Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen as a permanent Band 4 TARN coordinator,
within the Emergency Department working closely with a multi-disciplinary team
(MDT) through the patients Trauma Pathway. This MDT also works closely with the
South West Surrey Trauma Network. You will work
closely with a wide variety of staff to help the trauma office and network in
its aim to provide the very best care to patients with major trauma.
Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) is a collaboration formed of
hospitals from all over England, Wales, Ireland and other parts of Europe.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a confident individual with a strong administration
background with intermediate skills on all Microsoft office applications and
preferably with experience of medical terminology and knowledge of NHS England.
We require good attention to detail skills and accuracy skills in
transposing clinical data from internal sources into the TARN database.
If you are looking for a new and exciting challenge with the opportunity
to contribute to this important research network we would like to hear from
you.
About us
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.
Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.
There has never been a better time to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trauma Audit &
Research Network (TARN) has been working with NHS Trusts across England and
Wales for 20 years to improve emergency health care systems by collating and
analysing trauma patient care data within each Trust. The registry of more than
250,000 injured patients provides a statistical base to support clinical audit
and as a source of information is used to support trauma service improvement.
TARN produces quarterly comparative reports for participating hospitals. These
aid multi-specialty clinical case review and system of trauma care evaluation.
The post holder will be based at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will be
responsible for the provision of timely, accurate and reliable data on behalf
of South West London and Surrey Major Trauma Network and Royal Surrey NHS NHS
Trust to the TARN. As a member of the TARN data team, you will ensure delivery
of the team objectives in capturing all patient data within specified time
periods. This will involve locating patient notes and collecting them for the
TARN submission process, whilst ensuring no disruption to clinical or other
teams in areas where the patients notes may also be required. This will entail
a good level of organisation to make the process most efficient and minimise down
time for the TARN team. The post will involve the identification, using the
TARN inclusion criteria, and subsequent completion of data submissions via the
Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system.
The post holder will be
based at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will be responsible for the provision
of timely, accurate and reliable data on behalf of South West London and Surrey
Major Trauma Network and Royal Surrey NHS NHS Trust to the TARN.
Please see the attached job description for full
details the successful candidate will be required to undertake.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trauma Audit &
Research Network (TARN) has been working with NHS Trusts across England and
Wales for 20 years to improve emergency health care systems by collating and
analysing trauma patient care data within each Trust. The registry of more than
250,000 injured patients provides a statistical base to support clinical audit
and as a source of information is used to support trauma service improvement.
TARN produces quarterly comparative reports for participating hospitals. These
aid multi-specialty clinical case review and system of trauma care evaluation.
The post holder will be based at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will be
responsible for the provision of timely, accurate and reliable data on behalf
of South West London and Surrey Major Trauma Network and Royal Surrey NHS NHS
Trust to the TARN. As a member of the TARN data team, you will ensure delivery
of the team objectives in capturing all patient data within specified time
periods. This will involve locating patient notes and collecting them for the
TARN submission process, whilst ensuring no disruption to clinical or other
teams in areas where the patients notes may also be required. This will entail
a good level of organisation to make the process most efficient and minimise down
time for the TARN team. The post will involve the identification, using the
TARN inclusion criteria, and subsequent completion of data submissions via the
Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system.
The post holder will be
based at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will be responsible for the provision
of timely, accurate and reliable data on behalf of South West London and Surrey
Major Trauma Network and Royal Surrey NHS NHS Trust to the TARN.
Please see the attached job description for full
details the successful candidate will be required to undertake.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Experience, Skills & Capabilities
Desirable
- Knowledge of Audit, acquired through postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Analytical Skills Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Forward planning, an ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long term timeframes.
- Excellent Communication skills, negotiation skills, influencing skills.
- Project Management skills e.g. prioritising, planning, adapting plans, resource planning.
- Management Skills and leadership skills. Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- IT Skills, Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills and any databases of information.
- Equality and Diversity Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 4 or equivalent standard of education and experience.
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent standard of education and experience of clinical audit IT qualification.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Experience, Skills & Capabilities
Desirable
- Knowledge of Audit, acquired through postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Analytical Skills Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Forward planning, an ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long term timeframes.
- Excellent Communication skills, negotiation skills, influencing skills.
- Project Management skills e.g. prioritising, planning, adapting plans, resource planning.
- Management Skills and leadership skills. Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- IT Skills, Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills and any databases of information.
- Equality and Diversity Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 4 or equivalent standard of education and experience.
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent standard of education and experience of clinical audit IT qualification.
