RTT Validator

at  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Elective Validator responsible for supporting the delivery of the Referral to Treatment target in accordance with national and local standards, policies and
Daily validation of patient pathways in relation to the admitted and non admitted patient’s performance, interpreting the RTT patient tracking reports.
Excellent communication skills, ability to work on own initiative with attention to detail is a key requirement for this
The post holder will be joining our Performance & Informatics (P&I) department who are well respected and the largest of our corporate services. The P&I portfolio encompasses Business Intelligence & Informatics, Information Systems Development, Clinical Coding, Data Quality, Patient Access and Cancer Services.
P&I work cross functionally to support the Trusts operational delivery of both national and internal targets which ensures the highest standards of patient care are delivered. A robust Performance Management Framework is embedded across UHCW that tracks and evaluates progress and supports both operational and clinical governance frameworks.
New opportunities at a national level are being developed by P&I in areas of health inequality, waiting list management and system working. Most notably working innovatively to develop the ‘Health Equity and the Right to Treatment’ (HEARTT) tool which culminated in being awarded the ‘Innovation and Improvement in Reducing Healthcare Inequalities Award’ at the prestigious Health Service Journal Awards in 2022.
Using Trust reports, hospital systems and patient notes and in line with the Patient Access policy and RTT rules, daily validation of patients referral to treatment pathway’s . ( Daily validation of patient pathways identified on Trust reports by using the hospital systems and patient notes in line with the Patient Access Policy and RTT rules).
Daily validation of common user errors, including investigating cause of error, understanding complex pathways for multiple specialties and escalating to line manager for
To ensure, wherever possible, that all RTT processes are up-to-date, in an orderly fashion and available whenever decisions are being made, reporting exceptional circumstances where necessary. This will require: effective collaboration with all relevant personnel to maintain an efficient administrative system; prompt transcription; manipulation and distribution of appropriate
Involved in routine validation of 18 week pathways to ensure pathways are accurate at all times.

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