About this role
Job summary
Join Our Corporate Planned Care Team as a Validator - Make Every Detail Count!
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Validator to join our Corporate Planned Care Team based at King's Mill Hospital.
Accurate, timely, and consistent data is critical to everything we do - from ensuring the Trust receives the correct income to shaping decisions that impact patient safety and the future of clinical services. The information you validate will help monitor clinical outcomes, key quality indicators, and inform national statistics such as standardised mortality rates.
What You'll Be Doing:
Validate Referral to Treatment (RTT) and DM01 diagnostic Patient Tracking Lists (PTLs).
Identify and correct pathway data errors using systems such as Careflow, Dragon, ORION, and other SFH clinical platforms.
Apply a logical approach to ensure patients progress smoothly through their care pathways.
Why This Role Matters:
Your work will directly support patient safety, service efficiency, and the Trust's reputation for excellence. You'll be part of a team that ensures data integrity for NHS reporting and decision-making at every level.
Working Pattern:
Monday to Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (full-time, 5 days per week).
If you're detail-oriented, proactive, and passionate about making a real impact behind the scenes, we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements Essential
Flexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service
Qualifications Essential
Educated to A level standard or equivalent qualification
Desirable
Proven RTT Validation experience MOST Excel Qualification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Experience of working independently and in a team orientated collaborative environment Awareness of the importance of confidentiality in a healthcare setting Competent IT skills/emails
Desirable
Knowledge of RTT standards and guidance
Further Training Essential
Microsoft Office Applications including Word and Excel Advanced keyboard skills Good numeracy and literacy skills Good problem solving skills Methodical with strong attention to accuracy and detail Ability to work under own initiative to prioritise and plan workload Very strong analytical skills Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines Organised and logical approach Good written and verbal communication skills (e.g. ability to discuss/explain complex data issues with operational staff) Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with cross-functional teams Ability to ensure behaviour reflects values of the organisation Ability to work with sensitivity/tact, including a commitment to confidentiality Resilient and able to work in a pressurised environment to meet required deadlines An effective team member
Desirable
Good data verification skills to ensure accuracy of data input
Experience Essential
The ability to concentrate for prolonged periods at a computer Able to demonstrate how to understand and maintain confidential information Dealing with confidential issues
Desirable
Experience of Careflow PAS/hospital clinical systems Worked in a Health Care environment Working in data entry, data quality, health information or health care records experience
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)