This post is only open to internal applicants.

Clinical Effectiveness Data Co-ordinatorNHS AfC: Band 3

Main area

Quality Governance

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 3

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Part time - 36.75 hours per week (This post is advertised at 36.75 hours per week, however applications for a minimum of 30 hours per week will be considered. Please indicate your preferred working hours on your application form.)

Job ref

435-C076-26-a

Site

Blackburn Royal Teaching Hospital

Town

Blackburn

Salary

£25,760 - £27,476 pro-rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

26/10/2026 17:00

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Job overview

Clinical Audit is central to our commitment to improving services and enhancing organisational effectiveness. The Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Team plays a key role in supporting clinical teams to measure performance against national and local standards, contributing to the Trust's Forward Measurement Programme, NICE Guidance processes, and NCEPOD studies.

This role has a particular focus on supporting the National Major Trauma and Rehabilitation (NMTR) Audit , a high-profile national programme requiring accurate, timely and complete data submissions. The post underpins the Trust's ability to meet its statutory reporting obligations and provides essential assurance within the wider Quality and Safety framework.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Team and support the delivery of the Trust's Clinical Effectiveness Strategy.

In this role, you will:

Lead on the collection, validation and submission of NMTR audit data, ensuring high levels of accuracy and compliance with national deadlines.

· Support Clinical Effectiveness Facilitators by providing reliable data, assisting with audit planning, and contributing to reporting and assurance processes.

· Work collaboratively with clinical teams and directorates to collect and interpret clinical data from a variety of sources.

· Use established measurement tools, audit systems and processes to monitor whether national and local standards are met.

· Help identify areas of good practice, support learning from results, and contribute to quality improvement work.

This role is essential to maintaining consistent, high-quality data that supports clinical services, performance monitoring and the Trust's wider improvement programmes.

Working for our organisation

We pride ourselves on supporting staff to achieve their full potential and recognise the link between an engaged workforce and high-quality patient care.

Within the Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Team, you will be part of a supportive, collaborative environment that values accuracy, shared learning and continuous improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will have:

· Strong organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail

· Experience handling data or working within a data quality/information role

· Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

· Excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage with staff at all levels

· The ability to work independently but also support team colleagues and Facilitators

· A positive, proactive approach and the ability to manage competing deadlines

Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria

• Good educational background to "A" level or equivalent (including NVQ level 3 or equivalent NHS experience)
• Experience in data collection methodology
• Previous general office / administrative experience
• Ability to work well in a team
• Ability to organise own workload and to meet demands and deadlines
• Ability to input data onto spreadsheets / systems with accuracy
• Ability to communicate with Clinicians and Senior Healthcare Professionals
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Good all round IT Skills including use of Microsoft Office (i.e. Word / Excel) Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a wider team
• High standard of data quality skills and demonstrating attention to detail
• Ability to demonstrate own activities to new of less experienced employees
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivating and able to motivate others

Desirable criteria

• Previous NHS relevant experience
• Experience of working with medical records - 1 year

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancymay close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.**
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
  
  *Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post.Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be...