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Job summary

Main area
Data Quality
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working is available. We also work hybrid with 2or 3 days on site per week.)
Job ref
292-6403359-CORP
Employer
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Karo Park
Town
Harlow
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust logo

Head of Data Quality

NHS AfC: Band 8a

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts. 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.


 

Job overview

Are you capable of being the data quality technical expert for the organisation who will lead and the direct the Trust in achieving Data and Information Quality Assurance targets? 

Do you have experience in leading the organisations Data Quality meetings where advice and recommendations are provided to managers to help improve the data quality performance indicators.?

Can you maximise Trust income by supporting accurate, timely, comprehensive recording of data?

If so this could be the next step in your career...

Main duties of the job

This role provides data quality expertise and assurance across the organisation of approximately 3500 users at Princess Alexandra Hospital, associated sites, and authorised third parties.

One of the primary roles will be to work closely with senior clinical colleagues, operational managers, clinical directors as well as the executive to understand, document and prioritise data quality and information improvements.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification. Available to download at anytime. 

Person specification

Qulaifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree in numeric or scientific discipline
  • Leadership training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experienced in working within in NHS
  • Experienced in managing a team and budget
  • Able to evidence experience in project management

Skillset

Essential criteria
  • Communication with stakeholders from all areas of large organisation
  • Extensive knowledge of hospital data and systems
  • Attention to detail
  • Able to motivate and grow others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerDisability confident employerEssex Family Friendly EmployersNHS Rainbow badgeStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Justine Lazell
Job title
Head of data quality
Email address
[email protected]
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