Clinical Guidelines Consultant

Primary Health Care Corporation; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care organization in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced clinical quality professional to ensure clinical effectiveness and support quality assurance initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in medicine and a minimum of 5 years' experience in quality assurance. Key responsibilities include collecting clinical data, supporting quality improvement initiatives, and maintaining effective team communication. This role emphasizes patient safety and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in quality assurance in a health care organization.
• Certificate in Quality Assurance or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Collect and analyze clinical data for defined indicators.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships within teams.
• Identify and report potential patient safety concerns.

Skills

Data analysis

Clinical quality improvement

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in medicine

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

PHCC has a vision to be the leader in transforming the health and wellbeing of people’s lives in Qatar. PHCC’s mission is to deliver comprehensive, integrated and coordinated person-centered health care services in the community through focusing on disease prevention, healthy lifestyles and wellness. In partnership with our stakeholders, we will improve the health and wellbeing of our population.

The incumbent shall ensure the clinical effectiveness of the organization by providing an efficient support in clinical quality, evaluating clinical incidents and incident reporting and quality assurance.

Key Accountabilities & Duties

• Support clinical quality improvement initiatives through the collection, compilation and aggregation of data, reporting trends and outcomes, and participation in improvement teams.
• Collect accurate clinical data for defined clinical indicators, perform data analysis, summarize, and report to various improvement teams, committees or Medical Staff departments.
• Serve as a resource for PHCC data on clinical quality, quality assurance and clinical incidents.
• Use verbal and written communication skills to establish and maintain effective relationships, facilitate multi-disciplinary team.
• Apply knowledge / expertise in clinical standards and hospital processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Apply knowledge / expertise in clinical standards and hospital processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by thinking what might go wrong in all your undertakings and take necessary measures to prevent them from happening.
• Identify and report potential or actual patient safety concerns, errors and / or near misses in timely manner.
• Partner with line manager to understand risks in your area of work, develop a plan on how to mitigate those risks, and develop shared accountability for implementing and evaluating the plan.
• Ensure high standards of confidentiality to safeguard any sensitive information.
• The incumbent will undertake any such related duties or responsibilities as directed.

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in medicine

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in quality assurance / clinical effectiveness in a health care organization.
• Certificate in Quality Assurance or equivalent is preferred.