IPC Surveillance and Audit Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support performance reviews, audits and inspections with guidance, provision of information and support on narrative.

Contribute to the development of an improvement culture and promoting the importance of achieving performance metrics.

Monitor IPC compliance and ensure robust governance across the Trust, reporting to the Infection Prevention & Control Committee and any sub committees.

Manage the Trusts completion of mandatory healthcare associated infection surveillance, ensuring its accuracy as well as timeliness of return.

Use expert skills to interpret data results from surveillance and identify trends and adverse events. Initiate strategies to review identified clinical and support services practices that require improvements.

Manage

surveillance data collection, collaborating with clinical colleagues to ensure the accuracy of the submission as well as the development of action plans.

Lead on audit and benchmarking initiatives in order to understand and improve effectiveness of patient care including clinical governance and patient safety issues within the infection prevention team.

Manage the reporting of Infection Prevention related incidents, ensuring investigations are initiated as required, in accordance with national reporting guidelines.

Manage all contact tracing as necessary and disseminate relevant information to specialist teams.

Lead and manage the recording and collation of data in an accurate and suitable format, allowing for quick and easy access and periodic reporting as required.

Collate and analyse surveillance and other data, including application of advanced medical statistics, for example, regression modelling, population studies etc.

Use specialist scientific and analytical knowledge to flag and investigate data anomalies.

Manage the collection, recording and reporting of all other data for the Team, using appropriate electronic databases that are robust and compliant with information governance requirements.

Be responsible for implementing systems for appropriate data collection.

Challenge existing practice by influencing staff to adopt good data management principles.

Ensure patient information is accurate and reviewed in accordance with Trust guidelines.

Perform ad-hoc statistical analysis to support discussion and presentation at professional collaborative meetings within the Trust and external fora.

Ensure the Team benefits from the most up-to-date knowledge with regards to epidemiology and surveillance

Use data to influence health policy on infection, both within the Trust and externally

Promote good information governance amongst the Infection Prevention team.

Lead on the analysis of current demographics relating to public health. Evaluate risks to individuals health and apply knowledge in developing infection prevention and control guidance.

Provide information, evidence, and reports for inclusion in Risk, Governance and Board level reports relating to infection prevention and control risk and governance responsibilities, activities and findings.

Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Excellent use of IT systems and software
• Organisational skills and forward planning
• Flexibility
• Strong customer service skills
• Well-developed knowledge and experience of building, managing and developing relationships and working with other teams to achieve objectives and maximized results.
• Experience of contributing to the development and implementation of strategies, development programmes and business cases
• Experience of performance management and control
• Experience of achieving success when working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience of identifying and interpreting national alerts
• Experience of working as an analytics specialist within an operational environment (preferably involving clinical or supporting health services)
• Demonstrable project planning and management skills
• Undertaking and completing projects on time; prioritizing workloads and developing policies using evidence-based practice
• Experience of database management
• Dealing with a wide range of people and circumstances with the ability to respect each person's individual gender, race, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Good communications skills - written, oral and interpersonal
• Ability to communicate with colleagues and service users.
• Demonstrable good data collation and monitoring skills with a sharp attention to detail
• Organisation skills with ability to prioritise tasks.
• Work effectively alone and as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Flexible approach to meeting the needs of the service and a willingness to learn new skills.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) in scientific, mathematical, or statistical discipline (2:1 or above)
• Evidence of continuing post graduate development

Desirable

• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

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 details

Employer name

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 7&8 Talisman Business Centre.

Talisman Road

Bicester

OX26 6HR

Employer's website

https://scasjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)