Job summary
The Clinical Data Officer is responsible for collecting clinical and operational information about people who have been treated by the Service.
Main duties of the job
The role requires collating, interpreting and analysing information from ambulance crew reports, which is used to produce reports detailing how effectively the Service is delivering care to patients and how we can improve our service.
About us
London Ambulance Service serves one of the worlds most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital every year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.
We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer, across London to respond to the health needs of over 8 million people who live, work and travel in the capital.
We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 STPs and NHS England for our specialist services.
As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the Clinical Data Officer are:
- Data interpretation
- Data entry
- Quality assurance of data
- Reporting
- Providing data for the national audit programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the Clinical Data Officer are:
- Data interpretation
- Data entry
- Quality assurance of data
- Reporting
- Providing data for the national audit programmes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant area (science or social science) or evidence of academic ability to this level
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with large complex computerised data sets.
Desirable
- Some basic clinical knowledge and/or knowledge of medical terminology acquired through work based training.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience and knowledge of the computer package MS Access to intermediate level. Able to design and make changes to the database and develop queries.
- Demonstrable working knowledge of computer packages including MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Working knowledge of computer packages to analyse data (such as MS Excel or SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)).
- Good level of keyboard skills that include the ability to enter information accurately and quickly
- Basic statistical skills; able to compute and interpret frequencies, distributions, percentages and display these as graphs and charts.
- Good time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to plan ahead to meet tight deadlines without compromising standards.
- Able to arrange meetings and co-ordinate attendance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant area (science or social science) or evidence of academic ability to this level
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with large complex computerised data sets.
Desirable
- Some basic clinical knowledge and/or knowledge of medical terminology acquired through work based training.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience and knowledge of the computer package MS Access to intermediate level. Able to design and make changes to the database and develop queries.
- Demonstrable working knowledge of computer packages including MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Working knowledge of computer packages to analyse data (such as MS Excel or SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)).
- Good level of keyboard skills that include the ability to enter information accurately and quickly
- Basic statistical skills; able to compute and interpret frequencies, distributions, percentages and display these as graphs and charts.
- Good time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to plan ahead to meet tight deadlines without compromising standards.
- Able to arrange meetings and co-ordinate attendance
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.
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.
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).
