Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Effectiveness Facilitator

The closing date is 03 May 2026

Job summary

The post holder will contribute towards the planning, implementation, monitoring and support of the trust's clinical effectiveness systems and programme which includes service, trust wide and national clinical audits, service evaluations and the dissemination of NICE guidance. They will also provide support for tracking the development and impact of clinical outcomes measures. This role can include supporting individuals and teams to develop resources and plans e.g., for audits, outcomes, surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

They may also be involved in delivering training, supporting clinical audit and evaluation meetings, and linking clinical effectiveness work to other workstreams in the Academy e.g., Quality Improvement. They will also act as ambassadors for the Academy of Research and Improvement at a range of forums designed to increase our reach and share learning. They will encourage and support wherever possible the involvement of the public and patients with lived experience in the full range of clinical effectiveness activities.

The clinical effectiveness team sit within the Academy of Research and Improvement alongside colleagues delivering specialist evidence and knowledge services, quality improvement, patient and public involvement, external evaluation, research delivery and researcher development. You can read more about our work here www.academy.hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

Alongside colleagues

Act as the key contact person for specific divisional clinical effectiveness leads and meetings

Maintain and provide support and training for the digital clinical audit system, tracking organisational and specific divisional activity

Process project registrations and approvals

Track the use, development and impact of clinical outcome measures

Maintain other databases for monitoring and reporting activity

Provide summaries and feedback on audit and evaluation reports

Provide support for producing audit and evaluation tools

Provide support for analysing audit and evaluation data

Maintain audit and evaluation reports and resources on the trust intranet and SharePoint

Produce or support the development of single page summaries for key audits and evaluations then uploaded onto a repository system

Identify relevant national audits from the HQIP directory

Co-ordinate and monitor participation and report review in national audits

Monitor trust wide audits and coordinate where required

Disseminate updated NICE guidance monthly in accordance with trust policy

Disseminate, track and process NICE baseline assessment tools

Maintain and develop set up and skills in using specialist audit, evaluation improvement and project management software.

Represent the Academy team at service line/division, trust wide, and external meetings as required

Network with other corporate teams to ensure that our work is connected

Plan training programmes and co-ordinate training delivery

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year Based on Full Time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-COR-11021

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent level qualification
  • Advanced training in clinical audit and/or service evaluation

Desirable

  • Further training in improvement or research methods

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of using digital clinical audit and improvement systems or similar
  • Practical experience of running and facilitating projects
  • Experience of disseminating information, and presenting to varieties of audiences
  • Experience of organising project summaries and resource collections
  • Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office word and excel, tools for remote working
  • Excellent communication skills; able to communicate complex information to a variety of stakeholders.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively
  • Excellent organisational skills, able to balance priorities and achieve objectives within agreed timescales
  • Knowledge of project, team, and change management

Desirable

  • Practical experience of planning, monitoring, and supporting audit, evaluation, and improvement processes in a health, social or community environment
  • Experience of training and supporting individuals and teams
  • Experience of working clinically or in a corporate healthcare environment
  • Experience of working in partnership with patients and communities to identify and deliver evaluations and/or improvement projects
  • Able to present effectively and confidently to a wide variety of audiences in an engaging manner
  • Knowledge of NICE guidance and processes for review and compliance
  • Experience and understanding of using, tracking or developing clinical outcome measures

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • They will encourage and support wherever possible the involvement of the public and patients with lived experience in the full range of clinical effectiveness activities. This may involve meeting and working directly with patient and public representatives who would expect to be fully involved in co-production and valued for their unique contribution
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent level qualification
  • Advanced training in clinical audit and/or service evaluation

Desirable

  • Further training in improvement or research methods

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of using digital clinical audit and improvement systems or similar
  • Practical experience of running and facilitating projects
  • Experience of disseminating information, and presenting to varieties of audiences
  • Experience of organising project summaries and resource collections
  • Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office word and excel, tools for remote working
  • Excellent communication skills; able to communicate complex information to a variety of stakeholders.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively
  • Excellent organisational skills, able to balance priorities and achieve objectives within agreed timescales
  • Knowledge of project, team, and change management

Desirable

  • Practical experience of planning, monitoring, and supporting audit, evaluation, and improvement processes in a health, social or community environment
  • Experience of training and supporting individuals and teams
  • Experience of working clinically or in a corporate healthcare environment
  • Experience of working in partnership with patients and communities to identify and deliver evaluations and/or improvement projects
  • Able to present effectively and confidently to a wide variety of audiences in an engaging manner
  • Knowledge of NICE guidance and processes for review and compliance
  • Experience and understanding of using, tracking or developing clinical outcome measures

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • They will encourage and support wherever possible the involvement of the public and patients with lived experience in the full range of clinical effectiveness activities. This may involve meeting and working directly with patient and public representatives who would expect to be fully involved in co-production and valued for their unique contribution

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Learning and Effectiveness

Colin Barnes

colin.barnes7@nhs.net

02381032085

Details

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year Based on Full Time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-COR-11021

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD


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