This post is available at the Pilgrim Site.

The Clinical Audit Facilitator plays a key role in supporting the Trust to deliver safe, effective and high-quality care through a robust and well-governed clinical audit programme. The post holder will work closely with clinical teams across all services to plan, coordinate and deliver local, national and statutory audits, ensuring that audit activity is aligned to priorities such as patient safety, clinical effectiveness and regulatory compliance. They will provide specialist advice on audit methodology, support the collection and analysis of high-quality data, and assist services to develop meaningful, measurable action plans that drive improvement. The role also includes monitoring progress, identifying risks or delays, and escalating issues where required to ensure timely completion and delivery of assurance to Care Groups, CEG and the Quality Committee. This is a key role in strengthening learning, supporting evidence-based practice, and ensuring the Trust meets its obligations.

The Clinical Audit Facilitator Will

• Coordinate and support the delivery of the Trust’s clinical audit programme, including local priority audits and participation in agreed national audit programmes.
• Provide specialist advice to clinical teams on audit methodology, sampling, data collection and analysis to ensure audits are completed to a high standard.
• Work with services to develop clear, measurable action plans in response to audit findings, ensuring actions support improvements in patient care, safety and clinical effectiveness.
• Monitor progress against audit plans and action plans, identifying delays or barriers, and escalate risks to Care Groups and the Clinical Audit Group as appropriate.
• Prepare and present regular audit reports, updates and summaries for Care Groups, Clinical Audit Group and Clinical Effectiveness Group.
• Maintain accurate records of audit activity within the Trust’s audit management system, ensuring all information is up to date and meets governance and reporting requirements.
• Support the identification of themes, trends and learning from audit findings to inform quality improvement initiatives and strengthen governance.
• Provide training, coaching and day-to-day support to staff undertaking clinical audits, helping to build capability and consistency across services.
• Work collaboratively with clinical, operational and corporate teams to ensure audit outcomes inform service development, patient safety work and the wider quality improvement agenda.