Clinical Effectiveness and Improvement Facilitator
Job summary
The Improvement and Knowledge Service (Clinical Effectiveness and Knowledge function) supports the development, implementation and monitoring of Clinical Audit and National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE) throughout the Trust to improve patient care and experience.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work primarily to support clinical audit projects. We are looking for a team player who is flexible, resourceful but also able to work independently and be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail. We expect the successful candidate to be professional, confident and a dynamic individual, capable of communicating and building relationships with people at all levels. The post holder will be accountable for managing their workload and time, and for their own actions within departmental and Trust guidelines. This includes supporting individuals/teams with planning, design, analysis, and report writing. There will also be the opportunity to work on Trust-wide projects.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Clinical Effectiveness & Improvement Facilitator you will:
- Be responsible for working with a range of health care professionals to support and facilitate the clinical effectiveness activities of the Trust and to bring about a demonstrable improvement in patient care.
- Act as a key resource for the Trust services in contributing to the development of audit and quality improvement programmes.
Plan, co-ordinate and undertake clinical audit. This will include planning of projects, developingaudit tools, collecting and analysing data; interpreting findings, preparing reports, monitoring action plans and reporting any issues to the relevant clinical groups.
- Promote the discussion and monitoring of NICE guidance within nominated services, reporting any issues of concern to the SeniorClinical Effectiveness and Improvement facilitator..
- Provide training to clinical staff and managers
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Degree qualification or at least 12 months experience working in clinical audit or improvement.
Knowledge
- Theoretical knowledge and application of the principles of data analysis; competence user of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint; theoretical knowledge and practical experience of clinical audit or service evaluation.
Skills
- Ability to handle multiple simultaneous tasks across a range of different functions, such as planning, data analysis and report writing; excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience
- Experience of conducting qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Mount
Leeds
LS2 9LN
https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/
- Company
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom LS2 9LN
Hybrid / WFH Options - Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom LS2 9LN
Hybrid / WFH Options - Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year
- Posted