Are you looking for a new challenge where you can make a difference to how we deliver mental health services?
We're searching for a Clinical Audit and NICE Manager to join our thriving team at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week) based at our Trust HQ in Littlemore, Oxford. We welcome great talent from all backgrounds and provide a flexible work environment and hybrid working options focused on positivity, progress, and continuous improvement.
The role is to act as the corporate clinical audit specialist, contributing to the effective integration of quality improvement and clinical audit working alongside divisional leads. You'll have overall management of the clinical audit and effectiveness functions as well as lead, support, and manage the Clinical Audit Team.
You'll work closely with governance leads and/or clinical teams to actively support and monitor the progress of audit programmes, attend any relevant meetings, or forums, and provide opportunities for clinical audit training as required.
If you have a strong background in QI methodology, clinical audit, and NICE guidance then we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Plan audit projects, coordinate clinical involvement, liaising with colleagues at all levels to encourage collaboration, avoid duplication, and ensure the best use of resources. This includes monitoring the overall workload of the department to ensure effective time management and priority of workload.
* Work in close partnership with quality improvement and clinical audit leads across the Trust providing expertise and guidance to develop evidence-based standards for audit which are clear, unambiguous, and measurable.
* Take project proposals to relevant governance management groups for ratification and ongoing status reports of audit activity within the directorate.
* Support the Oxford Healthcare Improvement Manager by representing the department at other internal and external meetings where required.
* Design audit/QI approaches, analysis & interpretation of data which can be contradictory and complex in nature, requiring a high level of interpretation skills.
* Ensure the timely production of reports within the requested deadlines and ensure that audit findings are acted upon and that improvements in patient care are captured, disseminated, and reported through the reporting structures.
* Ensure learning from clinical effectiveness activity is embedded and leads to lasting change and improvement.
About us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount
* Lease car scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Comprehensive understanding of clinical audit process and NICE guidance
* Knowledge or experience of using a Quality Improvement approach
Qualifications
* Proven advanced skills in compiling and presenting data analysis using a range of analytical presentation tools.
* Clinical Qualification, Degree or equivalent experience and education
* Accredited project management tool training
Experience
* Previous experience of leading a group in planning and delivering a complex project and interpreting policy.
* Experience of working in a large and complex health environment at corporate level
* Experience of collaborating with wide staffing group in projects
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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