Job summary
We are recruiting for aClinical Audit & Effectiveness Facilitator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The CAE Team is a small friendly, dynamic team that provides help and support to 33 specialties across all 4 sites of the Trust. They are a hardworking, detailed conscious, friendly team who support each other as well as Clinicians, Nurses, Therapists, and trainees in all aspects relating to Clinical Audit, Effectiveness and Quality Improvement.
To provide support to the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Manager (CAEM), the Deputy Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Manager (DCAEM), Clinicians and Managers by assisting with and undertaking CA&E projects and all necessary tasks related to ensure the delivery of a robust Clinical Audit & Effectiveness (CAE) Programme for the Trust.
To ensure the timely collection, accurate uploading, production, monitoring and dissemination of information and reports from the (CA) and (CE) databases as requested by the CAEM, or DCAEM.
Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Our Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Facilitators work with the Divisions, providing guidance, support and assistance with clinical audit, quality improvement and NICE gap analysis action plans.
They play a key role in helping to drive service improvement by monitoring and providing progress updates to the Divisions and the Trust.
They act as the main contact point between the CAE Team and the designated clinical specialties with which they are 'linked'.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification and/or significant relevant experience in a clinical governance/audit or leading administration role
Desirable
- Attendance on a clinical audit/quality improvement and or Effectiveness course
Previous Experience
Essential
- Computer data entry
- Working with departmental systems
- Use of the Internet
- Working to deadlines
- Report writing
- Production of high-quality work
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Delivering training
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Clinical audit and or effectiveness experience
- Project work
- Preparing and delivering presentations
Skills
Essential
- MS Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word to intermediate level
- Verbal communication skills for all levels
- Clear and comprehensible writing skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Organisational skills
- Ability to work unsupervised on own initiative
- Organising and prioritising own workload
- Ability to produce accurate and timely work
- Liaising with staff at all levels
- Problem solving
- Conflict resolution
Desirable
- Understanding of clinical audit and clinical effectiveness principles
- Critical appraisal
- Data analysis
- QI methodology
Knowledge
Essential
- Preparing and delivering presentations
- Clinical Audit, Clinical Effectiveness, Quality Improvement and Research methodologies and processes
- Data analysis and intelligence
- Descriptive statistics
- Medical terminology
- Systems and process development
- NICE Guidance
- HQIP Audit programme
Desirable
- Knowledge of other aspects of 'Clinical Governance' e.g. Risk Management
- Intermediate level statistics
- Current developments/priorities for the NHS
Other
Essential
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Flexible approach to tasks
- Professional manner and apprearance
- Quick learner
- Self motivation
- Innovative
- Reliability
- Discretion
- Confidentiality
Desirable
- Enthusiasm
- Ability to travel between sites when required
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification and/or significant relevant experience in a clinical governance/audit or leading administration role
Desirable
- Attendance on a clinical audit/quality improvement and or Effectiveness course
Previous Experience
Essential
- Computer data entry
- Working with departmental systems
- Use of the Internet
- Working to deadlines
- Report writing
- Production of high-quality work
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Delivering training
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Clinical audit and or effectiveness experience
- Project work
- Preparing and delivering presentations
Skills
Essential
- MS Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word to intermediate level
- Verbal communication skills for all levels
- Clear and comprehensible writing skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Organisational skills
- Ability to work unsupervised on own initiative
- Organising and prioritising own workload
- Ability to produce accurate and timely work
- Liaising with staff at all levels
- Problem solving
- Conflict resolution
Desirable
- Understanding of clinical audit and clinical effectiveness principles
- Critical appraisal
- Data analysis
- QI methodology
Knowledge
Essential
- Preparing and delivering presentations
- Clinical Audit, Clinical Effectiveness, Quality Improvement and Research methodologies and processes
- Data analysis and intelligence
- Descriptive statistics
- Medical terminology
- Systems and process development
- NICE Guidance
- HQIP Audit programme
Desirable
- Knowledge of other aspects of 'Clinical Governance' e.g. Risk Management
- Intermediate level statistics
- Current developments/priorities for the NHS
Other
Essential
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Flexible approach to tasks
- Professional manner and apprearance
- Quick learner
- Self motivation
- Innovative
- Reliability
- Discretion
- Confidentiality
Desirable
- Enthusiasm
- Ability to travel between sites when required
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).
