Senior Pathway Validator | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,259 - £45,356 inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7372402/196-COF10847-T-B |
Summary
If you are keen to influence and drive patient experience, safety, performance and staff wellbeing then we would like to hear from you.
You will need to have an in depth understanding of
national access targets, specifically RTT and diagnostic waits.
The post holder will also need to have completed all Apollo training and have access to EPIC systems.
You will provide support and expert advice to your teams to help deliver high standards of care and quality.
This is a challenging role but an exciting opportunity for the right candidate looking to further their skills and progress their career.
You will be required to work in service to support and aid service validation
S Support the Validation team in the use of operational rules and procedures associated with patient pathway management (e.g RTT)
· To ensure all data records and reporting relating to waiting times are accurate, up to date and reflect both national and local policies.
· The post holder will be required to confidently validate data for patient pathways (e.g RTT)
The post holder will provide a high level of day to day support for complex issues arising to ensure prompt resolution to support patients not waiting longer than necessary for treatment.
The Data Quality and Validation Department at Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust supports clinical services to make sure they provide excellent care without unnecessary waiting for patients.
The Trust vision:
• Every patient is prospectively tracked
• All staff understand their responsibilities and have received the necessary training and development to be confident in their role
• Speciality Teams and the Trust Board receive assurance that data recorded is accurate, equates to the patients’ experience and is in
line with national and local standards
· Support the team of patient pathway validators to ensure that all Trust patient pathway records (e.g RTT) have the correct clock starts and clock stops, and are kept up to date.
· Support Booking teams (centralised and local) and the Validation Team that looks at patient pathways holistically across outpatients, diagnostics and inpatients – in order to make effective decisions about patient pathway management (e.g RTT) -clock starts and stops.
· Pro-actively monitor and anticipate areas of concern relating to patient pathway management (e.g RTT) that may affect performance – and ensure these are flagged to the Validation Team Leaders in a timely way.
· Ensure effective processes and procedures are in place to monitor and track validation performance against agreed targets within the service.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025