Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Effectiveness
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-COR-SO-5874
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- MSE
- Town
- Westcliff on Sea
- Salary
- £28,392 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Effectiveness Officer
Band 4
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our clinical effectiveness team in our cardiothoracic centre at Basildon University Hospital.
You will work as part of the Clinical Effectiveness Team to support the delivery of the clinical audit programme and implementation of best practice guidance such as NICE, NCEPOD and GIRFT.
Tasks will include development and support for audit activities based on national and local priorities, evidencing our compliance with CQC regulations and monitoring of NICE guidance implementation. You will support the Trust to develop their improvement plans following the recommendations from national clinical audits, best practice guidance and NCEPOD studies.
Main duties of the job
Provide and receive complex information concerning practice development and audit to and from a range of services and clinical teams.
Report clinical audit and effectiveness information to a wide variety of clinical staff.
Provide clinical audit reports and presentations as required.
Assist in the co-ordination, facilitation and embedding of high-quality clinical audit and effectiveness programmes.
Assist in the development, implementation, analysis and monitoring of clinical audit based on organisational, local and national priorities.
Working with the Head of Clinical Effectiveness/Clinical Effectiveness Manager/Senior Clinical Effectiveness Officer, ensuring the annual clinical improvement and effectiveness programme is supported.
Analyse, understand and interpret national guidance and clinical audit data and recommend the best course of action.
Support work streams to ensure the Trust has sufficient evidence to meet Care Quality Commission regulations.
Undertake any other ad hoc duties related to clinical audit and effectiveness, as directed by the Head of Clinical Effectiveness or Clinical Effectiveness Manager.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you are looking for an exciting Clinical Effectiveness Officer role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate education at level 4 (NVQ level 4 or equivalent)
- GCSE in Maths and English C or above
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Audit Training or Quality Improvement Qualification
Other
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of information security
- Understanding of data quality assurance
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Experience in clinical audit and quality improvement methodologies
- Teamworking
- Meeting organisation experience and minute-taking skills
- Excellent verbal/ written skills
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of undertaking clinical audit of quality improvement project work, including audit design, data collection and analysis, data validation, report writing and presentations.
- Use and maintenance of databases
- Proven report writing skills
- Advanced technical skills (use of Excel, including pivot tables and analytic functions, audit software, MS Forms, PowerPoint)
Desirable criteria
- Project management experience
- Understanding of clinical governance and project governance
- Use of SPC
- Use of clinical and pharmaceutical terminology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nick Irwin
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Effectiveness
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 443 5823
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