Neuro-Oncology Data Co-ordinator

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication

• To communicate effectively with all staff groups, using influencing and persuasion skills where there is reluctance, to ensure that complete data sets are provided.
• Be able to communicate any concerns with data collection or analysis with the Neuro-oncology Brain Injury Research Group leads.

Analytical Skills

• Use various data bases (including medical databases) and spreadsheets in order to manipulate and aid interpretation of data, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail, whilst working to tight deadlines to complete the data sets and produce reports.
• Analyze data to identify trends, discrepancies, or gaps, and generate reports to inform service improvements or research.

Planning and Organising Skills

Accountable for managing and prioritizing the day-to-day data workload to meet deadlines for audit cycles and research studies.

Maintain comprehensive data records for patients on complex care pathways involving multiple modalities.

Use independent judgement to prioritize tasks and escalate issues that may impact data accuracy.

Use initiative and set up, review and maintain office systems for data management.

Attend training and workshops as required and take responsibility for own personal development along with support from colleagues and line manager.

Responsibility for Policy/Service Development

• Review all systems pertaining to the data management workload making the necessary changes.
• Responsibility for continually devising, reviewing and updating the standard operating procedures for data collection within the programme.

Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources

Responsible for maintaining accurate data records, which may be used for future business cases and clinical audit but does not directly manage budgets.

Responsibility for Human Resources

This post holds no responsibility for supervising or managing team members.

Responsibility for Information Resources

• Collect and collate relevant data from a variety of sources including case notes / patient databases, to ensure data integrity, completeness and quality within all of the databases.
• Investigate any adverse data quality incidents
• Carry out quarterly audits along with regular audits identifying missing data points leading to action planning to ensure improved completion compliance.
• Lead on the maintenance of the Neuro-oncology database along with any development as needed.
• To troubleshoot any problems that arise and to resolve any issues in a timely fashion.
• The post holder will be expected to demonstrate excellent computer skills using Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Access. Prolonged concentration will be required for working with the Neuro-oncology database.

Responsibility for Research and Development

The collection and analysis of data will be used for research purposes.

Post-holder will be expected to be familiar with research governance related to data collection, handling and reporting

The post holder will also be expected to work closely with the clinical research division.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant qualification
• Years Experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Childrens Hospitals

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Employer's website

https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)