RTT Validation Clerk – Surgery (Fixed Term/Secondment)

NHS; Bangor; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly benefits

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (NHS) in Bangor is seeking a Band 3 Validation Clerk to provide RTT support to surgical teams and manage patient pathways using WPAS. The role is 37.5 hours per week and fixed term/secondment for 5 months, with potential extension.

Welsh language skills are desirable and NHS experience is preferred. The successful candidate will work to maintain data quality, support waiting lists, and ensure adherence to RTT guidelines.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English A-C or equivalent.
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Evidence of ongoing personal development.
• Strong IT skills in relation to Microsoft packages.
• Knowledge of PAS and other NHS databases.
• Understanding of RTT guidelines and pathway validation.
• Statutory Mandatory Training as per Health Board Policy.
• Understanding of Basic medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Provide focus on analysis of patient pathways to ensure PTL and waiting lists are clean and appropriate.
• Investigate and interrogate PAS systems to provide RTT status and correct errors.
• Extract patient demographics and validate/cleanse waiting lists per policy.
• Work as a team to validate patient cohorts.
• Provide advice and support to specialty pathway trackers for data quality issues.
• Use internal data tools to analyse and present information.
• Engage with patients as part of mapping their current pathway.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Organisational skills

IT skills (Microsoft Office)

Meet tight deadlines

Welsh language (desirable)

Education

GCSE Maths and English A-C

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Tools

PAS

WPAS

Health Board databases

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (NHS) in Bangor is seeking a Band 3 Validation Clerk to provide RTT support to surgical teams and manage patient pathways using WPAS. The role is 37.5 hours per week and fixed term/secondment for 5 months, with potential extension.

Welsh language skills are desirable and NHS experience is preferred. The successful candidate will work to maintain data quality, support waiting lists, and ensure adherence to RTT guidelines.