University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 4 ED Data and Systems Support Officer

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Job summary

University Hospitals of Birmingham is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population.

Our multiple sites, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic allow people to be treated as close to home as possible.

We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. We are a designated a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK's only 20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC).

Emergency Medicine sees nearly 400,000 attendances per year and serves a diverse population across the West Midlands. We have a active research and clinical audit program across the Emergency Medicine directorate including submissions to national audits.

Maintaining accurate and up to date information on attendances is vital to planning and day to day running of Emergency Medicine.

We have over 20,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, knowledgeable and computer literate ED Data and System Support Officer.

It is an excellent opportunity for a pro-active, enthusiastic, self-motivated individual to be part of our innovative and successful data quality team.

The post holder will assist in the preparation of daily and monthly reports. The primary function of the role is to support validation of Emergency Department Data.

The candidate must be competent in Microsoft N365 applications and have an excellent, working knowledge of using Excel and experience of using databases is also beneficial. The candidate will be expected to undertake data analysis and be able to produce reports to present the results at meetings.

The post will be based mainly at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital but will be expected to work at Good Hope, Queen Elisabeth and Solihull Hospitals as and when necessary. You will have excellent inter-personal and time management skills and will work closely with medical and nursing staff.

Excellent communication skills are a pre-requisite for this role.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Details

Date posted

10 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

8950

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * Educated to A-level standard or equivalent

Desirable

  • *Degree in Information Technology

Experience

Essential

  • *Computer literate including word processing and spreadsheets
  • *Excellent track record in accuracy.
  • *Familiar with basic data manipulation including identification, accessing and downloading of data, design set up
  • and development of data entry systems.

Desirable

  • *Some knowledge of medical terms to aid in the recording of precise information

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • * Ability to work well under pressure and achieve deadlines.

Desirable

  • * Able to extract, collate, analyse and validate basic data.
  • * Identifies problems and suggests solutions or improvements
  • * Identifies how different information interrelates
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * Educated to A-level standard or equivalent

Desirable

  • *Degree in Information Technology

Experience

Essential

  • *Computer literate including word processing and spreadsheets
  • *Excellent track record in accuracy.
  • *Familiar with basic data manipulation including identification, accessing and downloading of data, design set up
  • and development of data entry systems.

Desirable

  • *Some knowledge of medical terms to aid in the recording of precise information

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • * Ability to work well under pressure and achieve deadlines.

Desirable

  • * Able to extract, collate, analyse and validate basic data.
  • * Identifies problems and suggests solutions or improvements
  • * Identifies how different information interrelates

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Harneeta Bhullar

harneeta.bhullar@uhb.nhs.uk

07917245253

Details

Date posted

10 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

8950

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


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