Data Administrator - Neonatal

East and North Herts NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are recruiting for a Data Administrator - Neonatal who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is an exciting post , the post holder is a key member of the neonatal team and plays an important role in all aspects of data collection and audit.

The neonatal unit supports professional development and innovative working.

The role will be ensuring accurate and high quality neonatal data collection and reporting for the service.

Data collection is required for commissioning purposes for the service as well as ensuring the requirements are met for both local and national standards.

You will lead on all aspects of neonatal data entry, data entry completeness, collection and data quality checks.

You will provide a coordinated approach to data collection within the neonatal unit, ensuring the unit achieves accurate, reliable computerised records of patient levels of care and unit activity level data.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The Data Administrator will have responsibility for the monitoring of data standard and collation of clinical data to support the unit's local and national compliance.

The successful candidate will be the Neonatal Unit Badgernet Lead and provide a link with the national Badgernet team. You will attend the National Badgernet user group meetings and represent the unit at this forum.

Assist in the entry of patient details onto the Badgernet neonatal data system regarding admissions, discharges and the daily cot activity information.

The post holder will support the neonatal team in maintaining contemporaneous data entries onto the Badgernet neonatal data system.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

361-6587379

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Educated at A level standard or professional experience
  • Previous knowledge of medical terminology

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Previous information/data management experience
  • Experience in interpreting clinical data
  • Experience in all aspects of Microsoft windows application
  • Good verbal and written communications skills
  • Ability to work closely with all grades of staff

Desirable

  • Previous employment within the NHS within a hospital environment or other related experience
  • Experience in the use of Neonatal Badgernet and its reporting functions

Skills

Essential

  • Good IT skills
  • Experience in extracting and interpreting clinical information from clinical records
  • Accuracy in verbal communication and in written documentation
  • Ability to prioritise work and demonstrate organisational and time management skills

Desirable

  • The use of Trust and Badgernet neonatal data system
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft office
  • Ability to collate, analyse and present accurate data

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and Information Governance
  • Knowledge and understanding of the neonatal data requirements
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Experience in the storage and retrieval of hospital records

Desirable

  • Good working knowledge of the regulatory guidance for neonatal services. British Association of Perinatal Medicine and National Neonatal Audit Programme
  • Working knowledge of Trust Patient Administration Systems and Maternity data system

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Flexible/adaptable
  • Ability to work independently and within the multidisciplinary team
  • Strong attention to detail
Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Educated at A level standard or professional experience
  • Previous knowledge of medical terminology

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Previous information/data management experience
  • Experience in interpreting clinical data
  • Experience in all aspects of Microsoft windows application
  • Good verbal and written communications skills
  • Ability to work closely with all grades of staff

Desirable

  • Previous employment within the NHS within a hospital environment or other related experience
  • Experience in the use of Neonatal Badgernet and its reporting functions

Skills

Essential

  • Good IT skills
  • Experience in extracting and interpreting clinical information from clinical records
  • Accuracy in verbal communication and in written documentation
  • Ability to prioritise work and demonstrate organisational and time management skills

Desirable

  • The use of Trust and Badgernet neonatal data system
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft office
  • Ability to collate, analyse and present accurate data

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and Information Governance
  • Knowledge and understanding of the neonatal data requirements
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Experience in the storage and retrieval of hospital records

Desirable

  • Good working knowledge of the regulatory guidance for neonatal services. British Association of Perinatal Medicine and National Neonatal Audit Programme
  • Working knowledge of Trust Patient Administration Systems and Maternity data system

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Flexible/adaptable
  • Ability to work independently and within the multidisciplinary team
  • Strong attention to detail

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

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Development Nurse

Caroline Chiutare

c.chiutare@nhs.net

01438284125

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

361-6587379

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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