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RTT Validation
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR838-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich or Colchester
Town
Ipswich or Colchester
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Waiting List Validator

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

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

 

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well motivated individual to work with the Business Informatics Data Quality Team and RTT Validation team as a Waiting List Validator.

The role will have a focus on identifying and resolving data quality issues within our Patient Administration Systems Lorenzo and Careflow that will impact our new EPR Data Migration.

You will have extensive experience in working with Lorenzo and/or Care flow and knowledge of RTT and rereferrals management.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career. You will also have excellent communication skills with the ability to convey information in an easily understood way. 

Please note this is a site based role, you will either be based at Colchester or Ipswich Hospital.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. 

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for supporting the Data Quality Team & RTT Validation team to improve and maintain the data held on the Trust’s Patient Administration Systems. 

You will assist in regular checks of completeness and validity for key fields identified as a priority for the EPR data migration.  

 

Working for our organisation

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 that Time Matters to 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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to GCSE level, or equivalent
  • Competent in Microsoft office in particular Excel.
Desirable criteria
  • Other IM&T Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Using PAS, SCRa/NCRS and Evolve
  • Using spreadsheets, database and other MS Office applications
  • Inputting and manipulating data.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Data Quality
  • Working within the NHS
  • Extensive experience of using Careflow and/or Lorenzo

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Microsoft Office in particular Excel
  • Advanced data entry/keyboard skills
  • Understanding of Data Quality related issues
  • Understanding of RTT / Referrals Management
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Attention to detail
Desirable criteria
  • NHS Code of Confidentiality
  • NHS clinical processes.

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Name
David Arkle
Job title
RTT Performance Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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