Corporate Planned Care Validator

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is seeking enthusiastic validators for the Corporate Planned Care Team at King's Mill Hospital. The role involves validating patient tracking lists and ensuring data accuracy to support clinical services and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Essential: Educated to A level standard or equivalent.
• Desirable: Proven RTT Validation experience, MOST Excel Qualification.

Responsibilities

• Validate the Referral to Treatment (RTT) and DM01 diagnostic Patient Tracking Lists.
• Identify and correct pathway data errors using clinical systems.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Confidentiality

IT Skills

Education

A level standard or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated validators to join the Corporate Planned Care Team based at King's Mill Hospital.

The accuracy, timeliness, consistency, and relevance of data and information are vitally important for the Trust, not only to secure the correct income levels but also to inform decision-making regarding the future of clinical services and patient safety. Data produced by the Trust informs secondary users within the NHS, Government, and external bodies to produce statistics (such as standardised mortality rates) and monitor clinical outcomes and key quality indicators.

Role overview

This role will primarily involve validating the Referral to Treatment (RTT) and DM01 diagnostic Patient Tracking Lists (PTLs); identifying and correcting any pathway data errors using Careflow, Dragon, ORION, and other SFH clinical systems. The post holder will be logical in their approach and able to identify individual needs of patients to progress them through their care pathway.

Working pattern: 5 days per week, Monday to Friday, between 9:00 and 17:00.

Application call

Apply now to join our team!

Main duties

• Understand the role in more detail by referring to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role. Sherwood is nationally recognized as an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are proud of our 5,500 colleagues and were named the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

King's Mill Hospital received an Outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission, with Newark and Mansfield Community Hospitals rated Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the past three years, we've been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020, the third best in England among Acute/Community NHS Trusts.

We foster a supportive, inclusive environment that nurtures wellbeing and offers development opportunities. We care for our patients and our staff.

We would love you to join us.

Additional info

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Details

Date posted: 14 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 3

Salary: £24,625 to £25,674 per year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 214-CEN-7148637-A

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL

Job description & responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

• Flexible approach to working hours to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Essential: Educated to A level standard or equivalent.
• Desirable: Proven RTT Validation experience, MOST Excel Qualification.

Knowledge

• Experience working independently and collaboratively.
• Awareness of confidentiality in healthcare.
• IT skills/emails proficiency.

Further Training

• Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, advanced keyboard skills, numeracy, literacy, problem solving, accuracy, planning, analytical skills, communication, teamwork, confidentiality, resilience.

Experience

• Prolonged computer concentration, handling confidential info, dealing with sensitive issues.
• Desirable: Experience with Careflow PAS, healthcare environment, data entry, health information records.

Disclosure & Barring Service Check

This post requires a DBS check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.

Employer details

Name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL

Website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/