Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Audit Assistant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Services

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Job summary

Are you passionate and driven? We're on the lookout for an enthusiastic Clinical Audit Assistant to bolster our ranks.

As a Clinical Audit Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our Trauma and Orthopaedics Databases. Your primary mission will be to efficiently gather and record essential data, supporting our clinicians in managing and maintaining both national and local clinical audit initiatives. You will prepare detailed data reports that drive informed decision-making and contribute to the continuous improvement of patient care.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work closely with a dedicated team of healthcare professionals, gaining valuable insights into the field of Trauma and Orthopaedics. Your contributions will directly impact the quality of care we provide, making this a highly rewarding position for those passionate about healthcare and data management.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Details

Date posted

12 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-SRG-6839966

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good general education standard/ GCSE qualifications in English and maths (grade C or above) or equivalent
  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Desirable

  • Study beyond GCSE
  • Advanced ECDL

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of data collection, spreadsheets/databases and clinical audit.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office software / Windows-based applications
  • Patient records / case notes
  • Confidentiality
  • Multidisciplinary Team working
  • Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology, clinical audit / data validation and analysis gained on the job / further training

Desirable

  • Intermediate level knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures particularly those based on data /information collection and processing
  • Knowledge of FoxPro database software

Further Training

Essential

  • Hospital computer systems e.g. Medway, case note tracking, ORION
  • Wide range of medical / surgical terminology knowledge acquired through further training

Desirable

  • Data analysis / elementary statistics

Experience

Essential

  • Data entry
  • Previous experience within a clinical environment/healthcare setting at Ward Receptionist or equivalent level
  • Team work

Desirable

  • Presentation of data verbally and in written format
  • Extracting data from computerised databases and producing reports
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good general education standard/ GCSE qualifications in English and maths (grade C or above) or equivalent
  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Desirable

  • Study beyond GCSE
  • Advanced ECDL

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of data collection, spreadsheets/databases and clinical audit.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office software / Windows-based applications
  • Patient records / case notes
  • Confidentiality
  • Multidisciplinary Team working
  • Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology, clinical audit / data validation and analysis gained on the job / further training

Desirable

  • Intermediate level knowledge and understanding of a range of routine work procedures particularly those based on data /information collection and processing
  • Knowledge of FoxPro database software

Further Training

Essential

  • Hospital computer systems e.g. Medway, case note tracking, ORION
  • Wide range of medical / surgical terminology knowledge acquired through further training

Desirable

  • Data analysis / elementary statistics

Experience

Essential

  • Data entry
  • Previous experience within a clinical environment/healthcare setting at Ward Receptionist or equivalent level
  • Team work

Desirable

  • Presentation of data verbally and in written format
  • Extracting data from computerised databases and producing reports

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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Trauma Coordinator

Chesley Evans

chelsey.evans@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

12 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-SRG-6839966

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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