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Job summary

Main area
Division D - Neurology
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)
Job ref
180-D-CVA320
Employer
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division D
Town
Cambridge
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 p.a. pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/12/2025 23:59
Interview date
22/12/2025

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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Stroke TIA Data Coordinator

Band 4

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and highly organised individual to join the Neurosciences Directorate as the data coordinator for stroke and TIA services.

You will be responsible for inputting and managing Stroke data on behalf of the department. This includes managing the SSNAP database and capturing the metrics for TIA patients to help support the service to report on key national stroke metrics. They will help produce data performance reports and work closely with the neurosciences operational team and the wider stroke MDT.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has an interest in data analysis and who enjoys working in a fast paced environment.

Main duties of the job

  • Responsible for data collection and entry onto the thrombectomy and stroke databases. They will liaise with admin and clinical teams to collect the information regarding stroke patients, produce reports and provide administrative support of a high standard.  
  • Take responsibility for liaising with various teams to ensure CUH has a data led overview of the demands on the stroke and thrombectomy service.
  • Lead and minute weekly thematic review of stroke performance breaches.
  • Support with pulling required information in timely fashion for various stroke and thrombectomy meetings and reports as directed by the CUH team.
  • Key data link for the J&J / CUH transformation project.
  • Support the Mechanical Thrombectomy monthly Governance Meetings.
  • To assist with the implementation of agreements with local Trusts for the repatriation of patients.
  • Cross-cover with the thrombectomy Data Coordinator.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

  • applied for a Graduate visa
  • or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
  • or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

The advert will close at midnight on 15 December 2025.

Interviews are due to be held on 22 December 2025.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or NVQ level 4 or equivalent
  • Customer Service / Business Admin / ITQ or equivalent professional experience
Desirable criteria
  • Specific technical/IT/professional qualification (if applicable)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a busy office environment
  • Prioritising, planning and organising own tasks
  • Working within agreed guidelines
  • Experience of using IT packages
  • Previous data management and data processing experience
  • Good analytical skills
  • Working in NHS environment
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in NHS / healthcare environment
  • Experience of using hospital information systems, e.g. EPIC

Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of Trust information systems
  • Knowledge of Trust policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of Medical Terminology

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Good communication skills including telephone, email, face to face
  • Ability to follow processes and procedures
  • Ability to write local departmental SOPs to reflect changes to the national SSNAP programme for Stroke
  • Ability to manage time working to schedule and timescales
  • Excellent IT skills ability to use Microsoft Office packages
  • Good organisational skills
  • Willing to take on / learn new skills
  • High standard of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to adapt to change
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to store and safeguard confidential documents
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work with staff at all levels
  • Ability to analyse and present complex data
  • Ability to manage own projects
  • Ability to work without constant direct supervision
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to touch type
  • Ability to use and interrogate databases

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria
  • The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDVeteran AwareNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Age-Friendly Employer PledgeCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgeTime to changeStep into healthApprenticeships Top 100 Employers 2024

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Allibone
Job title
Deputy Operations Manager for Neurology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01223 349323
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