Clinical Effectiveness Support Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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
The Clinical Effectiveness Support Officer plays a key role in supporting the Trust's Clinical Effectiveness programme, focusing on clinical audit and NICE activity. This involves coordinating and supporting processes for audit delivery, NICE compliance, and routine reporting. The role combines administrative coordination with hands-on data handling, validation, analysis, and reporting, including supporting national and local clinical audits and maintaining tracking systems. It requires strong IT skills, organisation, attention to detail, and effective communication to manage competing priorities.
Key responsibilities
- Support delivery of the Trust clinical audit programme including data validation, submission tracking and monitoring progress.
- Assisting with data analysis, production of reports, charts and summaries.
- Coordinate and support the NICE implementation process, maintaining records and liaising with clinical teams, tracking actions, progress and compliance.
- Contribute to routine reporting within the Clinical Effectiveness governance framework.
- Providing administrative support including central mailboxes, maintaining intranet content and supporting team processes.
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
- Diploma level qualification or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience of working with data, data input and analysis
- Experience of using spreadsheets or databases to manage and analyse data
- Experience of progress tracking or coordinating workstreams, action logs or processes
- Ability to work to deadlines whilst managing competing priorities
- Experience of ordering/procurement
- Experience of use and maintenance of web-pages
- Knowledge of MS office applications, excel, powerpoint and MS Access
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or training in clinical audit, data analysis, QI or information management
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Pennine Care NHS FT
Clinical Effectiveness Support Officer
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
The Clinical Effectiveness Support Officer plays a key role in supporting delivery of the Trust's Clinical Effectiveness programme, with a particular focus on clinical audit and NICE activity. Working as part of the Clinical Effectiveness Team, the post holder coordinates and supports processes that underpin audit delivery, NICE compliance, and routine reporting.
The role combines administrative coordination with hands-on involvement in data handling, validation, analysis and reporting. This includes supporting national and local clinical audits, maintaining registers and tracking systems, and contributing to governance reporting.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is highly organised, detail-focused and confident working with data. The role requires strong IT skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and effective communication with clinical and corporate teams to support delivery of the clinical effectiveness programme of work.
Main duties of the job
Main duties are to:
Support delivery of the Trust clinical audit programme including data validation, submission tracking and monitoring progress.
Assisting with data analysis, production of reports, charts and summaries.
Coordinate and support the NICE implementation process, mainta
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