An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, knowledgeable and driven leader for the role of Clinical Audit and Improvement Manager at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The right person will have an ambitious approach to leading the clinical audit and quality improvement agenda to drive the very best patient outcomes and experience. This role will play an important part in continuing to drive forward quality improvement and provide visible professional leadership that motivates and engages teams across the organisation in quality improvement initiatives.
The right candidate will be highly literate, have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to operate as an effective team player, building positive and productive relationships throughout the organisation. They will act as a subject matter expert on clinical audit and quality improvement. The post holder should be resilient, self-motivated, politically astute, and able to negotiate challenging situations and interactions.
Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for the overall management and performance of the clinical audit and improvement team and to act as the lead specialist for clinical audit and improvement at The Christie.
2. To support the development and prioritisation of the clinical audit and improvement programme, reflecting trust objectives, clinical governance priorities, and national clinical guidance; and monitor its implementation.
3. To facilitate and promote best practice in clinical audit and improvement throughout the trust and with other key stakeholders, including advice and technical support to clinicians and managers for data collection methodologies, tools, analysis, presentation and effective actions.
4. To lead on the development and undertaking of staff education and training in relation to best practice in clinical audit and quality improvement.
5. To facilitate the process for reviewing national guidance applicable to the trust, ensuring effective monitoring and reporting of compliance via the Trust's governance structures.
6. To contribute to the collaborative working of the Clinical Outcomes and Data Unit (CODU) to ensure quality improvement is an integral aspect of the implementation of the Clinical Outcomes Data Strategy.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: David Wright
Job title: Associate Chief Nurse
Email address: d.wright26@nhs.net
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