Location
Northampton, England
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 Pro rata
Profession
Assistant (management discipline unspecified)
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
13 Oct 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
01 Oct 2026
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Job requirements

Essential

13 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Skills and abilities

    Excellent communication skills, both written & oral, and interpersonal skills in order to form and maintain positive rapports with a variety of colleagues both internal and external

  • Skills and abilities

    Ability to work to deadlines and ability to prioritise workload

  • Skills and abilities

    Ability to provide advice to clinicians regarding ensuring clinical audit measure standards which affect healthcare

  • Skills and abilities

    Good analytical skills with a proactive approach to process improvement

  • Skills and abilities

    Good quality report writing skills & delivery of information as required

  • Behaviours and values

    Enthusiastic, motivated and able to work autonomously as well as within a team

  • Behaviours and values

    Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently

  • Behaviours and values

    Committed to continual quality and service improvement

  • Behaviours and values

    Able to engage with a variety of people, including those within an identified team and those in external agencies

  • Knowledge and experience

    Knowledge of clinical audit methodology and quality assurance processes.

  • Knowledge and experience

    Experience supporting clinical audit, and evidence of attendance of clinical audit training

  • Knowledge and experience

    Experience of managing multiple workstreams and competing priorities.

  • Knowledge and experience

    Training health professionals & others on audit methodology techniques

Desirable

2 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Knowledge and experience

    Strong understanding of data processing with the ability to identify trends and themes in the data

  • Knowledge and experience

    Experience using audit management systems or databases.

Job overview

The post holder will report to the Head of Clinical Audit & Effectiveness and will work closely with clinicians, managers and multidisciplinary teams to facilitate local and national audit projects, design data collection tools, collect and analyse data, maintain audit records, produce reports and support services to implement improvements arising from audit findings

Main duties of the job

  • Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.
  • Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.
  • Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.
  • Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.
  • Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.
  • Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.
  • Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.
  • Provide training on a one-to-one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology and the use of AMaT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Support the delivery of the Trust Clinical Audit Programme, including local, national and mandatory audit activity.
  • Coordinate and facilitate audit projects throughout the full audit cycle, from registration and design through to reporting, action planning and re-audit.
  • Administer and maintain the Trust's Audit Management and Tracking System (AMaT), ensuring audit records, timelines, actions and outcomes are accurate and up to date.
  • Support clinical teams in the creation, maintenance and monitoring of online audit projects to track audit progress, compliance and improvement activity.
  • Collect, validate, analyse and input audit data accurately and within agreed timescales.
  • Develop and maintain audit tools, questionnaires, data collection systems and reporting templates.
  • Produce audit reports, presentations, dashboards and summaries to support decision-making and governance processes.
  • Support clinical teams in measuring compliance against national guidance, local standards and best practice requirements.
  • Monitor audit progress through AMaT and provide regular updates and exception reporting to relevant governance and assurance forums.
  • Maintain accurate records of audit activity, organisational compliance, action plans and audit outcomes.
  • Support services to ensure recommendations, lessons learned and improvement actions arising from audit activity are documented, monitored and evidenced through completion.
  • Support services in developing and implementing action plans and coordinating follow-up and re-audit activity to demonstrate improvement.
  • Provide training on a one to one basis or to teams on clinical audit methodology the use of AMaT.
  • Support participation in national, regional and mandatory audit programmes, ensuring reporting requirements are met.
  • Prepare agendas, reports, minutes and supporting documentation for the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Committee
  • Contribute to assurance reporting for Trust committees, sub-committees and governance groups.
  • Promote evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness and continuous quality improvement across the organisation.
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding audit activity, reporting requirements, governance processes and system developments

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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This advert is for Clinical Audit Assistant with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Northampton, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Assistant (management discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 Pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Oct 2026.

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