Clinical Auditor

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in London seeks a Clinical Auditor to lead clinical audit projects aimed at improving care quality. The role involves analyzing data, writing reports, and making recommendations for changes in practice. The ideal candidate should have a relevant undergraduate degree and experience in research or audit methods. Salary ranges from £37,259 to £45,356 per annum including HCAS.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant area (science or social science) or evidence of academic ability to this level.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking projects using methods relevant to research or audit.
• Statistical analysis skills (descriptive and comparative) to intermediate level.

Responsibilities

• Design and set-up clinical audit projects.
• Collect, input and analyse data, write reports.
• Recommend changes to practices to improve patient care.

Skills

Statistical analysis skills

MS Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Internet

Email and Outlook

Education

Undergraduate degree in relevant area

Job description

The Clinical Auditor is responsible for undertaking clinical audit projects aimed at producing changes to LAS practices and improving the quality of care delivered to our patients. This includes examining the treatment given by ambulance crews to the patient and the suitability of the level of the emergency response provided.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Auditor designs and sets-up projects; collects, inputs and analyses data, writes reports and formulates recommendations for changes to practice.

About us

Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.

Job responsibilities

The Clinical Audit & Research Unit (CARU) is part of the Clinical & Quality Directorate and is responsible for the LASs clinical audit and research activities and programmes. Clinical audit enables CARU to systematically monitor and review the quality of the care given by the LAS. Through the results of our clinical audit and research projects we recommend, and track the implementation of, appropriate changes to practice that are aimed at improving patient care both locally and at a national level.

Please see job description attached for more information on the roles and responsibilities for this vacancy. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of undertaking projects using methods relevant to research or audit

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrable experience of undertaking projects using methods relevant to research or audit
• Statistical analysis skills (descriptive and comparative) to intermediate level
• Demonstrable working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet and Email and Outlook

Personal Abilities

• Adhere to values and behaviours
• Able to deliver formal and informal presentations
• Professional telephone manner; able to provide information and communicate orally in a clear and concise way
• Able to write well at different levels for different audiences (from professional letters to formal reports and magazine articles)
• Able to write well at different levels for different audiences (from professional letters to formal reports and magazine articles)
• No current or pending disciplinary sanctions

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.

£37,259 to £45,356 a yearper annum incl of HCAS