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Are you a talented administrator? We're looking for an individual, with or without NHS experience, to join our friendly Cardiology Audit Team. As a Clinical Audit Assistant you will be expected to provide comprehensive administrative support for the National Cardiology Audit programmes conducted by the team. In return you can expect a diverse and interesting role and the support to further develop your skills in clinical audit and gain experience in the NHS.

The post holder will be highly motivated and enthusiastic. Possess excellent IT skills, have first class organisational skills, attention to detail and be a great communicator.

The post is permanent, working 12 hours per week, based at Solihull hospital with cross site working where appropriate. A term time contract may be considered for the right candidate.

For more information please contact Katherine Bentley, Cardiology Audit Manager, 07917398319 or via email [email protected]

Main duties, tasks & skills required

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Working towards or attained NVQ 3/BTEC/A'Levels or equivalent.

or;

• GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in an Administrative environment
• Good knowledge and experience of using various Microsoft Office Software programmes including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Good organisational skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion
• Good time management skills
• Understand confidentiality and apply the principles in everyday working practice
• Ability to pay attention to detail where there are unpredictable interruptions to the work pattern
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and sensitive issues
• Able to use own initiative and deal with the unpredictable
• Able to work under pressure and multi-task
• Able to work to deadlines
• Experience of working in a busy environment
• Ability to deal professionally with enquiries from staff
• Numeracy Skills

Desirable

• Previous experience of clinical audit project or clinical information systems
• Previous experience of NHS or public sector working
• Experience of using Trust IT systems
• Awareness of current NHS issues
• Understanding data - extracts, collates, quantitative and qualitative analyses and validates data, recognising alternative solutions where necessary

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Proficient in using various Microsoft Office Software programmes including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Competent with gathering, collating and analysing data and information from a variety of sources effectively
• Ability to manage, prioritise and deliver a number of projects and work programmes within timescales
• Work with minimal guidance
• Identify problems and suggest possible solutions or improvements
• Undertake basic analysis of numerical data
• Attention to detail
• Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
• Confident in dealing with people at all levels
• Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
• Demonstrate care and compassion
• Good inter-personal and communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Team Player, Conscientious
• Demonstrate reliability, motivation and commitment
• Actively seek ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness of own performance
• Can set clear objectives and targets

Desirable

• Ability to source relevant information and literature searches from electronic sources

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.