Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the RTT Data Validation Team as a full-time RTT Data Validator. The main responsibilities of the role are to investigate and validate clinical pathways, assisting operational teams to ensure patient waiting times are reported accurately, as well as supporting the Trust in maintaining performance and improvement of patient care.

The post holder will update the tracking portal showing the patient pathway journey from the start of the RTT clock to treatment date / discharge. Identifying and resolving any data discrepancies or errors found within pathways.

RTT Data Validators are responsible for the proactive management, monitoring and validation of clinical pathways; as such the ideal candidate for this role will be organised, fully competent in the use of Cerner and have proven experience of using RTT 18-week pathway rules whilst working in a similar role in a hospital/health care setting.  They should also be a good communicator, be able to work confidently on their own or as part of a team and be able to meet tight work deadlines. 

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to work to tight deadlines. They should have proven experience working with RTT pathways within a hospital or healthcare environment and be fully competent in the use of Cerner and RTT 18-week pathway rules.

Excellent communication skills are essential, together with the ability to work confidently both independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong understanding of data accuracy, pathway validation, and the importance of maintaining high-quality RTT information to support patient care and Trust performance.

This role provides an opportunity to make a direct contribution to accurate patient pathway management, RTT performance, and the continuous improvement of patient services.

Main duties of the job

• Investigating and validating RTT clinical pathways.
• Identifying and correcting data discrepancies and inaccuracies.
• Ensuring the RTT pathway accurately reflects the patient's journey.
• Applying the 18-week RTT pathway rules appropriately.
• Identifying potential breaches of RTT waiting-time standards.
• Escalating potential breaches to Team Leaders for review before information is submitted to the relevant Divisions.
• Maintaining accurate and timely validation records within Luna.
• Working closely with operational and clinical teams to resolve pathway queries.
• Proactively monitoring and managing RTT pathways to support accurate reporting.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. 

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. 

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. 

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.