Clinical Effectiveness Facilitator (Clinical Audit and NCEPOD)

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in Coventry is seeking a Clinical Audit role to support the development and implementation of clinical audit programmes. The position involves liaising with clinical staff, producing reports, and ensuring high standards of audit activity. Candidates should have a commitment to the trust's values and be able to demonstrate relevant experience. This role contributes significantly to quality healthcare delivery.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development of the Trustwide clinical audit programme.
• Support the development and implementation of clinical audit policies.
• Provide education to healthcare professionals on clinical audit methodologies.
• Develop methodologically rigorous clinical audit programmes.
• Produce reports pertaining to clinical audit activity.

Job description

Overview

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assist with the development and delivery of the Trustwide clinical audit programme, ensuring that audits cover national and Trust priorities.
• Support the development and implementation of Trust wide clinical audit policies across the Trust to underpin the delivery of the Quality Strategy.
• Provide support and education to healthcare professionals in the development of clinical audit project methodologies and provide advice on all aspects of clinical audit project design, data collection methods, analytical support, and interpretation of audit results.
• Develop an understanding of clinical audit, evidence based healthcare and clinical effectiveness and become experienced in clinical audit methodology and facilitation.
• Develop methodologically rigorous clinical audit programmes within relevant specialties in collaboration with Clinical Leads, relevant committees, and management.
• Liaise and negotiate with clinical staff, at all levels, to agree audit project methodologies, including project design, data collection methods and analytical support.
• Produce reports pertaining to clinical audit activity undertaken and ensure the dissemination of reports is undertaken effectively and subsequent action plans are developed and implemented to improve inefficiencies in healthcare and services provided.
• Assist healthcare professionals in the facilitation of any changes required as a direct result of clinical audit activity.
• Support both national and local clinical audit activity across the Trust through the collection, collation, and presentation of data, from a variety of sources.
• Participate in Trust wide audit projects and co-operate and collaborate with other team members across all areas of work when necessary.
• Ensure audit activity undertaken within specialties is of a high standard, meets departmental requirements and is undertaken in line with the Trust Clinical Audit Policy.
• Adhere to and maintain Information Governance, GDPR requirements and Caldicott Principles in all local and national clinical audit work and comply with the approval process for submitting data to external organisations as set out in Trust policies.
• Support specific audit projects approved by the Clinical Effectiveness Co-ordinator including National Confidential Enquiries into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) studies and the National Cardiac Arrest Audit (NCAA).
• Actively participate, support, and contribute to the Clinical Audit Training Programmes across the Trust.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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Desirable criteria

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.

The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 592.3KB)
• Welcoming Candidates with Disability (PDF, 98.9KB)
• Candidate Information (PDF, 291.8KB)