An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Head of Access to join our ambitious and forward-thinking team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong knowledge of RTT, clinical pathways, and best practice performance and data quality management to develop their leadership and influencing skills. The post holder will work Trust wide in collaboration with a number of teams in this highly visible role.

The successful post holder will play a crucial role in improving elective access and have responsibility for monitoring and reporting of the Trust's RTT performance. They will work with operational teams to bring together intelligence from the validation team and improvement ideas to make changes and identify training needs. The role also includes responsibility for the Trust's Elective Access Policy, and there will be particular focus to embed the policy into practice.

The post also plays a key role in ensuring good data quality across the Trust, with a 'dotted line' structure to the Associate Director of Business Intelligence. They will champion and train colleagues in how to get the most from data, ensuring data is efficiently and effectively captured processed, stored and disposed of. The successful candidate will be able to identify trends in data quality issues, understand how these impact services and performance and work with colleagues to sustainably address these., The post holder will be joining the organisation at an exciting time and have the opportunity to be involved in high profile developments. The Head of Access is integral for the role out and use of the Care Co-ordination Solution, which forms part of the national Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients (IECCP) Program. The post holder will need to continue to champion the tool and manage challenging conversations with key stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have experience of managing RTT pathways, be tenacious and have great attention to detail. They will have excellent communication skills and an ability to build rapport across disparate teams. They will be analytically minded and understand the importance of data quality and have a passion for improvement. In return, the successful candidate will work in an environment where all ideas are valued, success is celebrated and a culture of learning is encouraged. Their personal development will be supported to build upon their existing skills and develop in the areas of the role which may be less familiar.

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