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18 Week Validator (RTT)

Job details
Posting date: 23 December 2024
Salary: £27,857.00 to £30,570.00 per year
Additional salary information: £27857.00 - £30570.00 a year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 06 January 2025
Location: Guildford, GU2 7XX
Company: NHS Jobs
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: C9384-24-1241

Summary

To ensure RTT (Referral to Treatment) data reported to the Department of Health for the Trust is accurate, and that the quality of data is maintained to a very high standard. The job of the 18 Week Data Validation Clerk is to ensure that the information, at patient level, is accurately recorded before being reported to the Department of Health by validating the information held on our electronic systems:1. Maintain quality and content of data held within information systems.2. To be an expert in the use of the Trusts patient information system.3. Carry out audits of pathways.4. Input and process information in accordance with national and local RTT procedures.5. Respond to enquiries from managers, administrative and clinical staff, and participate in waiting list meetings.6. Analyse and translate complex information using computer generated reports in order to validate patient pathways.7. Efficiently communicate complex information about patient pathways to Specialty managers.8. Provide Trustwide RTT support to staff. This will require demonstrating and explaining RTT practices and procedures to new and existing staff ensuring high standards are maintained at all times. This is a permanent post for 30 hours per week (0.8 WTE). The role of the 18 Week Validator is to help the Specialty operational teams to manage each patients journey from referral to treatment in a timely and efficient manner. Providing accurate information on how long pathways are will be essential.