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Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Location
Worthing, England
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
05 Jun 2026
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
Posted Date
22 May 2026

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Job overview

The role of Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager supports the development and delivery of the Trust’s Clinical Outcomes & Effectiveness portfolio programme as part of the Trust’s delivery of effective clinical services, including a focus on clinical speciality and divisional engagement, reporting and assurance for clinical effectiveness.

The Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager will ensure the successful delivery of the clinical outcomes and effectiveness portfolio through the implementation of effective day to day systems and processes for the management of NICE, National Audit and Enquiries, Local Audit GIRFT and Clinical Documentation.

The COE Team operates a business partner model; the role will be aligned to one of the Trusts divisions (i.e. Medicine/ Surgery/ Specialist Services). The post holder will be responsible for working with colleagues within this division to ensure the successful delivery of the COE workstreams.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager will support the COE Portfolio Lead and Senior Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager to ensure the Trust is delivering services in line with legislative requirements, national policy and best practice guidelines.

The post holder will be required to actively engage with divisions and multidisciplinary teams to ensure full assurance with targets and compliance across the COE portfolio, triangulating outcomes from across the COE workstreams and ensuring Quality Improvement Plans are developed and implemented in response to any identified concerns.

The post holder will be required to attend divisional and clinical governance meetings to support the COE agenda, providing reporting and updates on divisional performance and assisting the delivery of programmes of work to support compliance and quality improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager will ensure the successful delivery of the clinical outcomes and effectiveness portfolio working with the Senior Improvement Manager to ensure:

  • Triangulation of quality data from a variety of sources to identify quality gaps and prioritise opportunities for continuous quality improvement
  • Deliver specific targeted quality improvement projects that address Trust-wide quality prioritie
  • Demonstrate and provide an evidence base for measurable improvement
  • Develop and deliver divisional and service specific quality improvement projects in response to identified quality gap
  • See Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

Prior to submission of your application for any internal secondment or fixed term post, please ensure that you have discussed this with your line manager to obtain their approval. If you do not have written approval from your current line manager to take this position if successful as an internal secondment opportunity, it would be offered as a fixed term position.

Applying for this NHS job

This advert is for Clinical Outcomes Improvement Manager with University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in Worthing, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment). The application deadline is 05 Jun 2026.

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