RTT Validator

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced RTT Validator to manage, monitor and validate 18-week RTT pathways. You will ensure PTL data accuracy, expedite treatments, and escalate breaches in collaboration with administrative teams across the Trust.

Responsibilities include data interpretation from medical records, CareFlow and EPR, plus Excel-based reporting. You will gain in-depth RTT knowledge and support across Surgery, Medicine and Women’s & Children’s services.

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 or equivalent
• Substantive experience in a Data Quality/Validation role
• NHS experience and understanding of RTT principles
• Able to articulate RTT concepts clearly

Responsibilities

• Interpret info from medical records and letters to judge RTT pathway status
• Validate, correct and update 18-week RTT pathway in CareFlow via EPR
• Analyze patient pathways from electronic notes and medical records
• Use Excel to interpret reports and create pivot tables
• Identify and investigate inaccuracies in CareFlow and raise queries as needed
• Develop expertise in 18-week RTT rules and Trust Access Policy
• Maintain knowledge across Surgery, Medicine and Women’s & Children’s Divisions

Skills

Excel

Data Validation

RTT Knowledge

NHS Experience

Communication

DBS Check

Education

NVQ 3

GCSE A-C

Tools

CareFlow

Fusion

Dragon Medical Workflow Manager

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Are you an experienced RTT Validator? Do you have experience managing and monitoring RTT Pathways?

The RTT Validator is responsible for proactively managing, monitoring and validating clinical pathways. The role ensures that patients waiting for treatment on an 18-week RTT pathway are validated and their treatment pathways are expedited in line with service and service expectations. The post holder manages the data held in the Patient Tracking List (PTL), ensuring it is accurate and up to date. They also ensure that all potential breaches of the target are escalated and managed appropriately by working closely with administrative teams withing the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Interpret the information from medical records, clinical letters and other Trust systems including CareFlow, Fusion and Dragon Medical Workflow Manager that contain patient information and clinical details to make a judgement on the true situation of the patients 18 RTT Pathway.

Validate, correct and update the patients 18-week RTT Pathway in CareFlow via the EPR and/or other areas of functionality using advanced functionality specific to the role-based access of an RTT Validator.

Analyse and make informed decisions regarding patient pathways and activities from viewing electronic clinical notes and medical record notes.

Understand Microsoft Excel to a higher level to be able to interpret reports that are provided to determine the themes of patient data validations, often within or creating Pivot tables.

Identify, amend and investigate inaccuracies within CareFlow on any part of the patient's pathway and/or waiting times and be able to assess when and where it is necessary to raise queries that require a higher level of validation.

Acquire a high level of expertise in 18-week RTT rules and guidance and the Trust's Access Policy.

Acquire and maintain knowledge within the three Divisions of Surgery, Medicine and Women's & Children's Services.

About us

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Job responsibilities

The job description covers the major tasks to be carried out and the level of responsibilities to which the post-holder will work.

Person Specification

NVQ 3

• GCSE A-C
• Substantive experience in a Data Quality/Validation role

IT

• Ability to collate data using Microsoft Excel
• Produce Graphs/Charts
• Use Microsoft Excel to a high level
• Use all microsoft applicants

Demonstrates understanding of RTT principles

• Previous experience with RTT
• NHS Experience
• Able to clearly articulate what RTT is

Approach

• Proactive in Approach
• Confident in communication verbal and IT

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.