Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Support Facilitator

Job summary

This post offers an exciting opportunity to work our friendly Compliance and Effectiveness team, which has a broad remit across the whole of the merged organisation.

Working as part of the wider integrated Governance Support Team, the post holder will support the delivery of clinical audit as a quality improvement process and provide assurance of the quality of services the organisation provides.

The post holder will provide a specialist facilitation function to operational teams and colleagues, with the emphasis on promoting service/lead ownership of clinical audit and supporting staff to develop capability in completing effective clinical audit cycles.

Main duties of the job

In summary, the post holder will:

• Provide support for the facilitation of all types of clinical audit activity, such as data collection tool production and case note management.
• Ensure an accurate live record of all clinical audit activity is maintained, enabling monitoring completion of clinical audits as scheduled, and accurate reporting when required.
• Support in the facilitation of clinical audits as agreed (national and local), with supervisory support from the Facilitator team, with the focus being support at the outset of a clinical audit in an advisory fashion.
• Support effective and appropriate training programmes on best practice for clinical audit for all clinical staff working in the organisation.
• Promote the use of agreed tools and templates
• Support and contribute to ensuring that the organisation meets external requirements related to clinical audit.
• Provide support for other elements of clinical effectiveness (incorporating national clinical guidance assessment and response to NCEPOD reports).

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!