Job summary
The Senior Clinical Audit Managers' role will be to have oversight and accountability for the functioning of clinical audit within the trust. This covers nationally mandated or contractually mandated audits to assure the organisation against the safety and effectiveness of its clinical activity.
The Senior Clinical Audit Manager will also assist the Clinical Effectiveness Lead in the delivery of a portfolio of clinical effectiveness projects and priorities as laid out in the trusts' annual plan.
All leadership roles at NWAS at every level are required to promote and role model our Be Think Do Philosophy. NWAS is committed to attracting managers and leaders who are more than subject matter experts, but exemplary in demonstrating their experience and commitment to; values-based leadership; challenging workforce and health inequalities; operating successfully in ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty.
Main duties of the job
- To develop, implement and monitor a Trust Annual Clinical Audit Plan, which incorporates all clinical audit activity for the Trust in line with statutory, national and regional requirements.
- Work in partnership with internal stakeholders to develop sustainable, quality improvement plans/initiatives that supports the delivery of service improvements through the clinical leadership structure.
- To develop effective communication strategies (in liaison with the Trust communications team) for Clinical Audit and other Medical Directorate work streams as required to ensure potentially complex information is communicated effectively to all areas of the Trust in clear, understandable formats and in a timely manner.
- To support and influence the development of relevant regional and national audit programmes, through effective engagement with other ambulance trusts and stakeholder groups.
- To work across organisational service lines to ensure appropriate clinical audit frameworks are in place and embedded within day-to-day operations.
- The production and implementation of potentially complex and detailed business cases that support the development of clinical audit initiatives.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of specialised strategies, policies and procedures relating to clinical standards for the Trust, in line with national policy, guidance and legislation.
About us
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.
Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.
We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Job description
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Please ensure that you have fully read the job description and person specification before applying for this role.
Job description
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Please ensure that you have fully read the job description and person specification before applying for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Masters' degree in a relevant healthcare subject or equivalent demonstrable evidence of working to master's level (and willing to work towards in post).
- Formal qualification and/or demonstrable evidence of leadership in healthcare.
- Formal qualification and/or demonstrable evidence of leading large scale change programmes.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Proven ability to work with and influence a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to provide, receive, analyse and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to others. This includes working on solutions
- Ability to manage complex and difficult situations, including those where there may be conflict.
- Strong leadership and management skills.
- Excellent literacy & IT skills
- Able to produce reports and business plans without supervision and able to influence their agreement.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise/plan workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and changing deadlines or competing demands
- Able to lead, inspire, motivate, develop and manage staff across a range of situations from normal working to operational pressures.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Credible experience of leading clinical projects or programmes in Ambulance Services, including work on larger scale change programmes.
- Experience of delivering clinical projects, including managing complex and competing priorities within defined timescales/parameters.
- Considerable experience of operationally managing, supervising and leading teams (clinical & non-clinical)
- Experienced in chairmanship of meetings, allocating roles and action planning.
- Thorough knowledge of current drivers, national policy and agendas in relation to delivery of Urgent & Emergency Care across healthcare services.
- In-depth understanding of clinical governance requirements and the ability to implement and evaluate systems of governance.
- Experience of collaboration with other NHS ambulance services, commissioners, other NHS providers and other relevant organisations
- Experience of appraising Board members, Executives and/or other senior managers of the respective merits of different options and potential opportunities
Desirable
- Experience of managing financial resources at a corporate level.
- Experience of developing strategic direction and delivery plans
Other
Essential
- Flexible in approach to work demands in relation to working hours and distances travelled
- Full valid EU/UK driving licence.
- Able to work across Trust sites and operational practice settings as required by the needs of the post
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Masters' degree in a relevant healthcare subject or equivalent demonstrable evidence of working to master's level (and willing to work towards in post).
- Formal qualification and/or demonstrable evidence of leadership in healthcare.
- Formal qualification and/or demonstrable evidence of leading large scale change programmes.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Proven ability to work with and influence a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to provide, receive, analyse and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to others. This includes working on solutions
- Ability to manage complex and difficult situations, including those where there may be conflict.
- Strong leadership and management skills.
- Excellent literacy & IT skills
- Able to produce reports and business plans without supervision and able to influence their agreement.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise/plan workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and changing deadlines or competing demands
- Able to lead, inspire, motivate, develop and manage staff across a range of situations from normal working to operational pressures.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Credible experience of leading clinical projects or programmes in Ambulance Services, including work on larger scale change programmes.
- Experience of delivering clinical projects, including managing complex and competing priorities within defined timescales/parameters.
- Considerable experience of operationally managing, supervising and leading teams (clinical & non-clinical)
- Experienced in chairmanship of meetings, allocating roles and action planning.
- Thorough knowledge of current drivers, national policy and agendas in relation to delivery of Urgent & Emergency Care across healthcare services.
- In-depth understanding of clinical governance requirements and the ability to implement and evaluate systems of governance.
- Experience of collaboration with other NHS ambulance services, commissioners, other NHS providers and other relevant organisations
- Experience of appraising Board members, Executives and/or other senior managers of the respective merits of different options and potential opportunities
Desirable
- Experience of managing financial resources at a corporate level.
- Experience of developing strategic direction and delivery plans
Other
Essential
- Flexible in approach to work demands in relation to working hours and distances travelled
- Full valid EU/UK driving licence.
- Able to work across Trust sites and operational practice settings as required by the needs of the post
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.
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