Job summary
We are recruiting for a Stroke Audit Officer who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
The Stroke Audit Officer plays a pivotal part in providing an excellent service to patients and also improving the Trust's performance and patient experience.
This post is an opportunity for an 11 month fixed term contract or a secondment opportunity.
Main duties of the job
The sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) aims to improve the quality of stroke care by measuring both the structure and processes of stroke care against evidence based standards. These standards are informed by the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke, and national local benchmarks.
The purpose of this role is to support healthcare quality improvement through near real-time data collection, analysis and reporting on the quality and outcomes of Stroke care. The data enables the Trust to benchmark services nationally and regionally, monitor progress against a background of change and support the Stroke MDT in identifying where improvements are needed.
In addition, this role supports the Trust's Referral To Treatment validation programme by using Trust systems to validate and update patient pathways for Unplanned Care services, presenting weekly updates around the longest waiting patients and resolving any data quality matters.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
To coordinate the overall day-to-day delivery and development of the SSNAPP activity and performance for the Trust and supporting the Stroke Clinical Lead and Operations Manager to develop plans for service improvement.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person Specification
Physical Skills
Essential
- Standard keyboard skills.
- Electronic and paper patient case note interrogation.
- Standard admin physical skills.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Patient pathway validation, scrutiny and tracking.
- Data analysis.
- Auditing skills.
- Performance monitoring.
- Standard admin aptitudes.
- Experience of waiting lists and booking.
- Experienced PAS user.
Abilities
Essential
- Excellent organisation skills.
- Effective planning and prioritising skills.
- Ability to use initiative and meet deadlines.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Good encouragement skills securing engagement and understanding of subject matter.
- Standard admin abilities.
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal including good listening skills.
- Ability to work effectively with clinicians.
- Ability to influence and persuade others.
- Ability to manage difficult situations under pressure.
- Ability to deliver advice and training.
- To be able to convey complex information to clinical and non-clinical staff.
Person Specification
Physical Skills
Essential
- Standard keyboard skills.
- Electronic and paper patient case note interrogation.
- Standard admin physical skills.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Patient pathway validation, scrutiny and tracking.
- Data analysis.
- Auditing skills.
- Performance monitoring.
- Standard admin aptitudes.
- Experience of waiting lists and booking.
- Experienced PAS user.
Abilities
Essential
- Excellent organisation skills.
- Effective planning and prioritising skills.
- Ability to use initiative and meet deadlines.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Good encouragement skills securing engagement and understanding of subject matter.
- Standard admin abilities.
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal including good listening skills.
- Ability to work effectively with clinicians.
- Ability to influence and persuade others.
- Ability to manage difficult situations under pressure.
- Ability to deliver advice and training.
- To be able to convey complex information to clinical and non-clinical staff.
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).
