Clinical Audit Coordinator

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 May 2024

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and efficient Clinical Audit Co-ordinator to join the Offender Health Team at NHS Nottinghamshire Foundation Trust.

The Clinical Audit Coordinator supports the development, implementation and monitoring of programmes of local and national clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, and quality improvement to benefit patient care, safety, and experience.

Offender Health provides Physical Healthcare, Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Substance misuse services in 7 prisons across Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and in a short term holding facility as well as Offender Personality Disorder services in prisons and community. You are part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision and excellent opportunities for learning and development.

Main duties of the job

We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, national probation service and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice to reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health, substance misuse and neurodivergence services that are equivalent to healthcare delivered in community.

It is an exciting time to join NHS Nottinghamshire Foundation Trust. The evaluation and improvement of patient care is of paramount importance to the Trust and clinical audit and quality improvement processes are central to this.

The post holder will promote clinical audit as a way of improving clinical care and will provide project support by way of data collection, analysis and dissemination of results of key clinical audits and quality improvement projects from inception through to the implementation of action plans.

The ideal candidate will have excellent time management, facilitation and communication skills and be organised with skills in data collection and analysis. They will be able to work both independently and as part of a team to inspire trust and confidence with patient safety at the centre of Trust.

If appointed, we can offer an exciting training and development opportunities within a supportive and knowledgeable team.

About us

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Date posted

25 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

186-483-24-FS

Job locations

Duncan MacMillan House

Porchester Rd., Mapperley

Nottingham

NG3 3AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Clinical Audit Coordinator, you will analyse and report on data used for national and clinical audits whilst supporting in other audit creation, collation and finalisation within Offender Health in the Community Health Group.

You will interact with a diverse group of staff of different backgrounds with a vast amount of clinical knowledge.The post holder works closely with the Clinical Director, Head of Nursing & Quality, Clinical Leads, Quality and Risk Senior Managers, Senior Pharmacists, Clinical Matrons and Heads of Healthcare.The post holder will maintain, develop, and promote the role of quality practice by assisting Offender Healthcare staff in the delivery, analysis and management of Clinical Audit, reporting and data collation.The role will also assist in quality assuring the work undertaken by clinical effectiveness facilitators and healthcare professionals, providing guidance and support as required.The postholder will support effective implementation of data produced as a result of audits and completion of projects and activities required by the directorate and completion of associated clinical audit projects and activities.The postholder will assist in implementing systems and processes to monitor, collate and report progress against the implementation of standards required by NICE Guidance, CQC and other relevant governing bodies.To provide clinical audit advice and support to a wide range of clinical staff within Offender Health.To promote a culture of Clinical Audit in Offender Health as a method of monitoring and improving and providing high quality clinical care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to A-level standard or equivalent.
Minimum of GCSE (at grade C) or equivalent in English and Maths

Desirable

Qualification/training in audit

Experience

Essential

Working with multi professional teams
Extensive experience of working with Microsoft Office software
Experience of working to tight deadlines

Desirable

Experience of working within the NHS/ healthcare services
Experience of analysing and interpreting data and producing reports

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of confidentiality and data protection

Desirable

Offender Health services

Skills

Essential

Ability to compile and present accurate reports and minutes
Planning and Organisational Skills and the ability to prioritise own workload with minimum supervision at times
Excellent excellent written and oral skills

Contractual

Essential

Ability to travel across Trust sites

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to A-level standard or equivalent.
Minimum of GCSE (at grade C) or equivalent in English and Maths

Desirable

Qualification/training in audit

Experience

Essential

Working with multi professional teams
Extensive experience of working with Microsoft Office software
Experience of working to tight deadlines

Desirable

Experience of working within the NHS/ healthcare services
Experience of analysing and interpreting data and producing reports

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of confidentiality and data protection

Desirable

Offender Health services

Skills

Essential

Ability to compile and present accurate reports and minutes
Planning and Organisational Skills and the ability to prioritise own workload with minimum supervision at times
Excellent excellent written and oral skills

Contractual

Essential

Ability to travel across Trust sites

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.