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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Validation Team within the Central Booking department at Salisbury Foundation Trust, as a band 3 Validation Coordinator.

The successful candidate will join the Central Booking team, working within the smaller validation team within the department, and will be responsible for undertaking and supporting validation and administrative tasks across Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust to support a high quality service to Trust Executives, Divisional Managers, clinicians and other stakeholders ensuring accurate information is held in Trust wide systems to support the delivery of high quality and safe services to patients and the submission of accurate and timely reporting.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining records, entering accurate data into Lorenzo, the Trust Electronic Patient Record, and amending patient pathways and records as appropriate as part of the administration and validation of clinical pathways. This will be undertaken by investigating pathways and outcomes using various clinical systems across the Trust and the post holder will maintain effective relationships with stakeholders using these to ensure the role supports the validation process within the waiting list function.

We are looking for evidence of team working as well as the ability to work independently. Someone who can maintain effective relationships with colleagues across the organisation. Exceptional organisational skills and an ability to focus on, and pay close attention to detail, is essential to this role where long periods of investigative work and concentration are required.

The candidate must have excellent communication skills and have experience in an administrative role. Experience with Excel is also key.

The department is a busy but friendly department and has a strong team environment, with staff needing to cross cover and support each other.

The post is for 37.5 hours a week and the department is open from 0800 - 1800 daily but days and hours can be negotiated with the successful applicant to fit in with the service

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk