Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Intelligence and Assurance Co-ordinator to join the Clinical Directorate. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the effective use of clinical data, information, and knowledge to improve healthcare delivery across the Trust. By contribute to the delivery of high quality clinical audit and the development of insight that supports service improvement, patient safety, and better outcomes.
You will provide support across the clinical audit cycle, including helping to identify best practice, supporting the development of audit methodologies, assisting with data collection and analysis, and contributing to the interpretation of findings and implementation of improvement actions.
The ideal candidate will have a strong auditing background, along with experience of working with healthcare or clinical data. You will be committed to using evidence to improve patient care and outcomes.
The base will be in Swansea.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Intelligence and Assurance Co-ordinator will make a significant contribution to the delivery of the Trust’s Clinical and Digital Strategies, through:
The proactive co-ordination, facilitation and delivery of high quality, innovative and effective clinical audit.
Working closely with others in the Clinical Intelligence and Assurance Team, Research and Innovation Department, Clinical Improvement Team, Health Informatics and with the WAST Innovation and Improvement Network (WIIN) to facilitate the Trust-wide development of an improvement-focussed culture characterised by evidence and promote clinical audit as a quality improvement tool.
Contributing to the design, delivery and review of Clinical Indicators and Ambulance Service Indicators through the audit and interpretation of electronic Patient Clinical Records (ePCRs).
Being an integral part of the wider NHS quality assurance monitoring process in evidencing and achieving the Health and Care Quality Standards (2023)
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and /or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
#RemarkablePeople
Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we’re needed.
The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities and disability groups.
Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you’re sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.
In line with the Trust’s Starting Salary Procedure, all applicants will start at the bottom of the band for the position applied for, but can apply for a higher salary if they have previous experience relevant to the position.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience
* A qualification in clinical audit or equivalent experience
* Detailed knowledge of clinical audit processes including gathering, analysing, interpreting, and presenting data
* A detailed understanding of clinical audit within a healthcare environment
* Working knowledge of SQL
* Comprehensive knowledge of the General Data Protection Regulation, Freedom of Information Act, Caldicott Principles and Clinical Governance.
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
* Research, evaluation, and audit skills
* Able to understand and present complicated information in a simple way and to address situations of opposition and resistance
* Highly numerate with the ability to collect, analyse, interpret, and present multifaceted clinical data and information
Desirable criteria
* Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh
Experience
Essential criteria
* Delivering and facilitating clinical audit from within a healthcare setting
* Leading and undertaking clinical audit projects including analysing and presenting complex data and using both qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis
Other
Essential criteria
* Displays a passion for excellence and the role clinical audit can play in improving patient care
* Able to travel to different sites