Clinical Auditor

Working within the Clinical Audit and Research Unit (CARU), the Clinical Audit Officer is responsible for undertaking clinical audit projects aimed at producing changes to London Ambulance Service (LAS) practices and improving the quality of care delivered to our patients. This includes examining the appropriateness of the treatment given by ambulance crews to the patient (in accordance with clinical guidelines) and the suitability of the level of the emergency response provided (e.g. response times, type of vehicle deployed, etc.). The Clinical Audit Officer designs and sets-up projects; collects, inputs and analyses data, writes reports and formulates recommendations for changes to practice. They also support other staff undertaking clinical audit, both internally and externally, by providing individual tuition and contributing to clinical audit training sessions.

Please note the assessments and interviews are being proposed to be on the following dates:

Assessments 8th May

Interviews 15th May

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking clinical audit projects
• Meeting administration
• Dissemination of clinical audit findings
• Promotion of an Evidence-Based culture

About us

Our strategy outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care - delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation - being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London - using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description under documents for the full list of roles and responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification Qualifications, Accreditations, Education

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant area (science or social science) or evidence of academic ability to this level

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of undertaking projects using methods relevant to research or audit

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to use data sampling and data collection methods
• Statistical analysis skills (descriptive and comparative) to intermediate level
• Demonstrable working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet and Email and Outlook

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£38,488 to £46,852 a yearper annum incl HCAS