Job summary
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Guidelines Coordinator in the Quality Team at GOSH. The Quality Team delivers Quality Improvement, clinical audit, clinical outcomes and data support and training to the Trust, with a wide portfolio of fascinating projects.
Robust and efficient clinical guideline management plays a pivotal role in the safe and consistent care of patients. The post holder will actively lead the clinical guidelines workstream, developing and improving processes and governance and the visibility of processes to guideline authors and contributors. They will assist the senior leadership team and wider Trust with effective overview and maintenance of GOSH clinical guidelines for the specialised care of paediatric patients. The post holder will maintain and develop the GOSH document management system to ensure efficient and timely configuration management.
We are looking for someone to join our team who has experience of working with clinical and non-clinical staff at all levels of the organisation. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of workstream processes and governance, as well as excellent minute taking skills and coordination abilities.
Main duties of the job
Clinical guideline custodian
- Develop opportunities for format and visualisation of clinical guidelines to support clinical staff to access critical information in a timely and useful manner to inform clinical care.
- Maintain, review and update clinical guidelines templates.
- Maintain, review and update the clinical guidelines database.
- Maintain the library of clinical guidelines including use of an approved nomenclature.
- Work with the Clinical Guidelines Committee Chair, Clinical Quality Assurance Lead and clinical staff to identify areas where there is a need to establish guidelines to mitigate risks or where there are known deficits, to support quality and safety of practice.
About us
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
- Our Always values oAlways welcoming oAlways helpful oAlways expert oAlways one team
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification or higher level course in governance or system design
- Training in advanced Excel and/or database skills
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Previous experience of coordinating and administrating a committee
- Experience of configuring a database or other IT system at a senior level
- Experience of improving processes, including knowledge of process mapping
- Knowledge and experience of configuration management including standardised nomenclature, tight version control, and audit trails
- Experience of managing a multi-streamed project, with busy contributors, preferably within an NHS or other public sector context
- Knowledge of management structures and experience of targeting requests to the appropriate level for action and decision making
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical audit
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement
- Clinical background
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Strong IT skills including use of Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint software
- A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Able to devise systematic management and documentation of processes
- Effective communicator with colleagues at all levels within the organisation, including executive
- Excellent presentation skills (written and verbal)
- Demonstrable interpersonal skills including influencing and persuasion skills
- Self-discipline and good time management to work to own initiative and self-organise workload
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues and ability to recognise when to escalate
Desirable
- Advanced Word and Excel skills
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
- Our Always values oAlways welcoming oAlways helpful oAlways expert oAlways one team
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification or higher level course in governance or system design
- Training in advanced Excel and/or database skills
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Previous experience of coordinating and administrating a committee
- Experience of configuring a database or other IT system at a senior level
- Experience of improving processes, including knowledge of process mapping
- Knowledge and experience of configuration management including standardised nomenclature, tight version control, and audit trails
- Experience of managing a multi-streamed project, with busy contributors, preferably within an NHS or other public sector context
- Knowledge of management structures and experience of targeting requests to the appropriate level for action and decision making
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical audit
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement
- Clinical background
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Strong IT skills including use of Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint software
- A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Able to devise systematic management and documentation of processes
- Effective communicator with colleagues at all levels within the organisation, including executive
- Excellent presentation skills (written and verbal)
- Demonstrable interpersonal skills including influencing and persuasion skills
- Self-discipline and good time management to work to own initiative and self-organise workload
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues and ability to recognise when to escalate
Desirable
- Advanced Word and Excel skills
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).
