Job summary
This vacancy is currently only open to
Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS staff
Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a real impact within a dynamic and vital clinical service? We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our dedicated Cardiology team as an Assistant Audit Clerk, supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care through accurate and timely data management. This is a fantastic role for someone who is organised, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic about contributing to service improvement within the NHS.
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Audit Clerk to support the Cardiology Audit Clerk and Business Development Lead in ensuring audit data is accurate, up-to-date, and ready for submission to national bodies. This role is 25 hours per week and is based at Worcester Hospital.
The successful candidate will be involved in collating information, compiling spreadsheets and reports, and submitting data. You will have excellent attention to detail, be flexible and professional in your approach, and possess strong IT and communication skills.
For informal queries, please contact Harriet at harriet.tomlinson1@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
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Inputting and validating all
audit data into relevant databases and ensuring all information is secure.
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Ad hoc audit related duties
requested by all members of the Cardiology Department, i.e. typing,
photocopying, retrieving case notes for audit etc.
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To observe absolute
confidentiality of all information obtained in the course of work relevant to
the Department of Cardiology.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the collection and accurate inputting of clinical audit data into identified databases for coronary intervention, acute coronary syndromes, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and cardiac rhythm management, using NICOR database.
- Use a wide range of IT skills including the use of spreadsheets and databases. (There will be some long periods of computer and keyboard use when validating and inputting patient information.)
- Undertake validation of own audit data on the MINAP database as required by CCAD.
- Design proformas for data collection for entry into audit systems that accurately collect the information required for the audit.
- Retrieve patient information via all relevant hospital systems.
- To ensure that all patient identifiable data retrieved from Sema Helix is managed confidentially and according to Trust Policy.
- To maintain a summary report for all Heart Failure and MyocardiaI Infarction patients.
- Assist in the consolidation of data to produce reports for Specialty governance meetings.
- Act as an information centre for staff requiring cardiac audit assistance and subsequently instruct cardiology staff on the use of the databases as needed.
- To undertake relevant training deemed necessary and appropriate by the Consultant Cardiologists and Directorate Management team.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of current issues, practice and policy.
- Communicate in an appropriate and professional manner, building relationships with colleagues of various levels both within the organisation and externally.
- Attend local and National meetings as and when required.
- To communicate and co-ordinate audit related activities with the Consultant Cardiologists, Cardiac Specialist Nurses and Heart Failure Nurses across both sites.
- Follow email communication from NICOR and national databases, particularly regarding audit updates and deadlines.
- To be responsible for taking minutes of the meetings held for Cardiology Audit and produce and distribute minutes accordingly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the collection and accurate inputting of clinical audit data into identified databases for coronary intervention, acute coronary syndromes, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and cardiac rhythm management, using NICOR database.
- Use a wide range of IT skills including the use of spreadsheets and databases. (There will be some long periods of computer and keyboard use when validating and inputting patient information.)
- Undertake validation of own audit data on the MINAP database as required by CCAD.
- Design proformas for data collection for entry into audit systems that accurately collect the information required for the audit.
- Retrieve patient information via all relevant hospital systems.
- To ensure that all patient identifiable data retrieved from Sema Helix is managed confidentially and according to Trust Policy.
- To maintain a summary report for all Heart Failure and MyocardiaI Infarction patients.
- Assist in the consolidation of data to produce reports for Specialty governance meetings.
- Act as an information centre for staff requiring cardiac audit assistance and subsequently instruct cardiology staff on the use of the databases as needed.
- To undertake relevant training deemed necessary and appropriate by the Consultant Cardiologists and Directorate Management team.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of current issues, practice and policy.
- Communicate in an appropriate and professional manner, building relationships with colleagues of various levels both within the organisation and externally.
- Attend local and National meetings as and when required.
- To communicate and co-ordinate audit related activities with the Consultant Cardiologists, Cardiac Specialist Nurses and Heart Failure Nurses across both sites.
- Follow email communication from NICOR and national databases, particularly regarding audit updates and deadlines.
- To be responsible for taking minutes of the meetings held for Cardiology Audit and produce and distribute minutes accordingly.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Practical, resourceful and well-organised.
- Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Awareness of confidentiality.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- In depth working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Experience working in a busy customer focused office.
- Administration experience.
- Ability to prioritise and organise a changing workload and work systematically towards deadlines.
Desirable
- Experience working in NHS environment.
- Experience of PAS, Bluespier, and CLIP.
- Experience of using cardiac patient information systems for audit purposes.
- Experience of supporting business planning processes e.g. supporting the development of business cases.
- Data input, analysis and reporting.
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Business Administration Level 2
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An effective and supportive team player.
- Flexible.
- Conscious of appropriate image and self-presentation.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Organisational skills.
- Ability to pay attention to detail to achieve accuracy.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and orally.
- Excellent time keeping.
Internal NHS Job Vacancy
Essential
- This vacancy is currently only open to Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS staff (including PCN/GP Practices). Please confirm below which NHS organisation in Herefordshire and Worcestershire you currently work for
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Practical, resourceful and well-organised.
- Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Awareness of confidentiality.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- In depth working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Experience working in a busy customer focused office.
- Administration experience.
- Ability to prioritise and organise a changing workload and work systematically towards deadlines.
Desirable
- Experience working in NHS environment.
- Experience of PAS, Bluespier, and CLIP.
- Experience of using cardiac patient information systems for audit purposes.
- Experience of supporting business planning processes e.g. supporting the development of business cases.
- Data input, analysis and reporting.
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Business Administration Level 2
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An effective and supportive team player.
- Flexible.
- Conscious of appropriate image and self-presentation.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Organisational skills.
- Ability to pay attention to detail to achieve accuracy.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and orally.
- Excellent time keeping.
Internal NHS Job Vacancy
Essential
- This vacancy is currently only open to Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS staff (including PCN/GP Practices). Please confirm below which NHS organisation in Herefordshire and Worcestershire you currently work for
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.
