An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to fill the roles of Clinical Effectiveness Facilitator within the Clinical Audit Team at Cardiff and Vale UHB.

In order to meet the needs of this challenging role, you will need to be confident, proactive and have an excellent working knowledge of the clinical audit process, including experience of facilitating both national and local clinical audit activity.

The post holder will work closely with clinical teams to provide comprehensive data management support/training to facilitate clinical audit activity and NICE guidance implementation, develop and maintain data reporting systems to improve the collection, analysis and reporting of all data to inform reviews and national registers included within the clinical effectiveness function of the organisation.

The successful candidate will be a point of contact for information requests and queries with regard clinical audits and will ensure the clinical data source, collection, entry and transfer of information is of the highest standard and will be expected to develop the databases, systems and processes associated with them as the needs of the service change

This position requires excellent analytical, verbal, written, interpersonal and organisational skills and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Please see Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with clinical teams to provide comprehensive data management support/training to facilitate clinical audit activity and NICE guidance implementation, develop and maintain data reporting systems to improve the collection, analysis and reporting of all data to inform reviews and national registers included within the clinical effectiveness function of the organisation.

The successful candidate will be a point of contact for information requests and queries with regard clinical audits and will ensure the clinical data source, collection, entry and transfer of information is of the highest standard and will be expected to develop the databases, systems and processes associated with them as the needs of the service change

This position requires excellent analytical, verbal, written, interpersonal and organisational skills and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Please see Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is Caring for People, Keeping People Well,and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Develop methodology rigorous clinical audit programme within relevant specialties in collaboration with Clinical Audit leads, relevant committees and management.

Liaise and negotiate with clinical staff at all levels, to agree audit project methodologies, including project design, data collection methods and analytical support.

Support clinical audit activity through the collection, collation and presentation of data, from a variety of sources.

Develop databases and collate and analyse data using Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel, and support the implementation and administration of the AMaT audit management system to provide assurance to the Clinical Effectiveness Committee on e.g National Clinical Audits, Patient Safety Priority Audits and NICE guidance

Ensure audit activity is of a high standard and meets the requirements of departmental standards.

Keep abreast of clinical audit and related research evidence-based healthcare, clinical effectiveness, clinical governance issues and clinical guideline development in the specialist areas relevant to the post.

Communicate relevant local and national information pertaining to clinical audits and NICE guidance to the relevant specialty groups.

Retrieve raw data from various sources, including medical records and information systems for the purpose of data analysis for clinical audit activity.

Assist healthcare professionals in the facilitation of any changes required as a direct result of clinical audit activity.

Adhere to and maintain Information Governance requirements in all local and national audit work.

Produce reports pertaining to clinical audit activity undertaken and ensure the dissemination of reports is undertaken effectively.

Assist with the triangulation of data and intelligence arising from clinical audit activity to ensure this analysis drives the internal inspection programme in an appropriate evidence-based way.

Provide oral presentations of Clinical Effectiveness activity/related work as required.

Attend specialty Quality Improvement and Patient Safety meetings to provide advice and support to healthcare professionals on all items covered by national clinical audits.

Participate in Health Board wide audit projects and co-operate and collaborate with other team members across all areas of work when necessary.

Adhere to departmental policies at all times.

Represent the Health Board, both locally and nationally, at meetings pertinent to national clinical audit activity.

Manage and prioritise work in line with agreed schedules.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Knowledge of clinical audit processes (training/experience)
• A sound general education with GCSE in English and Maths with literacy skills.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Experience of clinical audit and application including analysis and interpretation of results.
• Knowledge of NICE guidance

Desirable

• Previous NHS experience (particularly clinical audit/clinical coding/information role)
• Experience of managing clinical audit projects
• Project management experience.

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable Microsoft Office skills including Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Able to develop and maintain spreadsheets.
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate data analysis and interpretation advice to clinicians.
• Able to present audit findings and principles to large multidisciplinary groups.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Able to prioritise own workload.
• Able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail.
• Able to write reports.

Desirable

• Experience of using PMS and Clinical Portal.
• Familiar with the use of the Business Information System.
• Able to facilitate training and education.

Specialist Knowledge

Essential

• Familiar with medical terminology used in a professional setting.
• Ability to read, understand and extract information from medical records.
• Knowledge of clinical audit processes and methodologies.

Desirable

• Knowledge of protection/confidentiality principles.
• Knowledge of basic statistics.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Demonstrates the organisational values and behaviours at all times.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude.
• Motivated and resourceful.
• Able to organise and co-ordinate own work.
• Able to work on own initiative with minimum supervision.

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

Clinical Audit Department

Cardiff and Vale UHB, Heath Park

Cardiff

CF14 4XW

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