Data Quality Assurance Team Leader
Job summary
A rare opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join the Trust's expanding Data Quality Assurance Team.
You will be joining the Team at an exciting time and will be instrumental in driving forward data quality improvements across the Trust. You will take a lead role in the day-to-day line management of the Data Quality Assurance Business Partners, Data Quality Assurance Officers and will support the Clinical Division(s) in achieving 'Right First Time', ensuring that the Trust has high quality data for performance reporting and the delivery of the highest quality care to patients.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role centre around the day-to-day line management of the Data Quality Assurance Team, including all line manager P&OD responsibilities. You will be responsible for training the Team and ensuring all key work packages are completed to challenging timescales and to a high quality - to ensure all KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are met.
You will take a lead and have a pro-active role within the Data Quality Assurance Team to support the Clinical Division(s) in achieving 'right first time' to ensure that the Trust has high quality assured data for performance reporting and to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care for patients.
You will be responsible for identifying areas for improvement through data analysis and audit, planning and provision of training, making recommendations for improvement. You will work closely with the Clinical Division(s) on delivery those data quality improvement plans, utilising Qi methodologies where possible.
Following a recent expansion the Data Quality Assurance Team at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises of a Data Quality Assurance Manager, an Assistant Data Quality Assurance Manager, RTT Trainer, 2 x Data Quality Assurance Team Leaders, a Data Quality Assurance Harm Lead, 3 Data Quality Assurance Business Partners and 18 Data Quality Assurance Officers, working across all sites.
The Department offers a flexi-time scheme.
About us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it's our pledge to help you Develop, Belongand Thrive, Here.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.
Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level plus a post graduate diploma in a related roles(such as Data Quality Assurance) or equivalent experience.
- Qi Training Course or Service Improvement experience
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of other Trust systems.
Experience
- Significant NHS Experience in a relevant field, such as a patient administration or data quality / assurance role.
- Significant experience of successfully working at a minimum level of a Team Leader with line management responsibilities within a relevant field.
- Experience of carrying out all P&OD line manager related activities including recruitment and appraisals.
- Experience of successfully implementing demonstrable changes and improvements to working practices within teams.
- Expert understanding and application of Referral to Treatment (RTT) principles to complex scenarios.
- Significant experience in using a range of hospital administration and clinical systems to an expert level, including Patient Administration Systems (PAS).
- Experience of using, finding and interpreting relevant information, including clinical information, in hospital case notes / electronic patient records.
- Experience in data analysis and visual presentation of results.
- Significant experience of data handling, including source data, data collection and inputting of data.
- Experience of planning audit programmes and undertaking data assurance audits using audit methodologies.
- Experience of developing local policies and SOPs and developing monitoring for ensuring compliance.
- Significant experience of preparing training materials and delivering training to small and large groups.
Inpersonal & Organisational Skills
- Clear communicator with excellent written and verbal skills. Confident to present to large groups.
- Able to handle constant interruptions and changing priorities to workload.
- Ability to engage effectively with staff at all levels.
- Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate work to strict deadlines, including planning and managing their own workload and that of a team efficiently.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
- Consistently making suggestions for service improvement.
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
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Address
Civic Office
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU
https://www.dbth.nhs.uk/
- Company
- Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
- Location
- Doncaster, United Kingdom DN1 3BU
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
- Location
- Doncaster, United Kingdom DN1 3BU
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year
- Posted