Job summary
- Main area
- Data Quality
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 18 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6406511
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Apprentice Data Quality Officer
Band 3
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Data Quality Team as an Apprentice Data Quality Officer. This post will provide support in identifying and correcting erroneous and incomplete data in order to maximise the quality of the data on the Trusts Patient Administration System. You will assist in ensuring data quality issues are resolved in a timely fashion, liaising with other departments within the Trust when necessary.
Main duties of the job
Based at Stepping Hill Hospital and working within the Data Quality Team the post holder will investigate and respond to a variety of data quality issues, ensuring the trust data is of a high standard. The role will require you to provide advice to staff to improve the data quality by encouraging them to amend and correct inaccurate and missing information.
You will need to have an interest in data and a keen eye for detail, plus the ability to deliver work to required standards and timescales. Having excellent communications skills to engage with a wide range of staff, you will be proactive and methodical, working logically with great attention to detail and be tenacious in resolving problems.
You will join a friendly and dedicated Data Quality team committed to delivering a high quality and responsive service to the Trust.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the role please refer to the Job Description/Person Specification attached.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Maths or equivalent (grade 4, C, or above) (E) or Functional Skills Level 2
Desirable criteria
- Microsoft Office Qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of the importance of data quality
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in using Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Experience of working, sometimes under pressure, to meet deadlines
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify data errors and correct them
- Good written and verbal communication skills, via telephone or face to face
- Enquiring mind, with an enthusiasm for resolving queries
Desirable criteria
- Experience of extracting and validating data from a variety of computer systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Baker
- Job title
- Lead Analyst Data Quality
- Email address
- [email protected]
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