Job overview

We are looking to  Recruit a  6 month fixed term Band 4 RTT/Patient Pathway Validator at The Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital 

Rtt Validators are responsible for validating patient pathways across the entire Trust PTL to ensure accurate and robust information to support performance reporting, high data quality and to assist in managing patients’ through their RTT pathway.

The Trust is undergoing a major change in the collection of 18 weeks information through a new Data Information System providing efficient Patient Tracking List (PTL), a new Patient Administration System (PAS) upgrade and associated changes in processes.

This will have a significant effect on existing staff groups involved in 18 week data collection and recording as well as inpatient, outpatient and other administrative staff groups. This post will help support the change process ensuring that the Trust has sustainable post will help support the change process ensuring that the Trust has sustainable processes in place for maintaining high quality RTT data, and effective management of RTT wait times.

Please note that this vacancy may close earlier due to the amount of applications we receive. 

Main duties of the job

· To support validation arising out of the PAS upgrade during the initial go live and whilst Divisional and Medical Records processes are embedded within the Trust.

· Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of compliance of relevant processes and procedures needed to manage an effective RTT Validation Team ensuring deliverables are met to agreed timescales and quality standards.

· Planning, prioritisation and allocation of work packages for all team members.

· Assisting the induction process for all new team members.

· To provide specialist RTT knowledge and support for team members, as well as Outpatient and Inpatient Booking teams to improve their effectiveness.

· To co-ordinate the work of the team members ensuring validation targets for both volume and accuracy are met in line with strict timescales.

· To use advanced Cerner, NHS eReferral Service (eRS) skills and other electronic hospital referral (e.g. eVetting, Hillingdon Care Record/HCR) and data systems to interpret and translate Referral to Treatment (RTT) pathway data for individual patients in accordance with agreed practices and standards to enable highly accurate submissions of this key performance indicator to the Department of Health.

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.