Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-7450-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/05/2024
Employer heading
Cancer Waits Coordinator/Data Quality Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Haematology Department as Cancer Waits Coordinator and Data Quality Co-ordinator.
The role will be split with 3 days focussed on cancer tracking and 2 days focussed on data quality.
The successful candidate must possess a demonstratable knowledge of Referral to Treatment (RTT), managing patient pathways, a good knowledge of Lorenzo and ideally Infoflex, and a good understanding of the RTT and Cancer Waits targets. We are seeking a highly organised individual with excellent attention to detail, good communication skills, and the ability to work at pace to complete tasks in a timely manner.
The post holder must be able to manage their time and workload accordingly to ensure that both aspects of the role are covered each week as well as attending meetings and meeting deadlines.
Main duties of the job
Cancer Waits Coordinator - ensure accurate and timely data collection, identify potential breaches, investigate and provide analysis on cancer pathways, complete validation reports, provide cancer tracking duties.
Data Quality Coordinator - tracking and progressing patients on open pathways, identify data quality trends/issues and support training of staff to address the issues, validate pathways and correct errors, complete validation reports.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
You are encouraged to contact the hiring manager for further details about the role and/or department.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Mathematics Grade A-C (4-9) or equivalent qualification/experience.
- IT qualification NVQ 3 (or equivalent demonstrable experience in learning, using different systems/applications to obtain and input data)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a cancer waits co-ordinator within the NHS.
- Experience of handling and interpreting reports
- Experience of dealing with and validating patient pathways and a knowledge of Cancer Wait Times and Targets.
- Demonstrable experience of using, interpreting, and acting up on the Trust’s data error reports and using these to improve data quality.
- Experience of using the trusts computer systems, in particular Lorenzo.
- Relevant NHS experience or of working in a health care environment.
- Experience of training staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience as a cancer waits co-ordinator within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
- Competent in using database packages.
- Experience of Infoflex (cancer tracking software) or similar data capture system
- Experience of working in a medical specialty or with cancer data collection
- Experience of the following IT systems: G2, ChemoCare, Infoflex, DGH PAS systems, Chemotherapy scheduling tools, Aria, ICE Open Exeter, Ormis, Summary Care Record, Medical Imaging, and Pinpoint
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to accurately transfer data from one medium to another
- Methodical and accurate with attention to detail
- Ability to maintain an electronic database
- Ability to work to agreed quality standards
- Ability to meet deadlines and work within time constraints
- Ability to manage own workload
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to work using initiative and without supervision
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- Adaptable approach to work
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Commitment to personal training and development
- Ability to work with clinicians in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Interest in developing role and looking for opportunities to improve working practices
- Knowledge of Cancer Targets
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Trust policies
- Knowledge of Haematological conditions and terminology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Oliver Bostock
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 271 2262
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