Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 31.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CS2870-MS
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- LSCFT Headquarters
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata (subject to confirmation)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Audit Facilitator
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
We are excited to be able to advertise for a Clinical Audit Facilitator to work in the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Team within the Medical Directorate.
We are looking for a highly motivated, pro-active individual who is looking for their next challenge. We are looking for applicants with experience of working within the health service and data management.
You will have a proven record of accomplishment working with a team.
The post holder will have significant experience in analysing healthcare data and trend analysis. The post-holder will work alongside an additional Mortality review practitioner and report to the Learning from Deaths Manager.
Main duties of the job
Work as part of the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Team specialising in the development, implementation and evaluation of a nationally recognised mortality review methodology across the Trust localities; be instrumental in providing learning from deaths evidence to support the implementation of quality Improvement projects across the organisation in partnership with clinical/practitioner and managerial colleagues, service users and external partners .
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience
- At least 2 years’ experience of working in a health care setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge & experience of service & quality reviews/service evaluation
- Significant knowledge of clinical audit, CQC registration, the health care commission.
- Demonstrates a broad knowledge & understanding of different quality models/approaches
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 12 months experience of clinical audit and evidence of outcomes
- Evidence of an ability to use both qualitative and quantitative methods data analysis
- Demonstrable evidence of an ability to undertake audit/effectiveness projects
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Dunn
- Job title
- Recruiting Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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