Clinical Audit Coordinator

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000

Job description

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and efficient Clinical Audit Co-ordinator to join the Offender Health Team at NHS Nottinghamshire Foundation Trust.

The Clinical Audit Coordinator supports the development, implementation and monitoring of programmes of local and national clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, and quality improvement to benefit patient care, safety, and experience.

Offender Health provides Physical Healthcare, Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Substance misuse services in 7 prisons across Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and in a short term holding facility as well as Offender Personality Disorder services in prisons and community. You are part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision and excellent opportunities for learning and development.

Main duties of the job

We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, national probation service and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice to reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health, substance misuse and neurodivergence services that are equivalent to healthcare delivered in community.

The post holder will promote clinical audit as a way of improving clinical care and will provide project support by way of data collection, analysis and dissemination of results of key clinical audits and quality improvement projects from inception through to the implementation of action plans.

The ideal candidate will have excellent time management, facilitation and communication skills and be organised with skills in data collection and analysis. They will be able to work both independently and as part of a team to inspire trust and confidence with patient safety at the centre of Trust.

If appointed, we can offer exciting training and development opportunities within a supportive and knowledgeable team.

Job responsibilities

As a Clinical Audit Coordinator, you will analyse and report on data used for national and clinical audits whilst supporting in other audit creation, collation and finalisation within Offender Health in the Community Health Group.

You will interact with a diverse group of staff of different backgrounds with a vast amount of clinical knowledge. The post holder works closely with the Clinical Director, Head of Nursing & Quality, Clinical Leads, Quality and Risk Senior Managers, Senior Pharmacists, Clinical Matrons and Heads of Healthcare. The post holder will maintain, develop, and promote the role of quality practice by assisting Offender Healthcare staff in the delivery, analysis and management of Clinical Audit, reporting and data collation. The role will also assist in quality assuring the work undertaken by clinical effectiveness facilitators and healthcare professionals, providing guidance and support as required. The postholder will support effective implementation of data produced as a result of audits and completion of projects and activities required by the directorate and completion of associated clinical audit projects and activities. The postholder will assist in implementing systems and processes to monitor, collate and report progress against the implementation of standards required by NICE Guidance, CQC and other relevant governing bodies. To provide clinical audit advice and support to a wide range of clinical staff within Offender Health. To promote a culture of Clinical Audit in Offender Health as a method of monitoring and improving and providing high quality clinical care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent.
• Minimum of GCSE (at grade C) or equivalent in English and Maths

Experience

• Working with multi professional teams
• Extensive experience of working with Microsoft Office software
• Experience of working to tight deadlines
• Experience of working within the NHS/ healthcare services
• Experience of analysing and interpreting data and producing reports

Knowledge

• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
• Word processing skills and good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite
• NHS systems and processes

Skills

• Ability to compile and present accurate reports and minutes
• Planning and Organisational Skills and the ability to prioritise own workload with minimum supervision at times
• Excellent written and oral skills
• Conscientious approach with a strong eye for detail and accuracy

Contractual

• Ability to travel across Trust sites

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.

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Associate Director of Nursing, AHPs & Quality

£26,530 to £29,114 a year (pro rata for part time)