Job overview

To support the Neurology Divisional Team to :-

• Ensure the delivery of RTT performance.
• Validation of data on the iCS PAS Patient Administration System) to maintain and ensure the quality and content of data held.
• Input and process information in accordance with RTT procedures.
• Provide advice & guidance re patient pathways and RTT rules to all Trust employees.

Provide support and guidance around Data Quality

Main duties of the job

• Daily validation and correction of RTT clock stops to ensure correct data entry , comparing data provided by the information department against data input onto the PAS system.
• Daily validation and correction of patients added to all of the Trust waiting lists

• Validation & audit of referrals added to PAS  ensuring correct data entry including IPTAMDS  
• Validation of Performance prior to submission.
• Retrieve and review patient case notes/correspondence to ascertain correct patient pathway information. Removing and re-entering data as appropriate
• Provide advice and guidance to admin & clerical staff re patient pathways and RTT rules.
• Liaise with Satellite secretaries to obtain RTT data outcomes and input onto PAS.
• Run the following reports from PAS, validate and action as required:

           Closed RTT Pathways

                 Open Pathways – Referral Closed

                 Admissions over a period

• Attend weekly Assurance Meeting
• Obtain IPTAMDS (Inter Provide Transfer Administrative Minimum Data Set) information form, from other providers as required.
• Participate in changes to working practice, system functionality, policies and  procedures when required
• Software testing of new systems and functionalities as and when required.
• Support the Divisional team on an adhoc basis

Working for our organisation

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.