Cardiac Data Officer: Sponsorship Available

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Job Summary

  • 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.

 

Main duties of the job

  • 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

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree in a relevant area (science or social science) or evidence of academic ability to this level

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Experience and knowledge of writing and executing simple SQL queries
  • Experience and knowledge of using Power BI to produce reports
  • Demonstrable working knowledge of computer packages including and Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Email and Outlook
  • Good time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to plan ahead to meet tight deadlines without compromising standards
  • Able to write clear and concise reports and summarise information whilst retaining meaning
  • Able to deliver formal and informal presentations
  • Able to deal confidentially with personal and sensitive information
  • Basic statistical skills; able to compute and interpret frequencies, percentages, averages, standard deviation and distributions, and display these as graphs and charts.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working confidently with large complex computerised data sets

Desirable

  • Some basic clinical knowledge and/or knowledge of medical terminology acquired through work based training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 15 October 2025

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