Job summary
The role of Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager supports the development and delivery of the Trust's Clinical Outcomes & Effectiveness portfolio programme as part of the Trust's delivery of effective clinical services, including a focus on clinical speciality and divisional engagement, reporting and assurance for clinical effectiveness.
The Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager will ensure the successful delivery of the clinical outcomes and effectiveness portfolio throughthe implementation of effective day to day systems and processes for the management of NICE, National Audit and Enquiries, Local Audit GIRFT and Clinical Documentation.
The COE Team operates a business partner model; the role will be aligned to one of the Trusts divisions (i.e. Medicine/ Surgery/ Specialist Services). The post holder will be responsible for working with colleagues within this division to ensure the successful delivery of the COE workstreams.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager will support the COE Portfolio Lead and Senior Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager to ensure the Trust is delivering services in line with legislative requirements, national policy and best practice guidelines.
The post holder will be required to actively engage with divisions and multidisciplinary teams to ensure full assurance with targets and compliance across the COE portfolio, triangulating outcomes from across the COE workstreams and ensuring Quality Improvement Plans are developed and implemented in response to any identified concerns.
The post holder will be required to attend divisional and clinical governance meetings to support the COE agenda, providing reporting and updates on divisional performance and assisting the delivery of programmes of work to support compliance and quality improvement.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer abuddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
Candidate Pack
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager will ensure the successful delivery of the clinical outcomes and effectiveness portfolio working with the Senior Improvement Manager to ensure:
- Triangulation of quality data from a variety of sources to identify quality gaps and prioritise opportunities for continuous quality improvement
- Deliver specific targeted quality improvement projects that address Trust-wide quality prioritie
- Demonstrate and provide an evidence base for measurable improvement
- Develop and deliver divisional and service specific quality improvement projects in response to identified quality gap
See Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.
If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.
Prior to submission of your application for any internal secondment or fixed term post, please ensure that you have discussed this with your line manager to obtain their approval. If you do not have written approval from your current line manager to take this position if successful as an internal secondment opportunity, it would be offered as a fixed term position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager will ensure the successful delivery of the clinical outcomes and effectiveness portfolio working with the Senior Improvement Manager to ensure:
- Triangulation of quality data from a variety of sources to identify quality gaps and prioritise opportunities for continuous quality improvement
- Deliver specific targeted quality improvement projects that address Trust-wide quality prioritie
- Demonstrate and provide an evidence base for measurable improvement
- Develop and deliver divisional and service specific quality improvement projects in response to identified quality gap
See Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.
If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.
Prior to submission of your application for any internal secondment or fixed term post, please ensure that you have discussed this with your line manager to obtain their approval. If you do not have written approval from your current line manager to take this position if successful as an internal secondment opportunity, it would be offered as a fixed term position.
Person Specification
Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Experience of managing and delivering projects and quality improvement projects and/or working in a similar role within the NHS
- Experience of dealing with difficult conversations and contentious information
- Experience of leading change and delivering agreed outcomes
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools such as Prince II Foundation level or Microsoft project
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable clinical outcomes & effectiveness skills e.g. Literature Searching Critical Appraisal Robust study and questionnaire design
- Analytical skills and experience of data management e.g. data analysis, interpretation of results, statistical support
- Thorough understanding of confidentiality & application to clinical effectiveness work
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills
- Experience of delivering training to small and large groups of staff
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including writing reports and delivering presentations
- Able to demonstrate compliance with the Trust's values and behaviours
- Acts independently & able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Adaptability to rapidly changing demands
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of working with clinical audit, clinical guidelines, NCEPOD
People Managment
Essential
- Experience in providing expert advice and training to Trust staff on complex project programme management
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
Person Specification
Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Experience of managing and delivering projects and quality improvement projects and/or working in a similar role within the NHS
- Experience of dealing with difficult conversations and contentious information
- Experience of leading change and delivering agreed outcomes
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools such as Prince II Foundation level or Microsoft project
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable clinical outcomes & effectiveness skills e.g. Literature Searching Critical Appraisal Robust study and questionnaire design
- Analytical skills and experience of data management e.g. data analysis, interpretation of results, statistical support
- Thorough understanding of confidentiality & application to clinical effectiveness work
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills
- Experience of delivering training to small and large groups of staff
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including writing reports and delivering presentations
- Able to demonstrate compliance with the Trust's values and behaviours
- Acts independently & able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Adaptability to rapidly changing demands
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of working with clinical audit, clinical guidelines, NCEPOD
People Managment
Essential
- Experience in providing expert advice and training to Trust staff on complex project programme management
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
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.
