IPC Data & Quality Coordinator

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Wideopen; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days + public holidays

NHS pension scheme

Salary progression

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking an IPC Data Administrator to support the Infection Prevention and Control Team. You will input surveillance data, maintain electronic records, and ensure data integrity across information systems used to monitor infection trends.

The role emphasizes data quality, timely entry, and collaboration with data providers. It is a fixed-term post until March 2027 within the IPC unit and offers NHS benefits.

Qualifications

• Academic qualifications that require numerical and technical content, e.g. ECDL.
• Experience working in an information/statistics environment.
• Knowledge of NHS data definitions, information standards and policies.

Responsibilities

• Update and interrogate departmental patient-based data capture and collection systems.
• Liaise with data providers and resolve data queries and quality issues.
• Provide data quality monitoring and operational management reports to end users.
• Understand National Validation Error Rules and follow NHS Lanarkshire processes to resolve errors.

Skills

Numerical skills

Data entry

Data quality monitoring

Communication skills

Education

ECDL or equivalent

Statistics environment training

Job description

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking an IPC Data Administrator to support the Infection Prevention and Control Team. You will input surveillance data, maintain electronic records, and ensure data integrity across information systems used to monitor infection trends.

The role emphasizes data quality, timely entry, and collaboration with data providers. It is a fixed-term post until March 2027 within the IPC unit and offers NHS benefits.