# RTT Patient Pathway Validator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rtt-patient-pathway-validator/f19caf7d-9b5f-4606-bde6-aa178a2b5acb
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rtt-patient-pathway-validator/f19caf7d-9b5f-4606-bde6-aa178a2b5acb.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- **Town:** Stanmore
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £33,262 - £36,027 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- **Contract type:** 6 Month Probation leading to permanent if successful
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-13T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-30T09:00:38.431Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Stanmore/Royal_National_Orthopaedic_Hospital_NHS_Trust/RTT/RTT-v8177402
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8177402?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

- The post holder must understand all aspects of a patient’s pathway from referral to treatment including the following:

-            Reading and understanding patient case notes

-            Receipt and entry of the referral

-            Booking and cancelling outpatient appointments

-            Post session recording of outpatient attendances

-            Adding patients to day case / inpatient waiting lists

-            To Come In (TCI) offers, deferred treatment and pause periods

-            Admitting, transferring and discharging patients

-            RTT status code at all points of the patient pathway

-            How to correct PAS entries.

- Adding / removing patients on the Patient Tracking List (PTL) and ensuring patients are booked in accordance with the Trust Elective Access Policy.
- Ensure PTL records are accurate by cross checking with a range of sources from patient letters to patient case notes.

Please see Job Description for full details

### Main duties of the job

- The post holder must understand all aspects of a patient’s pathway from referral to treatment including the following:

-            Reading and understanding patient case notes

-            Receipt and entry of the referral

-            Booking and cancelling outpatient appointments

-            Post session recording of outpatient attendances

-            Adding patients to day case / inpatient waiting lists

-            To Come In (TCI) offers, deferred treatment and pause periods

-            Admitting, transferring and discharging patients

-            RTT status code at all points of the patient pathway

-            How to correct PAS entries.

Please see Job Description for full details

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In summary the post holder will have:

- Excellent knowledge of the 18 week rule suite and associated guidelines and presviosu NHS experience.
- Experience of clinical systems and referencing clinical documents and diagnostic results.
- The ability to actively manage the administrative processes associated with patient pathways and review the functioning and effectiveness of clinical teams.
- The ability to work effectively as part of the onsite validation team to ensure that pathways are validated and corrected.
- The ability to ensure extensive feedback on validations completed on a pathway basis and to give an audit trail of the validations fulfilled on a daily basis.
- To be able to utilise the MS Excel application as required to record validations.
- To be able to communicate well with all team members including multidisciplinary teams as well as patients and relatives as required.

## Person Specification

### Education

**Essential**

- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
- Achieved Grade C in English Language & Maths GCSE or equivalent.

**Desirable**

- Educated to A Level standard or equivalent.

### Attributes

**Essential**

- Ability to use initiative
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to work independently and proactively.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience in RTT validation.
- Previous administrative or clinical experience
- Use of Electronic Patient Record or other hospital patient administration systems.

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of iCS, Sunquest ICE, CRIS (PACS) or similar hospital systems.

### Skills & Knowledge

**Essential**

- Good oral and written communication.
- Ability to work well with other departments and staff groups.
- Strong knowledge of MS Office and MS Outlook

**Desirable**

- Good knowledge of the processes within a hospital setting.

## Documents

- [letter from chief executive (pdf, 1018.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2864)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10480306)

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