Job overview

Working as part of the Critical Care Audit team the post holder will be responsible for completion, validation and submission of forms for the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) which also involves the extensive and complex use of patient related information.

Additional responsibilities may include helping to complete and develop audit reports and processes within the Critical Care specialty, the retrieval and reporting of non-audit information for Critical Care, and covering for and assisting other members of the post holder’s immediate team as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

The audit clerk will be responsible for the collection of data from patient case notes, critical care charts, and the completion of forms for the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) for Unit Funding and generating of Value Added Reports. This will require ward access though no direct patient care

Responsible for inputting and storing complex data and ability to concentrate when updating and maintaining patient computerised databases, e.g. ICNARC, Medicus, NotIS, Medway, Bluespier and Excel on a daily basis.

Working for our organisation

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 18,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.

This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the main duties of the job, the audit clerk will be innovative, forward thinking and support the development process of automated systems that enable efficiency and increased productivity within the team and Trust ensuring systems and processes remain future proof.

They will support Standard Operating Procedures on data collection, KPI reporting, service line reporting to support the departments quality and financial targets.

They will also support the provision of information to support the activity planning and monitoring processes at service level in Critical Care, including the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each of the critical care units.

Ensure responsible storage and disposal of documentation generated which contains patient or unit sensitive information, ensuring the Trust’s Information Governance policy is adhered to at all times.

To be responsible for maintaining an accurate and up to date knowledge of all national guidelines and standards relating to the Division and Trust, and ensuring that the Division (and by extension the Trust) are working to achieve them.

Support system for Data Validation Reports (DVRs) by ensuring the validation and identification of missing data is retrieved and input into the database accordingly.

Support and promote data collection at all levels, including communicating any changes in procedure, redesigning data collection forms as required and raising awareness of the importance of clinical data collection.

Support the department in the collection of data and information for specific audit and outcome projects.

Please refer to the job description for other duties involved in the audit clerk role.