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Go back Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustData Administrator (Sexual Health)The closing date is 31 July 2025Sefton Sexual Health Service is a community integrated sexual health service delivering a Hub and Spoke model across Sefton.Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are looking for a Data Administrator to join the team at Southport and support all aspects of coding and mandatory data submissions within the service.We offer a full range of sexual health services including testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and contraception.The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will have the ability to forge and maintain good working relationships with administrative, nursing and medical colleagues all of whom are valued members of our team.This post is subject to Standard DBS clearanceInterviews will take place on 14th AugustPlease note this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.Main duties of the jobThe post holder will support Health Advisors with results management within the sexual health serviceThe post holder will develop an in depth knowledge and understanding of all sexual health mandatory datasets and be responsible for the cleansing of data within the sexual health service prior to validation and submission.The post holder will work closely with the Health Adviser team and be responsible for minute taking at team meetingsThe post holder will support The Health Improvement Team with the administration of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in SeftonAbout usMersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.Our services:Acute CareProviding emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.Primary CareProviding primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.Community ServicesProviding adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.Specialist Regional ServicesWe provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.Achievements:Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship ProgrammeJob responsibilitiesAccurate inputting of data onto Electronic Patient RecordInvestigate queries in relation to GUMCAD/SRHADEnsure timely provision of data to the Information to ensure the production of operational performance reports and KPIsInterrogation of the sexual health computer system to ensure correct attendance type, activity and diagnoses attributed to episodes of care/attendance.Contribute to the development of a data quality culture in the sexual health service by highlighting data issues, working to develop solutions and ensuring routine audit/validation of all data communicating data quality issues in SRHAD/GUMCAD to all staff and senior management through verbal or written meansLink with other Trust colleagues to enable an integrated view of performance to be takenContribute to the local and national audit requirements of the serviceSupports all report production by working closely with the information team and service managerTo be responsible for minute taking in Health Adviser team meetingsWorks closely with the Health Adviser team in relation to results management within the sexual health serviceTo acts as System Administrator for sexual health computer system and have thorough knowledge of all its functions and be the first point of contact for departmental IT issues in the absence of the Sexual Health Administration ManagerBe the first point of contact for all data reporting internallyDeal with telephone enquiries from sexual health staff in relation to GUMCAD/SRHAD codingPerson SpecificationOur ValuesWe are KindWe are OpenWe are InclusiveQualificationsEducated to GCSE Level or equivalent at Grade A-C in Maths and EnglishRSA Typing II or equivalentRSA Word Processing III or equivalentNVQ 2 or equivalent in Business administrationKnowledge and ExperienceKnowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packagesExperience of attending meetings, preparation of agendas and taking and typing up of minutesExperiencing of handling /inputting results and or data onto electronic patient recordExperience of working with data or informationKnowledge and experience of sexual health mandatory reportingPrevious experience working in sexual health service or NHS backgroundWorking knowledge of the use of information systems to manage data confidentially in the NHS.SkillsKnowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packagesAbility to communicate effectivelyAbility to work on own initiative and as a member of a teamAbility to prioritise and work to deadlinesAbility to train staff in sexual health IT systems and processesOtherPhysical dexterity required for keyboard skillsRequired to change from one activity to another as per main duties and responsibilitiesAbility to maintain high levels of concentration for prolonged periods of time whilst subject to interruptions from colleaguesThe post holder will require the ability to work under pressure, often to multiple deadlinesRequired to spend most of the working day sitting in front of a VDU and /or periods of time on the telephoneMay be required to work in other sites across SeftonDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 nameMersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustAddressSouthport and Formby District General Hospital24,937 to 26,598 a yearper annum pro rataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time,Part-timeReference number409-7022731Job locationsSouthport and Formby District General Hospital #J-18808-Ljbffr