Clinical Effectiveness Officer
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- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves supporting the clinical effectiveness team in delivering the clinical audit programme and implementing best practice guidance within the cardiothoracic centre at Basildon University Hospital. Key tasks include developing and supporting audit activities, ensuring compliance with CQC regulations, and monitoring NICE guidance implementation. The officer will help the Trust develop improvement plans based on national clinical audits and best practice recommendations. It requires an enthusiastic individual to contribute to improving patient care and service quality.
Key responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate education at level 4 (NVQ level 4 or equivalent)
- GCSE in Maths and English C or above
- Knowledge of information security
- Understanding of data quality assurance
- Experience in clinical audit and quality improvement methodologies
- Teamworking
- Meeting organisation experience and minute-taking skills
- Excellent verbal/ written skills
- 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
- Clinical Audit Training or Quality Improvement Qualification
- Project management experience
- Understanding of clinical governance and project governance
- Use of SPC
- Use of clinical and pharmaceutical terminology
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Effectiveness Officer
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
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 organis
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