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Job summary

Main area
Referral to Treatment
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
264-6376645-COR
Employer
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kettering General Hospital
Town
Kettering
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

RTT Validator

Band 4

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Referral to Treatment (RTT) Validator.

As an RTT Validator you will be joining a small but busy team who are responsible for monitoring patient pathways, focusing on identifying and resolving data quality issues and ensuring that patients are treated as efficiently as possible.

If you like problem solving and have a keen eye for detail then this role is for you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for proactively monitoring and tracking 18 week pathways in order to ensure that patient journeys are processed in a timely and efficient manner in line with nationally and locally defined targets. You will ensure that data is validated throughout the patient journey and inputted correctly into local systems. You will monitor, report and track patient’s pathways, identifying and addressing potential breaches, data errors or pathway errors and escalating through the correct channels for remedial action. You will be expected to build relationships and engage staff, service users and partners where applicable and be a resource of RTT knowledge, ability and delivery.

Working for our organisation

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
 
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

For further information please contact Caitlin Hunter, RTT Validation Manager via email @ [email protected] or Karen Cooper RTT Manager via email : [email protected]    

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE level education or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Handling, extracting and interpreting complex and sensitive data, undertaking long periods of concentrated working with unpredictable interruptions
  • Experience of NHS Systems and applications, particularly CareFlow EPR
Desirable criteria
  • Expert knowledge of the Department of Health RTT rules and regulations, and working with and adhering to complex NHS Data Model and Dictionary definitions
  • Understanding a wide range of work procedures across different areas of the Organisation

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to analyse large volumes of complex data, with a repetitive nature
  • Assist in the identification of training requirements, based on analytical interpretation, and convey findings to line manager

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Caitlin Hunter
Job title
RTT Validation Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01536 491769
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