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Working full time: 37.5 hours per week

12 month fixed term

Breast Data Co-Ordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Women & Children’s Breast Team at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

The post holder will be responsible for keeping up to date the general activity database of the unwarranted Breast Treatment Variation in breast cancer re-operation rates following breast conservation surgery. As part of this process, the post holder will work closely with clinicians to collect data and maintain the database activity and analyse data as required.

1. Co-ordinate the undertaking of questionnaires and physician reports in a timely manner within strict deadlines which will need planning in liaison with the medical and nursing teams to optimise compliance with the protocol

2. Gathering information from other medical settings within set time scales pursuing information to be gained

3. The post holder will need to be able to evaluate and interpret data before data entry

4. The post holder will have to respond to queries and to patients regarding information

5. Locate medical records and investigation reports for patients recruited and retrieve necessary information from these sources for entry into the database

6. Input information into the relevant databases in a timely and accurate manner

7. Process routine correspondence

8. Photocopy documentation as required to maintain records

9. Ensure all documents are completed and filed appropriately, the post holder will be required to maintain local files in respect of the Registry

10. Answer and respond to telephone enquiries in a polite, sensitive and helpful manner

Further responsibilities listed within the Job Description.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds

Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility

Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.