Job summary
This is an exciting fixed term opportunity to join a Quality assurance team with a particular focus on clinical audit.
We are looking for an organised and resourceful individual with a 'can-do' attitude who likes working with people and data
This would make an ideal secondment.
Main duties of the job
The role involves working with different Business Units and specialties to develop and sustain a culture of quality improvement through clinical audit and other quality initiatives. The role will involve: developing audit projects and methodologies; monitoring activity; analysing quantitative and qualitative data; producing reports and presentations; interaction with front-line services; and liaising with staff at all levels in the organisation.
The post will be based at Cobalt but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!
Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assist in developing and sustaining a culture of clinical audit, support the creation, promotion and delivery of an effective clinical audit programme and provide clinical audit support, training and facilitation to a wide range of staff acting as a named contact for one or more Business Units.
- To take a lead on specific priority quality improvement areas and liaise with appropriate Business Unit staff and provide and present regular reports for the Trust on the current status of clinical audit activity.
- To participate in the Trusts corporate 15 Steps programme involving liaising with clinical and non-clinical staff, timetabling assessment visits, participating in assessment visits and feedback meetings, compiling reports, undertaking review visits and reporting back on progress.
- To coordinate and participate in Trust-wide audits, and other quality initiatives, analysing quantitative and qualitative data and producing regular reports and presentations.
- To project manage identified audits within different Business Units.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assist in developing and sustaining a culture of clinical audit, support the creation, promotion and delivery of an effective clinical audit programme and provide clinical audit support, training and facilitation to a wide range of staff acting as a named contact for one or more Business Units.
- To take a lead on specific priority quality improvement areas and liaise with appropriate Business Unit staff and provide and present regular reports for the Trust on the current status of clinical audit activity.
- To participate in the Trusts corporate 15 Steps programme involving liaising with clinical and non-clinical staff, timetabling assessment visits, participating in assessment visits and feedback meetings, compiling reports, undertaking review visits and reporting back on progress.
- To coordinate and participate in Trust-wide audits, and other quality initiatives, analysing quantitative and qualitative data and producing regular reports and presentations.
- To project manage identified audits within different Business Units.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of education to 'A' level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- ECDL or equivalent experience of using Microsoft office (especially Excel)
Desirable
- Relevant degree or equivalent Clinical Audit qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of education to 'A' level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- ECDL or equivalent experience of using Microsoft office (especially Excel)
Desirable
- Relevant degree or equivalent Clinical Audit qualification
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
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).
