CHIS Team Member

NHS; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health services organization in the East Midlands seeks a CHIS Team Member to ensure data quality and provide administrative support to Child Health Information Services. Ideal candidates should possess excellent communication and IT skills and be able to work independently. The role is hybrid, involving data entry and liaising with health professionals, with occasional site visits.

Qualifications

• Experience of data inputting and data quality work.
• Experience of working in a Child Health Information setting.
• Good understanding of the Data Protection Act.

Responsibilities

• Input data and perform quality checks for Child Health Information.
• Record births and create new referrals to Health Visiting Services.
• Liaise with stakeholders like GP's and Health Care Professionals.

Skills

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Organisational skills

IT literacy

Ability to prioritise workload

Education

Good level of education including GCSE English and Mathematics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Overview

Go back NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

CHIS Team Member

The closing date is 15 October 2025

*PREVIOUS UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS PLEASE DO NOT APPLY*

It's a time of change for all six teams in East Midlands and the ideal candidate will embrace change whilst contributing to better ways of working as the separate geographical teams move to working together more closely as a region. The ideal candidates will demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and possess organisational and IT literacy skills. We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, use their own initiative and are organised with a desire to support colleagues and resolve issues. Candidates will need to demonstrate the ability to prioritise their own workload and work unsupervised. The ability to build and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and customers is essential. An essential part of the role is quality data entry and data validation. Most roles in SCW operate between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday, with some roles having a requirement 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 may be required on occasions to attend face to face meetings and collaborative working sessions that may require travel to a SCW base.*Interviews to be conducted on Microsoft TEAMS

This role can be delivered in a flexible hybrid way with any travel, site visits or meetings arranged by agreement on a very occasional basis.

Main duties

• The post requires inputting data and carrying out crucial data quality checks that support the Child Health Information Service outputs.
• Following systems that promote and support the continued development and improvement of data quality across Child Health Services.
• To accurately record births and create new referrals to Health Visiting Services.
• To liaise with stakeholders such as GP's and Health Care Professionals.
• To accurately record immunisation and screening data for 0-19 year olds.

About us

The East Midlands CHIS joined SCW in December 2023 and is seeking several Team Members to join us. Our Child Health Information Service (CHIS) brings benefits to children in Nottingham City and County, Lincolnshire, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire. An outstanding opportunity has arisen for highly motivated people to join our friendly and busy Child Health Information Service, to provide data quality and administrative support.

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This role has been assessed against the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker visa, we regret to inform you that we will be unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship due to the post being ineligible because the role does not meet the necessary salary thresholds.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

• 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.

Education

• Good level of education including GCSE English and Mathematics or equivalent.

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of more than one relevant 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

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

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit