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Clinical Audit Assistant

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Fully remote
Salary
£28,392–31,157 per year
Office location
Northampton, NN5 6UD
Contract
Fixed-term contract · Full-time
Department
Clinical Services
Industry
Healthcare
Experience level
To be confirmed

Job Description

Job summary
The post holder will report to the Head of Clinical Audit & Effectiveness and will work closely with clinicians, managers and multidisciplinary teams to facilitate local and national audit projects, design data collection tools, collect and analyse data, maintain audit records, produce reports and support services to implement improvements arising from audit findings

Main duties of the job
Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.
Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.
Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.
Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.
Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.
Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.
Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.
Provide training on a one-to-one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology and the use of AMaT.

About us
NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Details
Date posted
24 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157 a year
Pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time,
Flexible working,
Home or remote working
Reference number
270-TH371-CORP
Job locations
Berrywood Hospital
Berrywood Hospital, Berrywood Drive
Northampton
NN5 6UD
United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.
Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.
Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.
Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.
Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.
Develop and maintain audit tools, questionnaires, data collection systems and reporting templates.
Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.
Support clinical teams in measuring compliance against national guidance, local standards and best practice requirements.
Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.
Maintain accurate records of audit activity, organisational compliance, action plans and audit outcomes.
Support services to ensure recommendations, lessons learned and improvement actions arising from audit activity are documented, monitored and evidenced through completion.
Support services in developing and implementing action plans and coordinating follow-up and re-audit activity to demonstrate improvement.
Provide training on a one to one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology the use of AMaT.
Support participation in national, regional and mandatory audit programmes, ensuring reporting requirements are met.
Prepare agendas, reports, minutes and supporting documentation for the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Committee
Contribute to assurance reporting for Trust committees, sub-committees and governance groups.
Promote evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness and continuous quality improvement across the organisation.
Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding audit activity, reporting requirements, governance processes and system developments
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description

Job responsibilities
Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.

Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.

Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.

Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.

Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.

Develop and maintain audit tools, questionnaires, data collection systems and reporting templates.

Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.

Support clinical teams in measuring compliance against national guidance, local standards and best practice requirements.

Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.

Maintain accurate records of audit activity, organisational compliance, action plans and audit outcomes.

Support services to ensure recommendations, lessons learned and improvement actions arising from audit activity are documented, monitored and evidenced through completion.

Support services in developing and implementing action plans and coordinating follow-up and re-audit activity to demonstrate improvement.

Provide training on a one to one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology the use of AMaT.

Support participation in national, regional and mandatory audit programmes, ensuring reporting requirements are met.

Prepare agendas, reports, minutes and supporting documentation for the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Committee

Contribute to assurance reporting for Trust committees, sub-committees and governance groups.

Promote evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness and continuous quality improvement across the organisation.

Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding audit activity, reporting requirements, governance processes and system developments

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description

What you will do

Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.
Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.
Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.
Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.
Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.
Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.
Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.
Provide training on a one-to-one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology and the use of AMaT.

Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.
Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.
Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.
Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.
Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.
Develop and maintain audit tools, questionnaires, data collection systems and reporting templates.
Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.
Support clinical teams in measuring compliance against national guidance, local standards and best practice requirements.
Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.
Maintain accurate records of audit activity, organisational compliance, action plans and audit outcomes.
Support services to ensure recommendations, lessons learned and improvement actions arising from audit activity are documented, monitored and evidenced through completion.
Support services in developing and implementing action plans and coordinating follow-up and re-audit activity to demonstrate improvement.
Provide training on a one to one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology the use of AMaT.
Support participation in national, regional and mandatory audit programmes, ensuring reporting requirements are met.
Prepare agendas, reports, minutes and supporting documentation for the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Committee
Contribute to assurance reporting for Trust committees, sub-committees and governance groups.
Promote evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness and continuous quality improvement across the organisation.
Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding audit activity, reporting requirements, governance processes and system developments
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description

Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.

Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.

Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.

Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.

Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.

Develop and maintain audit tools, questionnaires, data collection systems and reporting templates.

Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.

Support clinical teams in measuring compliance against national guidance, local standards and best practice requirements.

Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.

Maintain accurate records of audit activity, organisational compliance, action plans and audit outcomes.

Support services to ensure recommendations, lessons learned and improvement actions arising from audit activity are documented, monitored and evidenced through completion.

Support services in developing and implementing action plans and coordinating follow-up and re-audit activity to demonstrate improvement.

Provide training on a one to one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology the use of AMaT.

Support participation in national, regional and mandatory audit programmes, ensuring reporting requirements are met.

Prepare agendas, reports, minutes and supporting documentation for the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Committee

Contribute to assurance reporting for Trust committees, sub-committees and governance groups.

Promote evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness and continuous quality improvement across the organisation.

Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding audit activity, reporting requirements, governance processes and system developments

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description

What success looks like

Essential criteria
- Knowledge of clinical audit methodology and quality assurance processes.
- Experience supporting clinical audit, and evidence of attendance of clinical audit training
- Experience of managing multiple workstreams and competing priorities.
- Training health professionals & others on audit methodology techniques
- Enthusiastic, motivated and able to work autonomously as well as within a team
- Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement
- Able to engage with a variety of people, including those within an identified team and those in external agencies
- Excellent communication skills, both written & oral, and interpersonal skills in order to form and maintain positive rapports with a variety of colleagues both internal and external
- Ability to work to deadlines and ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to provide advice to clinicians regarding ensuring clinical audit measure standards which affect healthcare
- Good analytical skills with a proactive approach to process improvement
- Good quality report writing skills & delivery of information as required

Desirable criteria
- Strong understanding of data processing with the ability to identify trends and themes in the data
- Experience using audit management systems or databases.

Benefits

- NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
- We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.
- Flexible working,

Essential skills
Essential: Clinical Audit Essential: Communication Essential: Process Improvement Essential: Quality Assurance Essential: Report Writing Essential: Service Improvement Essential: Written Communication
Desirable skills
Desirable: Data Processing
Mentioned skills
Mentioned: Compliance Mentioned: Mental Health Mentioned: Personalised Care Mentioned: Record Keeping
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