Data Quality Co-ordinator

Job summary

Are you passionate about getting the details right? Do you enjoy problem solving and making a real difference behind the scenes?

We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Data Quality Co-ordinators to join our friendly and supportive Data Quality Team at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to help improve the quality of patient information across the Trust. High-quality data is at the heart of delivering safe, effective patient care, ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time, and supporting the Trust to meet national standards and performance targets.

Working as part of a dedicated team, you'll collaborate with clinical and administrative colleagues to investigate and resolve data quality issues, validate patient information and support continuous improvements to the quality of our electronic patient record systems.

If you have excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills and take pride in producing high-quality work, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Data Quality Co-ordinator, you will play a key role in improving the quality and integrity of patient data across the Trust's electronic patient record and other clinical systems. By ensuring information is accurate, complete and up to date, you will directly support patient care, statutory reporting and key national performance standards, including Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times.

Improving data quality within the Trust's electronic patient record and other relevant clinical systems through the validation and correction of patient data.

Ensuring patient information is accurate, complete and up to date, supporting statutory and internal reporting requirements, including Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times and other key performance indicators.

Investigating data quality issues, identifying trends and recurring errors, and collating evidence and audit information to support the Data Quality Manager.

Supporting data quality improvement projects and service developments as directed by the Data Quality Manager.

Validating and maintaining patient records in line with national standards and Trust policies

Working collaboratively with clinical and administrative teams to resolve data quality issues and promote good data quality practices.

Maintaining accurate records of validation activities and corrective actions.

Prioritising and managing your workload to meet agreed deadlines.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?