Job summary
The NMTR coordinator is an integral member of our team. You will have responsibility for collecting a broad range of clinical and outcome data relating to Trauma admissions and enter the data on to the National Major Trauma Registry.
You will be expected to work closely with colleagues to achieve submission deadlines and ensure high quality data for national quarterly dashboards, peer review assessment and other relevant accreditations, audits and research projects.
Main duties of the job
- To provide accurate collection of data for all major trauma patients, in preparation for submission of data to NMTR To ensure that all NMTR eligible patient details are submitted within 40 days of discharge To interpret and consolidate information from multiple sources to ensure a complete and accurate patient record on NMTR Responsible for the accurate and timely entry of Trauma data onto the NMTR database. Identifying issues and ensuring that they are resolved by liaising with clinical and management teams, both within the Emergency Department and across the wider Trust. Compilation and dissemination of information to support clinical teams in managing performance and adapting clinical practices. Provide data to other information users at all levels throughout the Trust and to appropriate external users as instructed. Carry out ad-hoc analysis of data as requested by staff throughout the Trust ensuring understanding of data provided and advising of its appropriate use as needed. Assist the Trust in its auditing information systems for the accurate recording of all patient activity. Validate and assess the standard of data making corrections, advising of findings and carrying out further investigations of issues, working with appropriate Trust Managers.
- To provide accurate collection of data for all major trauma patients, in preparation for submission of data to NMTR
- To ensure that all NMTR eligible patient details are submitted within 40 days of discharge
- To interpret and consolidate information from multiple sources to ensure a complete and accurate patient record on NMTR
- Responsible for the accurate and timely entry of Trauma data onto the NMTR database. Identifying issues and ensuring that they are resolved by liaising with clinical and management teams, both within the Emergency Department and across the wider Trust.
- Compilation and dissemination of information to support clinical teams in managing performance and adapting clinical practices.
- Provide data to other information users at all levels throughout the Trust and to appropriate external users as instructed.
- Carry out ad-hoc analysis of data as requested by staff throughout the Trust ensuring understanding of data provided and advising of its appropriate use as needed.
- Assist the Trust in its auditing information systems for the accurate recording of all patient activity.
- Validate and assess the standard of data making corrections, advising of findings and carrying out further investigations of issues, working with appropriate Trust Managers.
Job responsibilities
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.