Clinical Effectiveness Coordinator (Clinical Audit)
Job overview
This post is offered as 12-month fixed term contract or a 12-month secondment opportunity.
An opportunity has arisen for a high calibre, enthusiastic and well-motivated individual to join our Clinical Effectiveness and Assurance team. We are seeking a highly competent and experienced person with a high level of interpersonal, organisational and project management skills to be our Clinical Effectiveness Coordinator.The ideal candidate will be of graduate calibre and will have significant experience of working in clinical audit and supporting quality initiatives within the NHS, experience of supervising and managing staff is desirable.
The ideal candidate will have excellent facilitation, time, change and project management skills, and an eye for detail. They will be able to work both independently and as part of a team to inspire trust and confidence. A sound knowledge of MS Office packages, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook, is required in order to collate and analyse clinical audit data.Excellent negotiation and communication skills are required to present reports, both written and verbal, to a wide range of professionals across the organisation. A flexible working pattern is needed to coincide with the accessibility of healthcare professionals.
Experience in delivering training programmes is also desirable.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the promotion, co-ordination and delivery of clinical audit and effectiveness activity across the Trust including liaising with clinical leads to ensure engagement in the clinical audit programme and progress against clinical audit action plans.The role will also incorporate responsibilities for quality assuring the work undertaken by clinical effectiveness facilitators and healthcare professionals, providing guidance and support as required.
- Support the delivery of the trust wide quality strategy focussing on clinical effectiveness across the Trust.
- Co-ordinate robust and effective implementation of systems and processes developed for reviewing information and data relating to clinical effectiveness activities.
- Provide high level facilitation and co-ordination of action plans to support the effectiveness and assurance compliance for the Trust.
- Assist with advice and support to the clinical effectiveness function, Trust wide committees and specialty clinical teams to allow them to manage their clinical effectiveness activities effectively. E.g., QIPS report coordination, committee reports and group board reports.
Closing Date: 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.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care.We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Other responsibilities include supporting the Head of Clinical Effectiveness and Assurance by ensuring that a coordinated approach to managing the clinical audit programme and escalation of risks is done in a timely manner. The successful candidate will oversee participation in national clinical audits and co-ordinate high-level summaries of national clinical audit activity providing comparative analysis of Trust performance to relevant Trust committees.In addition to coordinating, facilitating and managing numerous clinical audit projects from a wide range of specialities; this will incorporate project design, data collection and analysis, report writing and presentation of completed projects.
Coordinate Trust wide clinical audit activity ensuring clinical audit results are distributed widely to all relevant clinical specialities and provide support in the development and implementation of subsequent action plans.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
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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.
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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.
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