CHIS Team Member

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Child Health Information services (CHIS) team member plays a key role in the Child Health function supporting the delivery of a high quality service to customers, in line with the Child Health Service Specification and the national Commissioning Intelligence Framework.

The post holder will be one of a team of CHIS team members who manage Child Health Information and work to provide high quality child health administration, data support and services for health care professionals within NHS England, Provider services, GP practices, Public health agencies, other outside agencies and parents.

The post requires inputting data and carrying out crucial data quality checks that support the Child Health service outputs and following systems that promote & support the continued development and improvement of data quality across Child Health services.

The role requires developing expertise in CHIS IT systems (CHISS) and providing support to the preparation and presentation of data and reports.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining up to date Child health data records and office systems to include post, filing, stock control, equipment maintenance and for ensuring Child Health data is effectively processed and quality assured in accordance with NHS policies and procedures to facilitate timely and accurate reporting of Child Health activity.

Most roles in SCW operate between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday, with the opportunity to cover an occasional Saturday morning shift 9am-12 noon.

*Please note, SCW staff that are in posts considered to be agile will not be expected to attend office space for general working but will be required on occasions to attend face to face meetings and collaborative working sessions that may require travel to their home base. SCW has offices based across England.

Interviews to be carried out via Microsoft Teams

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

• Patient First - Customer Excellence Excellent customer service skills; Team working skills; Self- motivated;
• Aspirational Communicating constructively; being flexible Listening, responding and delivering
• Collaborative Working well together; cooperating with and helping each other Communicating constructively; being flexible Listening, responding and delivering
• Insightful Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
• Respectful Ability to demonstrate and work within the SCW values. Particularly with respect to Trust, credibility and openness; sharing information directly, honestly and respectfully. Demonstrating respect to colleagues and customers.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of more than one computer system
• Good understanding of the Data Protection Act and patient confidentiality regulations.
• Experience of working within a Child Health information setting within the NHS
• Experience of data inputting and data quality work
• Experience of health service information systems and datasets

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

• Experience in Microsoft Office packages Excel and Word with intermediate keyboard skills
• Used to working in a busy environment
• Excellent administrative skills

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

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

NHS SCW CSU

Hybrid Working

Wiltshire

SN1 2JG

Employer's website

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