What are the responsibilities and job description for the Critical Care Data Co-Ordinator position at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust?
Job summary
Responsibility for ICNARC and CCMDS database systems. Working on own initiative the post holder will be responsible for the collection, entry, collating and analysis of data. This will involve making decisions without day-to-day supervision and prioritising a predominantly non-routine workload to meet deadlines.
Main duties of the job
Gather, analyse, and interpret highly complex information and produce both routine and ad-hoc reports as requested
Monitoring of accuracy of demographic and activity data on the hospital Patient Management System (PAS)
Collect demographic and clinical data relating to patients in critical care from ICIP (commonly known as CareVue), patient notes and verbal communication
Collect demographic and clinical data relating to patients not in critical care, this may be from other system as these patients will not have data collected within CareVue
Responsible for day-to-day management of the databases that are used to collect and record clinical activity
Responsible for introducing any updates supplied by ICNRAC, training and co-ordinating the activities of the clinical team to collect the data sets and introduce these changes
Provide and present regular reports in various formats and identify trends to management and clinical staff including Consultants
About us
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
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