Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
3. Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
Do you want to make a difference to patient care? Are you a champion of evidenced based decision making? Are you curious about what goes on “behind the scenes” of NHS frontline care?
If so, we’d love to hear from you. We are currently looking for a Clinical Effectiveness Facilitator to join our friendly and enthusiastic team.
The remit covers the co-ordination of the national clinical audits, clinical audit priorities, implementation of NICE and support of the Trust clinical guidelines. This is alongside building close relationships with the clinical Groups, specialties and other Governance teams.
If you are someone who has excellent time management and prioritisation skills, and is keen to learn about improving the quality of services within the NHS, then we would love for you to get in touch.
Informal conversations by phone or Microsoft Teams are encouraged prior to interview, please contact Lauren Wattley for more information: lauren.wattley@nhs.net
The interview process will consist of a 15 minute exercise, to be confirmed with shortlisted applicants, and formal interview.
Interviews will take place on 27th Feb.
We’d love to welcome you to our SWB family, so please get in touch.
Main duties of the job
* To provide visible Clinical Effectiveness support for a Clinical Group within the Trust; this encompasses Clinical Audit, implementation of National Guidance including NICE, management of Clinical Guidelines.
* To support healthcare professionals to undertake clinical audits; training, advising on methodology, registration, development of Group clinical audit priorities including reporting to Group/specialties and leads on the progress of the audit and resultant learning.
* To oversee the development of Trust Clinical Guidelines relevant to the specialties and Clinical Group; identifying any that are out of date, liaising with the lead to ensure they are reviewed, supporting them through the approval process and uploading to the intranet, and escalating any areas of concern.
* To monitor and report on compliance with NICE guidelines and other relevant national recommendations.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), is open and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH. If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To oversee the delivery of the audit plan throughout the year, including advice on clinical audit, support on registration, promoting discussion and presentation of results within the specialty, directorate and group, and ensuring action plans are created and completed.
* To support the development and review of clinical guidelines within the Group including reporting on guidelines that have expired and supporting them through the approval process.
* To develop and maintain good working relationships with all healthcare professionals within their group to promote clinical effectiveness.
* To be part of a cohesive, collaborative Governance team; building relationships and working alongside other areas such as complaints, risk and patient safety to identify themes, trends and areas for improvement.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree level qualification or equivalent experience.
* Degree in science, social science, or clinical area.
Experience
* Experience of Clinical audit and Quality Improvement.
* Experience of working with large amounts of data; manipulating, analysing and reporting on this data.
* Ability to communicate complex information in understandable terms both orally and in writing.
* Previous experience of clinical audit.
* Previous experience in healthcare.
* Experience of working with complex databases.
* Experience of delivering training.
* Ability to contribute to a range of groups and committees.
* Ability to self-manage time and workload.
* Ability to concentrate on detailed work where accuracy is required.
* Work with others, building and maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and contacts at all levels.
* Communication skills to encourage engagements and enhance understanding of the subject.
* Ability to read, interpret and comment on documents such as national Guidelines, local guidelines, reports from national audits.
* Clear written communication, conveying key points in a clear and structured way.
* Ability to deliver presentations to a large group of people.
* Ability to present a document in a meeting.
* Ability to summarise a report appropriately based on audience.
* Facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills.
Knowledge
* Detailed knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
* Knowledge of Clinical Audit and NICE.
* Analysis and investigations knowledge; seeking, analysing, interpreting and using information to identify problems and generate solutions.
* Knowledge of wider clinical governance processes.
* Knowledge of quality improvement methodology.
* Knowledge of Clinical Audit registration Software.
Physical Skills
* Ability to complete majority of their work on a computer.
* Ability to concentrate for long periods of time.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Application numbers
Please note - If this vacancy receives a high number of applications, it will close before the stated closing date. Please ensure that you have completed and submitted your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
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