NHS Application

[AnthonyGerrard]

NHS Job Application

Anyone work for the NHS - I am looking at several applications - however - the first essential criteria is as below. Any idea how I would go about demonstrating that as a someone who has never worked for the NHS?

I feel my actual skills are there - just on differant datasets.

Thanks - The alternative would seem to be applying at a lower lever - but that would leave me 5-10k off where I absolutely need to be baring in mind I have a mortgage to pay - a starting salary at around 65% of the average UK wage just cant be considered.

In short how does one get into the NHS without starting at the bottom, ie good school leaver role.? In hindsiight should have started as schoolleaver 20 years ago! lol



An understanding of NHS datasets, data sources, data flows and data definitions.
Knowledge of PAS and EPR systems.
Specialist knowledge and experience of analysing and interpreting large and complex datasets.
Knowledge of NHS Data protection requirements.
Knowledge of NHS Information
Experience of extracting data from local PAS and EPR solutions.
Experience of development, delivery and presenting BI solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
Specific knowledge of statistical software packages, such as SAS, SPPS.

 

[ColinEssex]

You will need to be totally familiar with the Patient Administration System (PAS), how the data is input and more importantly how to write the programmes to extract it in an understandable form. It is not as easy as it sounds. The Electronic Patient Record has been on the cards since the 1980's but is resisted by the medics. The implementation is hotch potch
You will need to be familiar with the myriad of information returns that need to be sent to the Regional Health Authority et al. There is always a mountain of local information requests to supply, in various formats - spreadsheets, graphs, presentations.
You need to know about the data protection act, basic hospital stats like throughput, length of stay, waiting lists, outpatient data, bed occupancy by ward, specialty, consultant - every which way.

Oh and you need a very good knowledge of anatomy and physiology, various operation procedures from the main specialties, I did a 3 year course in that to get the required standard.

There is much more but I'm bored now. I did it from the 1960's manually, then from the 1980's by computer, I implemented the PAS system in 2 health authorities (Leicester and Hastings).

Good luck, I always loathed people who came straight in at a high up level and expected everyone to do the work for them because they had no idea what a patient was and earned double my salary. Beware of knives in the back, there's a lot of them in the NHS, after 40 years I've seen it all.

Col

 

[AnthonyGerrard]

You will need to be totally familiar with the Patient Administration System (PAS), how the data is input and more importantly how to write the programmes to extract it in an understandable form. It is not as easy as it sounds. The Electronic Patient Record has been on the cards since the 1980's but is resisted by the medics. The implementation is hotch potch
You will need to be familiar with the myriad of information returns that need to be sent to the Regional Health Authority et al. There is always a mountain of local information requests to supply, in various formats - spreadsheets, graphs, presentations.
You need to know about the data protection act, basic hospital stats like throughput, length of stay, waiting lists, outpatient data, bed occupancy by ward, specialty, consultant - every which way.

Oh and you need a very good knowledge of anatomy and physiology, various operation procedures from the main specialties, I did a 3 year course in that to get the required standard.

There is much more but I'm bored now. I did it from the 1960's manually, then from the 1980's by computer, I implemented the PAS system in 2 health authorities (Leicester and Hastings).

Good luck, I always loathed people who came straight in at a high up level and expected everyone to do the work for them because they had no idea what a patient was and earned double my salary. Beware of knives in the back, there's a lot of them in the NHS, after 40 years I've seen it all.

Col

Thanks Col.