Lead Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Co-ordinator

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and efficient Lead Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Co-ordinator to join the Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Team supports the development, implementation and monitoring of programmes of local and national clinical audit and clinical effectiveness throughout the Trust to benefit patient care, safety, and experience., The post holder will have site responsibilities for supporting improvement in the delivery of quality care, by developing the Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Audit agenda.

They will co-ordinate the dissemination, implementation, and monitoring of best practice guidance, proactively reaching out and collaborating with local teams and other healthcare organisations to support the completion of baseline assessments and associated Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely (SMART) improvement plans.

In addition, the post holder will manage a small group of staff, providing day-to-day line management, supporting with training and development needs, and ensuring regular 1-1s and appraisals are undertaken in line with Trust policy., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent


• Evidence of further learning in Quality Management Systems


• Evidence of continuing professional development to support the delivery of quality governance within a healthcare setting, Significant experience of working in a Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Team, ideally within a healthcare setting


• Experience of delivering clinical audit and effectiveness objectives


• Experience of effective negotiation and influencing skills to drive change and performance


• Experience of advising and liaising with staff at all levels of an organisation


• Experience of project management


• Previous experience of managing staff, including workload allocation, performance management, appraisal, and objective setting, High level knowledge of national requirements and best practice in relation to the management of the clinical audit and effectiveness agenda


• Knowledge of the Trust Quality Governance Framework and wider clinical governance agenda


• Knowledge of the role and purpose of external reviews and associated best practice


• Knowledge of the NHS and current issues/regulations in healthcare, particularly related to the clinical audit and effectiveness agenda


Desirable criteria


• Knowledge of quality improvement science, Excellent communication, (written and verbal) presentation and report writing skills


• Highly developed, data analysis and interpretation of information skills


• Highly developed digital skills, including use of Microsoft 365 and associated software, virtual meeting rooms and infographics


• Ability to make and implement decisions


• Ability to create an environment of psychological safety, to support and motivate individuals and teams


Desirable criteria


• Coaching skills, including appreciative enquiry, listening and constructive challenge, Ability to travel between sites to attend meetings as required


• Positive, can-do attitude and enthusiasm


• Ability to work independently and on own initiative


• Tenacious, resilient and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines


• Ability to cope in a rapidly changing environment
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.