Job summary
This is an exciting, NHS band 8a opportunity, for a motivated individual with experience in implementing evidence based practice and improving services to join the South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit Clinical Effectiveness Team.
The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of NHS Commissioning, in particular clinical policies and service improvement.
The post requires skills in literature search, evidence gathering and critical appraisal, excellent organisational skills, and ability to work across professional groups with matrix working approach. You will be working within a challenging new NHS environment and will need to be creative and proactive in your approach.
Main duties of the job
This role will work within the Clinical Effectiveness team to ensure high quality clinical effectiveness input into services provided to SCW customers.
The role supports the delivery of work to ensure that both commissioned and provider services are founded on evidence based practices, national standards and guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Department of Health and NHS England and Improvement.
The role will also support the integration of clinical effectiveness and best practice into the internal operations of the SCW and contributing to consultancy work for external customers.
About us
This role supports the Clinical Effectiveness team work across the SCW footprint, with a view of managing and supporting the workplan for a nominated group of ICB customers, responding to new consultancy and project work.
Ability to travel with the SCW geography locations is therefore essential in principle, however, the office base location is negotiable and home working is an option.
The role is ideal for a skilled candidate with desire to work flexibly as a member of our bank staff.
Closing date: 2nd April 2023
For further information, please contact
Clinical Effectiveness Programme Lead Tiina Korhonen t.korhonen@nhs.net
Tel: 07785396798
Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 10th April 2023.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of clinical effectiveness and evidence based health care and medicine, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of researching best practice in health and social care (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
- Good knowledge of sources of information and evidence related to health care research and clinical best practice.
- Good understanding of the principles of conducting systematic literature searches.
- Familiarity with epidemiology and statistics, health economics and health care evaluation.
Skills & Capabilities
Essential
- Ability to interpret complex national and local health care data, including audits and benchmarking data, relevant to clinical practice.
- Ability to critically appraise literature and different types of research and draw conclusions and recommendations on complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and draw conclusions.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of clinical effectiveness and evidence based health care and medicine, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of researching best practice in health and social care (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
- Good knowledge of sources of information and evidence related to health care research and clinical best practice.
- Good understanding of the principles of conducting systematic literature searches.
- Familiarity with epidemiology and statistics, health economics and health care evaluation.
Skills & Capabilities
Essential
- Ability to interpret complex national and local health care data, including audits and benchmarking data, relevant to clinical practice.
- Ability to critically appraise literature and different types of research and draw conclusions and recommendations on complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and draw conclusions.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).