Data Validation Assistant

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Data Validator to join their Vascular & GI Surgery Team. The role involves reviewing patient pathways and ensuring compliance with treatment policies. Candidates should have NHS experience, proficiency in Excel, and a strong attention to detail. This position plays a vital role in maintaining high-quality data in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• NHS experience required.
• Experience of working under pressure.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Packages, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Download and validate performance reports.
• Complete monthly data validation tasks.
• Check and clear up uncashed outpatient appointments.
• Verify patient's care pathways.
• Assist staff in using Lorenzo.

Skills

Attention to detail

Proactive problem-solving

Microsoft Excel

Understanding of patient pathways

Education

Achieved Grades C or above or relevant experience

Tools

PAS system

Job description

Overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Vascular & GI Surgery Team at Southmead Hospital as a Data Validator. We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and hardworking person to join our Data Validation team under the guidance and supervision of the Data Validation & Performance Lead. You will be expected to review and validate patient pathways, ensuring compliance with local and national policies around the 18 weeks Referral to Treatment pathways (RTT). This role is instrumental in maintaining good quality and accurate data and requires excellent attention to detail, and a proactive approach to identifying and solving pathway data quality issues.

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Main duties of the job

• To regularly download and validate reports on the department’s performance provided by information management.
• To assist in the completion of data validation tasks on a monthly basis.
• To regularly check and clear up uncashed outpatient appointments.
• To regularly check and clear up admission dates in the past.
• To regularly check the care of patients whose waiting times have exceeded targets to verify that information has been recorded correctly and to facilitate further care where needed.
• To check care pathways where information has been recorded as missing and obtain the required information.
• To assist staff in the department in the use of Lorenzo to prevent data quality issues arising.

Working for our organisation

NBT Cares. It’s a very simple statement; one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care. NBT Cares is also an acronym, standing for caring, ambitious, respectful and supportive – our organisational values. Our NBT Cares values are underpinned by our positive behaviours framework – a framework that provides clear guidance on how colleagues can work with one another in a constructive and supportive way.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To assist with other data quality and validation issues facing the department, as required. To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To assist in the training of new members of staff in the department, as required.
• To work flexibly according to the needs of the service, including cover for colleagues during periods of leave.
• To work with colleagues to appropriately manage the office environment, including resource management in terms of stationery and general office upkeep.
• To ensure Surgery Specialty policies are implemented within own work area and to contribute to suggested changes as required.
• To ensure compliance with a range of Trust policies, including Health & Safety, Infection Control, Confidentiality, Data Protection, Sickness Absence and Risk Assessment.
• Such other reasonable duties, appropriate to the Grade, as agreed between the post holder and manager from time to time.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Education - Achieved Grades C or above or have relevant experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience and Knowledge of PAS system

Experience

Essential criteria

• NHS experience
• Experience of working under pressure
• Experience working with Microsoft Packages, mostly Excel

Desirable criteria

• Understanding and consistent application of NBT’s Patients Access Policy
• Showing ability to use own initiative

Please note that if you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance. If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel [phone]. North Bristol NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments. At North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people. Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.