Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS. Job overview Responsible for providing an efficient, high quality data entry and clerical support to data team within the department under the supervision the Data Manager and Audit Leads. The post holder will assist in the collection, verification, analysis and validation and data entry of all data submission requirements for national bodies (such as NICOR and The Vascular Society) within the Cardiovascular Directorate, ensuring accuracy at all times. Facilitate and manage the collation of data for the monthly department Audit meetings and assist in the analysis of data for such meetings. Work with the Kings Health Partnership within Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Trust and Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Handle sensitive information and must maintain confidentiality at all times. Support the implementation of the Directorate’s ‘Assuring Clinical Outcomes’ policy as part of its Clinical Governance Strategy. Assist in developing and maintaining a comprehensive database of all cardiovascular patients for the provision of clinical audit. Main duties of the job · Under the supervision of the cardiovascular audit leads collect, validate and submit data on all heart failure patients to NICOR, liaising with medical staff, theatres and wards to ensure completion of all data on all patients. · To work as a member of the Cardiovascular Data team, reporting to the Cardiovascular QIPS Manager and providing cross cover when required. · Work with Heart Failure, MINAP, SCTS, EPS, TAVI, Vascular and Intervention Teams to collate, verify and accurately enter patient data on the national databases (NICOR, NVR) · Consistently and reliably meet monthly deadlines. · Communicate data collection and validation requirements to staff within the directorate · Review agreed data sets each week and inform the relevant staff of missing data · Assist the department in other data requests or collection of information such as local audits · Ensure that national data entry deadlines are met in a timely manner so that the trust is fully compliant Working for our organisation Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is part of King's Health Partners, an academic health sciences centre, and pioneers in health research, and providing high quality teaching and education. This partnership helps provide the latest treatments alongside the best possible care. The Cardiovascular Data Team is part of the Heart, Lung and Critical Care Group. The team work closely with our clinical group colleagues as well as across directorates. We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. Detailed job description and main responsibilities IT and Information Resources · Under the supervision of the audit lead to assist in monitoring and reporting requirements of the department to National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) via data collection and collation including the Annual Report and ad hoc reporting requirements. · To identify and prepare relevant and timely data for Cardiovascular and Kings Health Partnership audit meetings and Clinical Audit Group Meetings. · To write reports for data extraction from directorate databases for research and audit purposes with the agreement of the audit lead. · To export reports to excel and access for further interrogation of data. · To identify, prepare and analyse data for retrospective and prospective audit and research studies. · To attend regular directorate and Trust audit meetings and present an overview of current data problems. · To perform data analysis to identify outcome data and to use these analyses to advise the Cardiovascular Department and Kings Health Partnership on adverse variances so that appropriate further investigation may take place. · To work with the Audit Lead to monitor clinical outcomes where aberrant trends exist · To undertake data analysis when required, presenting and interpreting the results. Research and Development · To work with the lead consultant for audit to identify new data collection, validation and presentation requirements. · To assist the Clinical Governance Lead in Cardiovascular Services in monitoring the progress of the implementation of audit recommendations in the service. This will be through the production of quarterly audit reports, showing targets and milestones within the NSF, the directorate’s performances against them and highlight areas of shortfall. These duties and responsibilities are not a complete list and the post holder should be prepared to take on any additional work needed by the department. Person specification Qualifications/ Education Essential criteria Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience. Desirable criteria IT, Science or Maths related Degree or equivalent qualification. SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE ABILITY Essential criteria Proficient in use of IT systems and applications, including Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with all levels of staff Excellent numerical and analytical skills Desirable criteria Knowledge of the Epic Electronic Health Record System PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Essential criteria Previous experience working with databases including data entry, queries and reporting Previous experience of handling confidential information Desirable criteria Previous experience at working with NICOR or National Vascular Registry Previous experience working in the NHS or Cardiovascular Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Flexible working We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process. Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now." Further details / informal visits contact Name Lauren Schaper Job title Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Manager Email address [email protected] Telephone number 07866123293