Intensive Care Audit Coordinator

Whittington Health NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Audit Co-ordinator at Whittington Health NHS Trust leads ICNARC data collection within the Critical Care Unit, inputting patient data daily into a secure online system and producing required national reports. This role supports timely data submission and monthly/quarterly reporting for the unit.

The position also provides administrative support for the Follow Up Clinic, including minute taking, scheduling, and liaising with ICNARC, Critical Care Consultants and Nurse Leads to resolve data

Responsibilities

• Daily collection and processing of physiological Critical Care patients' data to comply with ICNARC protocols and audits.
• Inputting clinical data into a secure online platform for all admitted Critical Care patients.
• Minute taking and meeting coordination for Critical Care Department and Deteriorating Patient.
• Administration for Follow Up Clinic and related general Critical Care administration duties.

Job description

The Audit Co‑Ordinator is primarily responsible for the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) data collection. This involves the daily collection and classification of patient's clinical data and demographics and uploading this data to online database platform. This involves being responsible for collating national mandated monthly and quarterly reports. The post holder will be working in a clinical environment within the Critical care Unit, which involves collecting data at the patient's bedspace. The critical care unit cares for the sickest patients in the hospital and supports their friends and relatives during their admission.

The post holder will be fully trained and supported by the clinical team in Critical Care, the post holder will be expected to manage this data, liaising with both ICNARC, Critical Care Consultants and Nurse Leads. The post holder will be expected to run monthly reports for unit and for areas outside of Critical Care, daily review of patient records within Critical Care to ensure data collection is completed in a timely manner and liaising with other hospitals sites for up-to-date data of transferred patients.

As well as the audit responsibility, the post holder will be the lead administrator for the Critical Care Follow Up Clinic and general Critical Care administration duties, including minute taking.

Main duties of the job

Audit and data collection

Daily collection and processing of physiological Critical Care patients' data to comply with ICNARC protocols and audits. Inputting clinical data into an secure online platform of all admitted Critical Care patients, this requires high level attention to detail and robust data cleansing.

Minute taking and meeting coordination for Critical Care Department and Deteriorating Patient

In conjunction with the Critical Care Team, coordinate regular unit meetings such as clinical governance and Mortality and Morbidity meetings and staff meetings.

Administration for Follow Up Clinic

Work with follow up team to identify and enter spreadsheet potential patients for follow up clinic monthly.

When patients identified - send letters to all patients once discharged from hospital.

Following invite letter, to telephone patients and discuss dates for clinic using spreadsheet.

It is the aim of the Trust to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less than favorable treatment on grounds of sex, marital and civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, color, creed, religion or belief, physical disability, mental health, learning difficulty, age or sexual orientation and is not placed at a disadvantage by conditions or requirements that cannot be shown to be justifiable. To this end the Trust has an equal opportunities policy and it is for each employee to contribute to its success. The hospital has a single equality scheme, which underpins its duty to promote equality. You can access a copy of the scheme on the trust's website.