Validation Officer

Job summary

• Liaise with directorate Managers (dms) and assistant directorate managers (adms) to agree validation priorities andtimescales.
• Track patients through their pathway and make any adjustments.
• Validate waiting lists to ensure accuracy and help progress patients through their pathways.
• Communicate with key personnel including clinical, managerial, scheduling, booking and information.
• Run standard periodic reports to help quality assure validation processes and escalate patients to partner services

This post is fixed term/secondment for 8 months due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Main duties of the job

• Validate patient pathways utilising health board systems such as WPAS, CWS and pod.
• Communicate with key personnel including clinical, managerial, scheduling, booking and information along with reviewing patient notes to ensure accuracy and help progress patients through their pathways.
• The applicant must familiarise themselves with a RTT pathways.
• Regularly validate patient pathways.
• Chase missing outcomes and identify any discrepancies with Health Board Protocols i.e., DNA's/CNA's.
• Assist with regular security audits to ensure users work within the Data Protection act and the Trust's Policy on confidentiality.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.