Surgical Clinical Reviewer | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ipswich is seeking a surgical case reviewer to enhance patient care through data collection for the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. The successful candidate will collaborate with consultants and the multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality data entry and identifying clinical quality improvement opportunities. Competitive training and development, along with generous benefits, are offered for those passionate about patient care.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in data collection and entry for medical programs.
• Ability to work closely with healthcare professionals.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Collect and submit reliable data for surgery programs.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to identify improvement opportunities.
• Input data into ACS NSQIP database.

Skills

Data compilation

Documentation

Clinical quality improvement

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a surgical case reviewer at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

A surgical case reviewer is required by the department of General Surgery to collect data for the ACS (American College of Surgeons) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

This is a nationally validated, risk adjusted, outcomes based program to measure and improve the quality of surgical care. The programme has run very successfully in the USA since the mid 1980s and was started by the Department of Veteran Affairs.

The programme is designed to risk adjust on a patients severity of illness and compare them to a national average.

Today there are more than 700 hospitals participating in the programme and whilst most of these are in the USA , a small number have been accepted into the programme in the UK. It is a robust programme which will assist in improving the outcomes of the patients included in the data
collection.

In this role you will work closely with the consultant surgeons and the multidisciplinary team collecting data and inputting it into a database.

This is an important opportunity to really influence patient care and help to drive up the quality and improve patient outcomes.

You will collect and submit reliable data to the ACS (American College of Surgeons) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQUIP).

This is accomplished through high-quality data compilation, documentation and entry into the ACS NSQIP database of all eligible surgeries for the hospital.

You will also work closely with the members of the Department of Surgery to identify opportunities for clinical quality improvement and
implement special projects as identified. They work closely with the surgical champion to ensure objectives for the programme are met.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.




This advert closes on Thursday 14 Aug 2025