Working in the Clinical Audit and Research Unit, the Cardiac Data Officer will manage the London Ambulance Survive (LAS) Cardiac Arrest Registry to a high standard through accurate data collection, input and quality assurance.
The Cardiac Data Officer will be required to enter and analyse data relating to all people in London who have suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and have been treated by LAS clinicians. They will use this information to produce routine reports about clinical and operational performance which will be used by the LAS and other agencies to inform and enhance patient care.
The Cardiac Data Officer will also support cardiac-related clinical audit and research activities.
Extract, input and verify data into the Cardiac Arrest Registry from the emergency 999 call log and patient records to include clinical, performance and operational information. Interpret recorded information to determine the care that was given to patients and
translate cases where documentation is readily codeable.
Merge information where more than one record exists for each patient.
Utilise software to match defibrillator downloads to patient records and add to the registry
information from the downloads accordingly
We are the world's busiest emergency ambulance service, serving one of the most dynamic and diverse cities globally. We provide emergency and urgent healthcare that is free to patients at the time they receive it.
Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year.
We are the only NHS provider trust to serve the whole of London and the nine million people who live in, work in or visit the city.
We cover an area of 620sq miles and have more than 8,000 people who work or volunteer for us – rising to 10,000 when including bank staff and students.
We answer around two million 999 calls a year and our crews attend more than 3000 emergencies a day. Our 24-hour 111 integrated urgent care services London answer around two million calls a year.
We play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care in the capital and are striving to ensure patients receive the right response, in the right place, at the right time
For a detailed list of roles and responsibilities please review the job description attached in the documents advert.