Data Quality Coordinator | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Prescot, L35 5DR |
| Company: | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6031869/409-6031869 |
Summary
Mersey & West Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL) is one of the leading acute Trusts in the Northwest of England. An independent assessment by the HSJ supported by NHS Employers has rated MWL in the top 100 places to work in the country. Our Pathology Directorate provides a comprehensive service to the community and our acute hospitals serving a population in excess of 600,000.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced data, quality, and facilities co-ordinator to join our friendly and enthusiastic team, supporting the Haematology & Transfusion section of the Pathology department of Mersey & West Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust.
Applications are invited from highly motivated, flexible, passionate individuals who are comfortable working in a clinical laboratory environment. The successful candidate will be a strong team player who is also able to work independently and is fully committed to patient care; you will have excellent IT and keyboard skills which will enable you to perform with speed and accuracy in a demanding and changing environment. The post is challenging and the IT and quality systems that you will be supporting are complex and varied.
A keen eye to detail is an important aspect of the role. You will have excellent communication skills which will enable you to liaise with various teams both inside and outside of Pathology.
The post is based at Whiston Hospital although the Laboratory provides services at Southport, Ormskirk, and St Helens Hospitals; occasional travel to any site may be required.
This is an exciting time to be joining this Trust for those who feel they can contribute to the shaping and development of a modern laboratory service. Be part of the team that delivers "Excellent patient care in world class hospitals."
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
• CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
KEY DUTIES
IT
• To provide administrative support to the Haematology & Blood Transfusion Department required to support IT functions.
• Be efficient in the use of Pathology, Trust and NHS systems such as Dedalus Telepath, Clinisys ICE etc.
• The post holder will work with the Trust application support team, IT support staff from other Trusts and external IT system providers, in line with policies and procedures, as required.
• Responsible for data quality aspects of Telepath:
• Level One administrator for Telepath
• To extract data from Telepath by creating formulas
• To manipulate the statistical information derived from Telepath into report format for presentation.
• Produce data and create reports required for invoicing purposes, general workload activity, quality and performance reports, KPI reports, FOI requests, Clinical Benchmarking etc.
• To assist with end-to-end testing of new systems
• To create test codes/grouped test codes.
• Checking and merging patient records.
• To be responsible for the ongoing development and maintenance of the Haematology & Blood Transfusion Trust Intranet webpages.
• Electronic Staff Record- Responsible for the entry of mandatory training, appraisal information, absence, and annual leave data, ensuring that entries are complete.
QUALITY
• To provide administrative support to the Haematology & Blood Transfusion Department required to support Quality functions.
• Conduct QMS audit. This may include scheduled and ad hoc audits as required to check compliance to ISO 15189.
• Pull monthly reports to monitor Document status and Audit status.
• Upload audit findings and Non-conformance reports to EQMS
• Support Monitoring of closure of incidents
• Support EQMS administration including document type tidy up.
• Collate quality data as required.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for providing training in all aspects of the role as necessary to less experienced members of staff.
• To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
• The post holder will undertake suitable training and development to maintain the competencies required for their post and will demonstrate competency in order to work autonomously and maintain expertise necessary to the post.
• The post holder will maintain a full knowledge of all appropriate standard operating procedures and follow these at all times. Will also participate in the regular review and update of SOPs.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To be responsible for the ordering and maintenance of stock for general Haematology & Blood Transfusion items.
• To place orders for equipment and supplies using SBS Oracle system.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024
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