• Job Description

  Req#: C9432-25-0681?language=en&page=618&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you enthusiastic and ready for a challenge? The team are looking for a proactive 18 week Validator Officer to support the improvement of Trust performance and Data Quality

  This is an exciting opportunity to gain wide range of knowledge about the NHS and to provide a seamless pathway to patients; this includes becoming an expert in the national RTT rules (as well as other national performance targets), gaining an in-depth understanding of clinical specialties within the Trust, and also becoming familiar with the different admin processes that take place on a patient's pathway to help progress them from referral, to treatment.

  As you will encounter many patient pathways in this role, we will also look to you to help identify and escalate any data quality issues.

  You will then be involved in the improvements and process changes to help prevent these issues reoccurring. You will also provide support to clinical divisions, giving advice and guidance on the interpretation and implementation of national waiting times rules.

  This is fixed term/secondment post until 31st March 2026.

  The post can close earlier if sufficient amount of applications received.

  Main duties of the job

  Despite not being a patient facing or clinical role, you will have a direct impact on patients' journeys. You will work as part of a team to help ensure clinical pathways are recorded correctly, which in turn helps ensure that our patients receive the right treatment at the right time, preventing unnecessary delays.

  This will involve you reading through a patient's record and analysing the available information to make decisions about the pathway, and liaising with clinical divisions to expedite the patient if necessary. You will also play an essential part in helping to ensure the trust records and reports its waiting times accurately.

  We are looking for individuals who are keen and quick to learn. Individuals also need to be able to manage and prioritise high workloads to meet weekly and monthly deadlines, whilst still ensuring that information is accurately recorded, to a high level of detail. Individuals must also maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

  About us

  We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

  We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

  We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

  Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

  Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

  We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

  If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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  Details

  Date posted

  15 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  9 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  432-HR227-25

  Job locations

  Colchester Hospital

  Colchester

  CO4 5JL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE or Equivalent English and Maths

  Desirable

  • Medical terminology

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with spreadsheets and databases
  • Proficient in the use of IT systems including MS Office products
  • Good self-organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Working in an NHS environment

  Desirable

  • Experience of training staff either individually or as part of a group
  • Good knowledge of current NHS EPR systems
  • Experience of organising and undertaking Audits, and writing audit reports including graphical displays

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Understanding of NHS RTT requirements
  • Knowledge of NHS RTT rules and governance
  • Good understanding of Information Governance and of the importance of high quality data, confidentiality and security.
  • Understanding of SNEE Wide Patient Access Policy

  Desirable

  • In-depth understanding of Trust PAS systems.
  • Understanding of IPT process
  • Knowledge of NHS Covid Recovery targets

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE or Equivalent English and Maths

  Desirable

  • Medical terminology

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with spreadsheets and databases
  • Proficient in the use of IT systems including MS Office products
  • Good self-organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Working in an NHS environment

  Desirable

  • Experience of training staff either individually or as part of a group
  • Good knowledge of current NHS EPR systems
  • Experience of organising and undertaking Audits, and writing audit reports including graphical displays

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Understanding of NHS RTT requirements
  • Knowledge of NHS RTT rules and governance
  • Good understanding of Information Governance and of the importance of high quality data, confidentiality and security.
  • Understanding of SNEE Wide Patient Access Policy

  Desirable

  • In-depth understanding of Trust PAS systems.
  • Understanding of IPT process
  • Knowledge of NHS Covid Recovery targets

  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

  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Colchester Hospital

  Colchester

  CO4 5JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Colchester Hospital

  Colchester

  CO4 5JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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