibility and creativity in pre-empting and resolving problems using a range of accepted methodologies, funnel plots, pivot table programming etc
- Data interpretation and presentation skills to a wide variety of Senior internal and external stakeholders of the Network
- Ability to produce operational reports with reference to the data collected and disseminate appropriately. Able to pay attention to detail and to work methodically and accurately.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including relaying, interpreting and writing IT information in a wide variety of settings
- Ability to work on own initiative without close supervision and to work independently across a diverse and large health care community
- Positive attitude with ability to persuade, negotiate and motivate.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to respond to changing demands at short notice.
Desirable
- Project Management Skills
- Ability to develop systems to meet the networks requirements for activity monitoring and audit purposes
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Honesty and the ability to recognise own mistakes and learn from them.
- Ability to organise, plan and manage own workload
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with colleagues in all areas of the role.
- Ability to respond to changing demands. Approachable and receptive.
- Excellent analytical and logical skills with flexibility and creativity in pre-empting and resolving problems
Desirable
- Ability to motivate and influence.
- Self-motivated with commitment to all elements of the role
- Willingness to be flexible.
- Able to deliver on competing priorities in a stressful environment
Additional requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary)
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- European Computer Driving License or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- IT/Management/Teaching Qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Diploma or equivalent level qualification/experience in a numerate/analytical discipline or with data management and analysis content or substantial experience in an NHS Information environment or sim
- Experience in the use of PPM or diabetes systems such as Twinkle and Diamond systems and /or other health related software and database systems
- Experience of data collection and analysis including procedures for consent
- Knowledge of data quality standards and the requirements of data confidentiality
- Knowledge of confidentiality and data protection issues relating to data collection.
- Technical expertise with high level of accuracy, including knowledge of Windows operating systems, productivity tools, skilled in the use of MS Access, Excel and other related packages
- Knowledge of evaluation, validation, audit and survey methodology.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills at all levels with the ability to communicate at a range of levels, engaging staff from 28 Units
- Excellent analytical and logical skills with flexibility and creativity in pre-empting and resolving problems using a range of accepted methodologies, funnel plots, pivot table programming etc
- Data interpretation and presentation skills to a wide variety of Senior internal and external stakeholders of the Network
- Ability to produce operational reports with reference to the data collected and disseminate appropriately. Able to pay attention to detail and to work methodically and accurately.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including relaying, interpreting and writing IT information in a wide variety of settings
- Ability to work on own initiative without close supervision and to work independently across a diverse and large health care community
- Positive attitude with ability to persuade, negotiate and motivate.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to respond to changing demands at short notice.
Desirable
- Project Management Skills
- Ability to develop systems to meet the networks requirements for activity monitoring and audit purposes
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.
