Job summary
- Working in the Clinical Audit and Research Unit, the Cardiac Data Officer will manage the London Ambulance Survive (LAS) Cardiac Arrest Registry to a high standard through accurate data collection, input and quality assurance.
- The Cardiac Data Officer will be required to enter and analyse data relating to all people in London who have suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and have been treated by LAS clinicians. They will use this information to produce routine reports about clinical and operational performance which will be used by the LAS and other agencies to inform and enhancepatient care.
- The Cardiac Data Officer will also support cardiac-related clinical audit and research activities.
Main duties of the job
- Extract, input and verify data into the Cardiac Arrest Registry from the emergency 999 call log and patient records to include clinical, performance and operational information. Interpret recorded information to determine the care that was given to patients andtranslate cases where documentation is readily codeable.
- Merge information where more than one record exists for each patient.
- Utilise software to match defibrillator downloads to patient records and add to the registryinformation from the downloads accordingly
About us
We are the world's busiest emergency ambulance service, serving one of the most dynamic and diverse cities globally. We provide emergency and urgent healthcare that is free to patients at the time they receive it.
Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year.
We are the only NHS provider trust to serve the whole of London and the nine million people who live in, work in or visit the city.
We cover an area of 620sq miles and have more than 8,000 people who work or volunteer for us - rising to 10,000 when including bank staff and students.
We answer around two million 999 calls a year and our crews attend more than 3000 emergencies a day. Our 24-hour 111 integrated urgent care services London answer around two million calls a year.
We play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care in the capital and are striving to ensure patients receive the right response, in the right place, at the right time
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed list of roles and responsibilities please review the job description attached in the documents advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed list of roles and responsibilities please review the job description attached in the documents advert.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant area (science or social science) or evidence of academic ability to this level
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience and knowledge of writing and executing simple SQL queries
- Experience and knowledge of using Power BI to produce reports
- Demonstrable working knowledge of computer packages including and Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Email and Outlook
- Good time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to plan ahead to meet tight deadlines without compromising standards
- Able to write clear and concise reports and summarise information whilst retaining meaning
- Able to deliver formal and informal presentations
- Able to deal confidentially with personal and sensitive information
- Basic statistical skills; able to compute and interpret frequencies, percentages, averages, standard deviation and distributions, and display these as graphs and charts.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working confidently with large complex computerised data sets
Desirable
- Some basic clinical knowledge and/or knowledge of medical terminology acquired through work based training
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant area (science or social science) or evidence of academic ability to this level
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience and knowledge of writing and executing simple SQL queries
- Experience and knowledge of using Power BI to produce reports
- Demonstrable working knowledge of computer packages including and Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Email and Outlook
- Good time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to plan ahead to meet tight deadlines without compromising standards
- Able to write clear and concise reports and summarise information whilst retaining meaning
- Able to deliver formal and informal presentations
- Able to deal confidentially with personal and sensitive information
- Basic statistical skills; able to compute and interpret frequencies, percentages, averages, standard deviation and distributions, and display these as graphs and charts.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working confidently with large complex computerised data sets
Desirable
- Some basic clinical knowledge and/or knowledge of medical terminology acquired through work based training
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).
