# Data Quality Co-ordinator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/data-quality-co-ordinator/e35f7efc-5b2f-429a-b692-93bf6c5f678e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/data-quality-co-ordinator/e35f7efc-5b2f-429a-b692-93bf6c5f678e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bury St Edmunds - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 24 months (N/A) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T09:12:35.825Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Suffolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/West_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Data_Quality/Data_Quality-v8084255 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8084255?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wsh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you passionate about getting the details right? Do you enjoy problem solving and making a real difference behind the scenes? We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Data Quality Co-ordinators to join our friendly and supportive Data Quality Team at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to help improve the quality of patient information across the Trust. High-quality data is at the heart of delivering safe, effective patient care, ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time, and supporting the Trust to meet national standards and performance targets. Working as part of a dedicated team, you'll collaborate with clinical and administrative colleagues to investigate and resolve data quality issues, validate patient information and support continuous improvements to the quality of our electronic patient record systems. If you have excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills and take pride in producing high-quality work, we'd love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job As a Data Quality Co-ordinator, you will play a key role in improving the quality and integrity of patient data across the Trust's electronic patient record and other clinical systems. By ensuring information is accurate, complete and up to date, you will directly support patient care, statutory reporting and key national performance standards, including Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times. - Improving data quality within the Trust's electronic patient record and other relevant clinical systems through the validation and correction of patient data. - Ensuring patient information is accurate, complete and up to date, supporting statutory and internal reporting requirements, including Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times and other key performance indicators. - Investigating data quality issues, identifying trends and recurring errors, and collating evidence and audit information to support the Data Quality Manager. - Supporting data quality improvement projects and service developments as directed by the Data Quality Manager. - Validating and maintaining patient records in line with national standards and Trust policies - Working collaboratively with clinical and administrative teams to resolve data quality issues and promote good data quality practices. - Maintaining accurate records of validation activities and corrective actions. - Prioritising and managing your workload to meet agreed deadlines. · · ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Self-motivated and able to work autonomously - Able to accept advice and give help where needed - Professional attitude to work - Works well within a team - Able to work with integrity, to tight timescales and deadlines. - Can use own initiative where appropriate - Able to learn new skills **Desirable** - Systematic in approach - Able to work alone when required. ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Keyboard Skills - Good interpersonal skills at all levels - Grasp of policy and implications across several areas - Ability to work under pressure, within set timescales - Clear written and verbal communication - Attention to detail and accuracy - Adheres to local and national legislation **Desirable** - Good English language skills ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of communicating with a variety of staff groups - NHS experience, including working with clinical staff - Knowledge and experience of using an EPR system **Desirable** - Knowledge of RTT national guidance and definitions - Working knowledge of Excel ### Education & Qualification **Essential** - Education to GCSE level in Maths and English or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Medical terminology knowledge ## Documents - [job description (docx, 401.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10472397) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.