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Job summary

Main area
Clinical
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
174-CQA-161024
Employer
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Springhill 1 and Rotherham
Town
Wakefield
Closing
03/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust logo

Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Clinical Quality Auditor

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Remote Care, Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Clinical Quality Auditor

Here at Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) we have hugely exciting developments and opportunities.  We are looking for individuals who are highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed to assist with these changes and support patient care.

We have opportunities at our Wakefield and Rotherham Call Centre with a requirement for cross site working when required

We have full and part time opportunities, working on rota patterns to be discussed at the interview stage

Working as a Clinical Quality Auditor within the Remote Care IUC (Integrated Urgent Care) setting, you will be key to improving quality and supporting staff development.

The role will require you to support IUC (NHS111) staff to practice safely and effectively, to meet the standards required by the Trust and the appropriate regulatory bodies through audit of the calls taken with in the contact centre.

The successful candidate will join an already skilled and efficient team who work closely together to ensure we meet the quality assurance and improvement needs of the Remote Care Team, including supporting the Quality and Governance Team.

To support with business needs the successful candidates must be able to be flexible in their working hours to attend regular mandatory audit calibration, attend team meetings, develop staff, and provide resilience to the role of Remote Care staff.

Please note that this role requires a standard DBS check to be taken.

Main duties of the job

The primary purpose of an IUC Clinical Quality Auditor is to objectively and consistently measure performance of the IUC Clinicians. They are responsible for the quality assurance of all Clinicians, ensuring that high standards and professionalism is maintained.

IUC Clinical Quality Auditors are responsible for completing quality assurance case reviews and creating standard reports using audit tool software, ensuring that the call is handled in the correct way in line with the regulatory bodies and Trust standards, processes and procedures.

 The IUC Clinical Quality Auditor must support IUC Clinicians to practice safely and effectively, and meet the standards required by the Trust and the appropriate regulatory bodies by carrying out regular assessment and evaluation processes.

Working for our organisation

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits:
•    Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
•    27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
•    Contributory Pension.
•    NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
•    Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)
•    Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
•    Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
•    Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

Check out our YAS One Team Simulation! https://www.nwyhelearning.nhs.uk/elearning/yorksandhumber/yas/yasoneteam/index.html                  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The IUC Clinical Quality Auditors will work within a team to ensure the required number of reviews are completed in a consistent manner and provide constructive and positive feedback to the IUC staff member, to allow learning to take place.

Using computer software, Clinical Quality Auditors create audit reports and deliver feedback back to staff. They support the development of staff by identifying and monitoring trends within the Centre, recommend, and deliver quality improvement awareness/training to the auditees.

Person specification

Qualifications / Knowledge.

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (level 1) or Registered Paramedic (HCP) with 3 years post registration experience
Desirable criteria
  • Hold NHS Pathway or PaCCS licence

Skills/Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Work in a methodical way
  • Problem solving skills
  • Strong Decision making skills
  • Excellent knowledge of the NHS pathways, integrated CAS to promote and shared understanding of the impact of our care on all providers

Personal/Other

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrates sensitivity and empathy to the needs of individuals and groups, able to develop effective working relationships and demonstrate professional credibility with colleagues
  • Assertive and willing to challenge unacceptable practice

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerThe Learning Awards - Apprenticeship ProgrammeArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardHappy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lynsey Hodgson
Job title
Quality and Governance Manager Remote Care (IUC)
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07810 814 303
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