Data Quality Officer

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington
4 days ago
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The main roles and responsibilities of the data quality officer involve various tasks ensuring the data on the hospital administration system and our locally held data warehouse are as accurate and as up to date as possible.


Key Responsibilities

  • Redirecting lost mail from GPS
  • Validating patient demographics such as missing NHS numbers
  • Merging of duplicate patients on the CERNER system
  • Updating deceased patients on the system where they have died outside of the trust
  • Create Inter-provider transfer forms for patients care to be transferred to another trust
  • Update and monitor the National Joint registry system
  • Receive Electronic Discharge Letters and clinical letters which have failed to reach the GP due to user error.
  • Investigate incorrect encounters on the CERNER system such as incorrect specialty wrong dates etc

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Data Quality Officer to work within the Information services team specifically to action any identified data quality issues. This post is directly responsible to the Information Services Manager.


Education and Experience:


Educated to GCSE level or equivalent experience. You will have good IT skills with a working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of software with accurate data entry skills. You will be a task-oriented individual who pays attention to detail, good communication skills, and a track record of delivering to deadlines.


You must be able to produce all certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.


County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success.


We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.


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