Job description
We are moving towards a new Integrated Care standard, and our primary role will be to ensure our data is of the highest quality in preparation for the migration to a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system and that our staff are confident in their data entry responsibilities.
The Trust seeks two Band 4 Data Quality Administrators to support the Data Quality team in improving the data quality to the highest standard.
This post will play a key role in supporting the overall data quality function including administration, data input and monitoring to help maintain key national and local data quality standards.
- Support the operational and business needs. This includes the introduction of new and developing services, new mandated datasets and information returns
- Maintain data consistency and integrity across all Queen Elizabeth Hospital systems in order to meet internal and external reporting requirements
- Data cleansing, eliminate/correct errors, remove duplicate records, ensure data is relevant and complete
- Liaising with training colleagues on identified data quality issues to ensure training course are adapted to improve compliance and understanding, with accompanying user guides as required
- Develop a good understanding of data quality issues and ensure systems are in place to identify potential issues early, report them and work to understand and resolve
- Propose changes to improve existing systems in terms of quality, timeliness and reliability of data
- Identify and Support staff in better data quality entry
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.
We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.
In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
For further details on this vacancy please see the attached job description and personal specification.
Secondment will be considered, please ensure you have sought your line managers permission first.