Job summary
Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated assistant audiology IQIPs accreditation lead to join our audiology services. You will support the successful achievement of IQIPs accreditation over a 2 year period for Barts Health NHS Trust Audiology.
The Barts Health Audiology services run across 7 sites, Whipps Cross Hospital, The Royal London Hospital, Hackney Ark, Vicarage Lane, West ham lane, Wood street and Loxford polyclinic. We are an enthusiastic and friendly team of audiologists who provide hearing and balance services for the local adult and paediatric populations.
Main duties of the job
To assist with the project management and delivery of IQIPS (Improving Quality in Physiological Services) accreditation program across all 7 audiology sites at Barts Health NHS Trust. Support the Audiology IQIPs Accreditation lead to develop a strong culture of quality and project methodology to deliver IQIPS accreditation. Standardise ways of working (particularly from an administrative perspective) across all audiology sites.
Assist with document control, managing audit schedules, meeting minutes and monitoring key project timelines. Support the implementation of a robust document management policy and system across the service.
To engage with the administration teams to standardise admin processes, write SOPs for these processes and ensure they are complied with
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/Degree level qualification (however equivalent experience particularly in audiology administration will be considered)
- 4 GCSE's with equivalent A-C qualifications and relevant A-Level in health and social care (equivalent experiences considered)
Desirable
- Managing successful programs or equivalent.
- Relevant change, project and / or programme management qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service transformation, and development.
- Significant administrative experience with PAS systems, ideally with cerner and auditbase.
- Experience with standardising administrative processes in complex services
- Experience / knowledge of quality processes
- Significant experience working in NHS healthcare sciences/a healthcare setting, with particular preference for audiology experience.
Desirable
- Experience in project/programme management delivery with evidence of assisting and managing improvement projects within the NHS/social care setting.
- Experience of delivering organisational change projects.
- Experience of service transformation, design and development.
- Experience working in an IQIPS accredited physiological service
- PA experience, i.e assisting with meeting minutes and note taking
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/Degree level qualification (however equivalent experience particularly in audiology administration will be considered)
- 4 GCSE's with equivalent A-C qualifications and relevant A-Level in health and social care (equivalent experiences considered)
Desirable
- Managing successful programs or equivalent.
- Relevant change, project and / or programme management qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service transformation, and development.
- Significant administrative experience with PAS systems, ideally with cerner and auditbase.
- Experience with standardising administrative processes in complex services
- Experience / knowledge of quality processes
- Significant experience working in NHS healthcare sciences/a healthcare setting, with particular preference for audiology experience.
Desirable
- Experience in project/programme management delivery with evidence of assisting and managing improvement projects within the NHS/social care setting.
- Experience of delivering organisational change projects.
- Experience of service transformation, design and development.
- Experience working in an IQIPS accredited physiological service
- PA experience, i.e assisting with meeting minutes and note taking
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
