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Job overview

We are looking for an experienced Data Officer to work within the Sexual Health Service  to collect, retrieve and analyze patient data and produce key data and information reports which will help us to monitor our patient activity and performance.

We are looking for someone with advanced knowledge of excel and other computer systems and with a keen interest in data and how it can be used to support and improve health care services.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for extracting, downloading and submitting data from the Lilie/HARS database systems via agreed procedures and ensure any data errors flagged up as part of this process are resolved.

Work closely with consultants and clinical staff to reduce the occurrence of missing data and improve data quality.  

To compare database information with data from clinical records and seek the advice of senior medical staff where the reasons for discrepancy cannot be identified. 

To work on solutions to ensure that data coded across the service is accurate and create solutions and efficiencies in reporting requirements where possible.

To identify and create ways in which our service data can be used to look at overall service performance and analyzed to understand areas for improvement. 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.