Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) Clinical Auditor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This permanent part-time role involves collecting and entering stroke patient care data for the SSNAP clinical audit database. The post holder will interpret information from medical records and electronic systems, liaising with professionals to ensure accurate data. They will also provide data support for Stroke services and assist with monthly data submissions and performance reports. The aim is to accurately represent the Health Board's stroke service performance.
Essential criteria
- Good standard of education at least 5 GCSE Grade C and above or equivalent
- NVQ3 or equivalent experience
- ECDL or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of medical terminology
- Previous experience of administrative duties in office or health service
- Experience in using audit or data systems
- Experience of data entry and data analysis
- Experience of Clinical Audit work
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of extracting and interpreting clinical information from patient records
- Experience of the use of clinical systems such as PMS and clinical posrtal (or equivalents)
- Demonstrate a high competency in MS Office
- Good problem solving skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work in a team in a busy and challenging environment
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive information
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to use computerised databases
- Knowledge of health records and operating systems
- Specialist Knowledge
- Comprehensive understanding of patient confidentiality
- Ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload and that of others
- Knowlegde of the Data Protection Act and Genreal Data Protection Regulations
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work
- Good standard of education at least 5 GCSE Grade C and above or equivalent
- NVQ3 or equivalent experience
- ECDL or equivalent experience
- Knowledge and understanding of medical terminology
- Previous experience of administrative duties in office or health service
- Experience in using audit or data systems
- Experience of data entry and data analysis
- Experience of Clinical Audit work
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of extracting and interpreting clinical information from patient records
- Experience of the use of clinical systems such as PMS and clinical posrtal (or equivalents)
- Demonstrate a high competency in MS Office
- Good problem solving skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work in a team in a busy and challenging environment
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive information
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to use computerised databases
- Knowledge of health records and operating systems
- Specialist Knowledge
- Comprehensive understanding of patient confidentiality
- Ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload and that of others
- Knowlegde of the Data Protection Act and Genreal Data Protection Regulations
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £26,813 – £27,890 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) Clinical Auditor
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) Clinical Auditor to join the Stroke team on apermanent part-time basis. The post holder will be responsible for the collection and entry of identified stroke patient care data for the SSNAPclinical audit database. This will involve interpreting information from patients' medical records, electronic data and patient management systems and liaising with a number of professionals to obtain and record accurate clinical audit information. The SSNAP clinical auditor will also provide data support for Stroke services.
Main duties of the job
To ensure that the SSNAP database is updated accurately in a timely manner in accordance with departmental audit standards.
The post holder must liaise with appropriate members of the stroke multidisciplinary team to ensure audit information is complete.
The post holder will support the project manager and the Directorate management team in providing this data for key monthly data submissions and performance reports so that Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's stroke service performance is accurately represented.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/o
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