Database Administrator-Hepatology

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Database Administrator for their Hepatology Team in Stevenage. The role involves managing patient data for the Liver Surveillance registry and requires experience in clinical trial administration. Candidates should possess good organizational skills and be familiar with patient information systems. Flexible working patterns are offered to support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical trial administration including data management.
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• Understanding of medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Identify patients that should be on the LSP.
• Ensure named patients are added to the Eclipse portal.
• Contact patients lost to follow-up to support their return.

Skills

Good organisational skills

Good oral and written communication skills

Education

Diploma or equivalent and/or relevant research experience

Tools

Patient information systems

Job description

Go back East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Database Administrator-Hepatology

The closing date is 20 October 2025

We are recruiting for a Database Administration- Hepatologywho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Hepatology Team at the East and North Herts NHS Trust for a 12-month period based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The post involves working alongside the Liver Specialist Nurses, Consultants and PA's to support the hepatology team to fulfil the national requirement for a robust Liver Surveillance registry.

The EoE Cancer Alliances have worked collaboratively with Eclipse and the NHS Cancer Programme National Team to create a live interactive database to support the LSP across the EoE Region by creating additional functionality into Eclipse database.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The Database Administration will identify patients that should be on the LSP that are not currently listed, including those that have failed to attend and / or are lost to follow-up.

To populate the mandatory field template in relation to the Eclipse portal to ensure the named patient has been added to the portal with all relevant details.

To work with the hepatobiliary service to ensure all patients that should be listed on the LSP registry are added appropriately.

The successful candidate will have the ability to access local hospital patient administration systems and data to identify appropriate patients.

To add newly identified patients to LSP as identified by the local service.

To contact patients that are lost to follow-up or disengaged with LSP and support them back into the surveillance programme.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• Diploma or equivalent and /or relevant research experience.
• Relevant training courses in clinical research

Previous Experience

• Experience in clinical trial administration including data management.
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of staff supervision.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the clinical trials process.
• Familiar with GCP guidelines/EU directives.
• Understanding of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of patient information systems.

Skills

• Good organisational skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Understanding of case report forms.

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 name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust