Band 3 Clinical Audit Assistant (Stroke)

Job summary

The Stroke service at University Hospitals Birmingham is a busy service with over 1200 stroke patients being admitted every year. Good clinical audit and performance data is critical to support clinical governance and to drive improvements in the quality of Stroke care.

The Clinical Audit Assistant role within the Stroke Service will involve working within a team to support the nationally and locally required submission of stroke performance data. The post holder will work under the supervision of the Clinical Audit Analyst based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham but provide support for the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital sites within the Trust where necessary and be accountable to Non- Clinical Lead for Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme at UHB/Stroke Office Manager

They will be expected to support clinical audit within the Stroke Service by identifying appropriate patients; collecting, validating, and submitting data to agreed internal and external sources including the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP).

The post holder will also support the various clinical governance activities within the Stroke service under the leadership of Non -Clinical Lead for SSNAP at UHB.

Main duties of the job

Support the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) on a day-to-day basis ensuring data is collected, validated, and entered onto the national and local databases within specific time limits. Dealing with problems and queries surrounding conflicting information and suggesting solutions

Undertake and coordinate data collection from computerised and manual records. Maintain accurate records of an audit project on a local database for validation purposes.

Provide administrative support to the Stroke Audit Team so that they can undertake and facilitate specific audit projects.

Collate evidence for producing and disseminating monthly and quarterly reports for the national audits and other audit activities

Maintain complex spreadsheets to monitor information regarding specific audit projects to allow communication of the audits in an easy-to-understand manner.

Knowledge and use of various Microsoft Office Software programmes including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, to produce letters, presentations, spreadsheets, and reports

Support Clinical Data Analyst in various project

Attend meetings on a regular basis. Contribute to building effective teamwork in exchanging views, ideas and communicating effectively.

Accurately input data using a variety of Trust IT systems in a timely way. Strictly adhere to Caldicott Principles and the Data Protection Act.

Attend audit meetings as an observer with the Stroke Audit Manager and Clinical Data Analyst and take notes as and when required

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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