Clinical Audit AssistantNHS

Job summary

The post holder will report to the Head of Clinical Audit & Effectiveness and will work closely with clinicians, managers and multidisciplinary teams to facilitate local and national audit projects, design data collection tools, collect and analyse data, maintain audit records, produce reports and support services to implement improvements arising from audit findings

Main duties of the job

• Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.
• Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.
• Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.
• Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.
• Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.
• Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.
• Provide training on a one-to-one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology and the use of AMaT.

Job description

Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.

Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.

Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.

Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.

Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.

Develop and maintain audit tools, questionnaires, data collection systems and reporting templates.

Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.

Support clinical teams in measuring compliance against national guidance, local standards and best practice requirements.

Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.

Maintain accurate records of audit activity, organisational compliance, action plans and audit outcomes.

Support services to ensure recommendations, lessons learned and improvement actions arising from audit activity are documented, monitored and evidenced through completion.

Support services in developing and implementing action plans and coordinating follow-up and re-audit activity to demonstrate improvement.

Provide training on a one to one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology the use of AMaT.

Support participation in national, regional and mandatory audit programmes, ensuring reporting requirements are met.

Prepare agendas, reports, minutes and supporting documentation for the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Committee

Contribute to assurance reporting for Trust committees, sub-committees and governance groups.

Promote evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness and continuous quality improvement across the organisation.

Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding audit activity, reporting requirements, governance processes and system developments

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description

About us

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.