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Job summary

Main area
Accident and Emergency
Grade
AfC Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
384-AGB-EMF20654-B4
Employer
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Guildford
Salary
£29,812 - £32,715 (per annum) pro-rata - includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/07/2026 23:59
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TARN – Audit Lead

AfC Band 4

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen as a permanent Band 4 TARN coordinator, within the Emergency Department working closely with a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) through the patients Trauma Pathway. This MDT also works closely with the South West Surrey Trauma Network. You will work closely with a wide variety of staff to help the trauma office and network in its aim to provide the very best care to patients with major trauma.

Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) is a collaboration formed of hospitals from all over England, Wales, Ireland and other parts of Europe.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a confident individual with a strong administration background with intermediate skills on all Microsoft office applications and preferably with experience of medical terminology and knowledge of NHS England.

We require good attention to detail skills and accuracy skills in transposing clinical data from internal sources into the TARN database.

If you are looking for a new and exciting challenge with the opportunity to contribute to this important research network we would like to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Trauma Audit & Research Network (TARN) has been working with NHS Trusts across England and Wales for 20 years to improve emergency health care systems by collating and analysing trauma patient care data within each Trust. The registry of more than 250,000 injured patients provides a statistical base to support clinical audit and as a source of information is used to support trauma service improvement. TARN produces quarterly comparative reports for participating hospitals. These aid multi-specialty clinical case review and system of trauma care evaluation. The post holder will be based at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will be responsible for the provision of timely, accurate and reliable data on behalf of South West London and Surrey Major Trauma Network and Royal Surrey NHS NHS Trust to the TARN. As a member of the TARN data team, you will ensure delivery of the team objectives in capturing all patient data within specified time periods. This will involve locating patient notes and collecting them for the TARN submission process, whilst ensuring no disruption to clinical or other teams in areas where the patients’ notes may also be required. This will entail a good level of organisation to make the process most efficient and minimise down time for the TARN team. The post will involve the identification, using the TARN inclusion criteria, and subsequent completion of data submissions via the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system.
 
The post holder will be based at Royal Surrey County Hospital and will be responsible for the provision of timely, accurate and reliable data on behalf of South West London and Surrey Major Trauma Network and Royal Surrey NHS NHS Trust to the TARN

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ 4 or equivalent standard of education and experience
Desirable criteria
  • Degree or equivalent standard of education and experience of clinical audit IT qualification

Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of Audit, acquired through postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience.
  • Degree or equivalent standard of education and experience of clinical audit IT qualification
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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Juhi Arun
Job title
Assistant Speciality Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For questions about the job, please contact Claudette Cadien Emergency Department Matron [email protected]

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