Clinical Audit Facilitator- Band 5

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Boston; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clinical Audit Facilitator post at Pilgrim Site supports the Trust to deliver a robust clinical audit programme, aligning audits with patient safety, effectiveness and regulatory needs. You will work with clinical teams to plan, coordinate and deliver local and national audits, provide expert advice on methodology, data collection and analysis, and help develop actionable improvements.

This key role strengthens learning, governance and evidence-based practice across services, driving timely

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the delivery of the Trust's clinical audits and national programmes.
• Advise clinical teams on audit methodology, sampling, data collection and analysis.
• Help services develop clear, measurable action plans to improve care and safety.
• Monitor progress and raise risks to Care Groups when needed.
• Prepare and present audit reports to Care Groups and Clinical Audit Group.
• Maintain audit records in the Trust's audit management system in line with governance.
• Identify themes and learning to inform quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide training and coaching to staff on clinical audits.
• Collaborate with clinical, operational and corporate teams to apply audit outcomes.

Job description

This post is available at the Pilgrim Site. The Clinical Audit Facilitator plays a key role in supporting the Trust to deliver safe, effective and high-quality care through a robust and well-governed clinical audit programme. The post holder will work closely with clinical teams across all services to plan, coordinate and deliver local, national and statutory audits, ensuring that audit activity is aligned to priorities such as patient safety, clinical effectiveness and regulatory compliance. They will provide specialist advice on audit methodology, support the collection and analysis of high-quality data, and assist services to develop meaningful, measurable action plans that drive improvement. The role also includes monitoring progress, identifying risks or delays, and escalating issues where required to ensure timely completion and delivery of assurance to Care Groups, CEG and the Quality Committee. This is a key role in strengthening learning, supporting evidence-based practice, and ensuring the Trust meets its obligations., The Clinical Audit Facilitator will:

• Coordinate and support the delivery of the Trust's clinical audit programme, including local priority audits and participation in agreed national audit programmes.
• Provide specialist advice to clinical teams on audit methodology, sampling, data collection and analysis to ensure audits are completed to a high standard.
• Work with services to develop clear, measurable action plans in response to audit findings, ensuring actions support improvements in patient care, safety and clinical effectiveness.
• Monitor progress against audit plans and action plans, identifying delays or barriers, and elevate risks to Care Groups and the Clinical Audit Group as appropriate.
• Prepare and present regular audit reports, updates and summaries for Care Groups, Clinical Audit Group and Clinical Effectiveness Group.
• Maintain accurate records of audit activity within the Trust's audit management system, ensuring all information is up to date and meets governance and reporting requirements.
• Support the identification of themes, trends and learning from audit findings to inform quality improvement initiatives and strengthen governance.
• Provide training, coaching and day-to-day support to staff undertaking clinical audits, helping to build capability and consistency across services.
• Work collaboratively with clinical, operational and corporate teams to ensure audit outcomes inform service development, patient safety work and the wider quality improvement agenda.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service. Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county. This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).