Job summary
Assistant Patient Safety Officer - Band 6 - 37.5 - Permanent
The Assistant Patient Safety Officer is a key member of the clinical audit & effectiveness team, working with the Patient Safety Officer to ensure that there is an effective and robust Clinical Audit Programme which leads to improvements in patient care.
The post holder will provide expert advice and guidance on all aspects of clinical audit to Divisional Teams across the organisation, ensuring that clinical audit activity is appropriately supported by the clinical audit & effectiveness team.
This is a full time, permanent role.
Who are we looking for?
Someone who has extensive clinical audit knowledge and is passionate about driving change in response to clinical audit results.
This would be an excellent opportunity for someone to develop their leadership skills, supporting and developing the clinical audit & effectiveness team.
Interviews TBC
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist the Patient Safety Officer in ensuring that the Trust meets its legislative requirements, external standards and the Trust corporate objectives in relation to clinical audit & effectiveness.
You will provide expert advice and guidance in all aspects of clinical audit to Divisional Teams and colleagues across the organisation.
You will supervise, support and develop the clinical audit & effectiveness team, ensuring that clinical audit activity is in line with best practice and leads to improvements in patient care.
Action and learning from clinical audit results is essential and you will be working with Divisional Teams and the clinical audit & effectiveness team to develop, implement & monitor SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely) action plans.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of quality services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate & these are:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assist the Patient Safety Officer in ensuring that the Trust meets its legislative requirements, external standards and the Trust corporate objectives in relation to clinical audit & effectiveness.
- Provide expert advice and guidance on all aspects of clinical audit to Divisional Teams and colleagues across the organisation.
- Supervise, support and develop the clinical audit & effectiveness team, ensuring that clinical audit activity is in line with best practice and leads to improvements in patient care.
- Assist the Patient Safety Officer with service development for clinical audit & effectiveness.
- Support implementation of the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Strategy and Policy and NICE Policy across the organisation.
- Contribute to the effective integration of clinical audit & effectiveness with other quality, governance and accountability programmes and functions.
- Work closely with the Divisional Teams, ensuring review, scrutiny and appropriate presentation/dissemination of clinical audit results and trend/benchmarking data.
- Support action and learning from clinical audit results, working with Divisional Teams and the clinical audit team to develop, implement & monitor SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely) action plans.
- Assist the Patient Safety Officer in ensuring that the Trust meets its legislative requirements, external standards and the Trust corporate objectives.
- Co-ordinate the conduct of complex organisation wide and high profile clinical audit projects.
- Undertake clinical audit activity where required, including project design, data collection, data analysis, report writing and presentation of results.
- Monitor the provision of Trust Assurance of clinical audit activity and generate progress/performance reports.
- Provide effective and appropriate clinical audit training and guidance to staff at all levels across the organisation.
- Attend meetings and events on behalf of the clinical audit & effectiveness team, both external and within the organisation.
- Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders in the organisations Clinical Audit Pogramme e.g. national audit providers, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
SECTION 2- KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Extensive clinical audit knowledge and skills gained through facilitation of a wide range of national and local clinical audit projects.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop effective working relationships with staff at all levels throughout the organisation.
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues.
- Excellent written communication skills with experience of writing clinical audit reports, presentations and action plans.
- High level of attention to detail with ability to accurately analyse complex data sets, validate data and interpret/present results.
- Experience of supporting/advising multidisciplinary teams in relation to clinical audit projects.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Experience of developing and delivering training in clinical audit.
SECTION 3- EFFORT AND ENVIRONMENT
- Ability to concentrate for long periods of time whilst processing complex, confidential and contentious information and writing reports.
- Able to adapt, be flexible and responsive, whilst maintaining a confident approach to changing environments and circumstances.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
- Ability to deal with queries from external bodies and trust staff, often with interruption from visitors and other staff members.
- Indirect exposure to distressing information.
- Occasional handling of patient case records.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assist the Patient Safety Officer in ensuring that the Trust meets its legislative requirements, external standards and the Trust corporate objectives in relation to clinical audit & effectiveness.
- Provide expert advice and guidance on all aspects of clinical audit to Divisional Teams and colleagues across the organisation.
- Supervise, support and develop the clinical audit & effectiveness team, ensuring that clinical audit activity is in line with best practice and leads to improvements in patient care.
- Assist the Patient Safety Officer with service development for clinical audit & effectiveness.
- Support implementation of the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Strategy and Policy and NICE Policy across the organisation.
- Contribute to the effective integration of clinical audit & effectiveness with other quality, governance and accountability programmes and functions.
- Work closely with the Divisional Teams, ensuring review, scrutiny and appropriate presentation/dissemination of clinical audit results and trend/benchmarking data.
- Support action and learning from clinical audit results, working with Divisional Teams and the clinical audit team to develop, implement & monitor SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely) action plans.
- Assist the Patient Safety Officer in ensuring that the Trust meets its legislative requirements, external standards and the Trust corporate objectives.
- Co-ordinate the conduct of complex organisation wide and high profile clinical audit projects.
- Undertake clinical audit activity where required, including project design, data collection, data analysis, report writing and presentation of results.
- Monitor the provision of Trust Assurance of clinical audit activity and generate progress/performance reports.
- Provide effective and appropriate clinical audit training and guidance to staff at all levels across the organisation.
- Attend meetings and events on behalf of the clinical audit & effectiveness team, both external and within the organisation.
- Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders in the organisations Clinical Audit Pogramme e.g. national audit providers, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
SECTION 2- KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Extensive clinical audit knowledge and skills gained through facilitation of a wide range of national and local clinical audit projects.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop effective working relationships with staff at all levels throughout the organisation.
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues.
- Excellent written communication skills with experience of writing clinical audit reports, presentations and action plans.
- High level of attention to detail with ability to accurately analyse complex data sets, validate data and interpret/present results.
- Experience of supporting/advising multidisciplinary teams in relation to clinical audit projects.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Experience of developing and delivering training in clinical audit.
SECTION 3- EFFORT AND ENVIRONMENT
- Ability to concentrate for long periods of time whilst processing complex, confidential and contentious information and writing reports.
- Able to adapt, be flexible and responsive, whilst maintaining a confident approach to changing environments and circumstances.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
- Ability to deal with queries from external bodies and trust staff, often with interruption from visitors and other staff members.
- Indirect exposure to distressing information.
- Occasional handling of patient case records.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience obtained in a Clinical Audit/QI role within the NHS
- Formal clinical audit or QI training E.g HQIP, AquA
Experience
Essential
- Experience of facilitating a wide range of national & local clinical audit projects
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues
- Experience of developing and delivering clinical audit training
Skill, Knowledge & Atributes
Essential
- Excellent understanding and working knowledge of clinical audit methodology
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent written communication skills with experience of writing clinical audit reports, presentations and action plans
- High level of attention to detail with ability to accurately analyse complex data sets
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop effective relationships at all levels
- Excellent time management & organisational skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience obtained in a Clinical Audit/QI role within the NHS
- Formal clinical audit or QI training E.g HQIP, AquA
Experience
Essential
- Experience of facilitating a wide range of national & local clinical audit projects
- Experience of supervising and developing colleagues
- Experience of developing and delivering clinical audit training
Skill, Knowledge & Atributes
Essential
- Excellent understanding and working knowledge of clinical audit methodology
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent written communication skills with experience of writing clinical audit reports, presentations and action plans
- High level of attention to detail with ability to accurately analyse complex data sets
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop effective relationships at all levels
- Excellent time management & organisational skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team
Additional information
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).
