Clinical Audit and Database Facilitator

YOU MAKE US MORE Join Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust At Moorfields, people’s sight matters—and so do the people who make it possible.

For over 200 years, Moorfields has been at the forefront of ophthalmic care, research, and education. With more than 2,300 dedicated team members and over 700,000 patients seen annually across our City Road site and 22 networked sites, we are proud to be a global centre of excellence.

We're also a vibrant community where kindness, equity and excellence shape every aspect of our work. Whether it’s pioneering research through our partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre or training the next generation of global eye care leaders, we’re united by one mission—delivering world-class eye health, sustainably and at scale.

And we’re just getting started.

From 2027, we’ll move to our brand-new Oriel site in St Pancras, Camden—a state-of-the-art centre that will unite eye care, research, and education under one roof. This groundbreaking facility, developed in partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity, will enable transformative innovation and collaboration like never before.

Could you be part of this future? Make us more.

Job Overview Moorfields is one of the world’s leading eye hospitals, supported by a well experienced clinical governance structure. This is an exciting opportunity for an NHS leader with a desire to improve their experience and knowledge of clinical audit and clinical governance to join a well-established central quality team. The postholder will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the Clinical Audit Module system within Safeguard (Ulysses) and will provide expert clinical audit advice, training and material across the trust. The postholder will develop and manage systems and processes to support and facilitate clinical audit activity and share findings and learning from clinical audit reports.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and will be working in a department with a scope covering clinical governance, clinical audit, clinical effectiveness and clinical quality outcome monitoring and will assist with the workload of the department. A clinical background is useful but not essential as it is more important that you have a desire to learn, are motivated, and ideally have some experience in managing aspects of clinical audit, effectiveness and governance.

The postholder will work closely with the Quality team and ensure that the clinical audit and effectiveness strategy is maintained at a high standard.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the Clinical Audit Module system within Safeguard (Ulysses) and will provide expert clinical audit advice, training and material across the trust. The post-holder will be responsible for assisting development of the Clinical Audit Strategy within Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in order to improve the quality of services and clinical care. This will involve managing and implementing various processes within the clinical audit function required by the trust. The post-holder will also have to develop and manage systems and processes to support and facilitate clinical audit activity and the reporting of activity for trust quality reports and scorecards. This position would assist in supporting the clinical audit processes that allow clinicians to conduct clinical governance/audit/effectiveness related matters throughout the trust to a high standard. You will be working in a department with a scope covering clinical governance, clinical audit, clinical effectiveness and clinical quality outcome monitoring and will assist with the workload of the department.

The Clinical Audit and Database Facilitator role will assist the Head of Clinical Governance and clinical audit team to support clinical governance/audit activity.

Working for our organisation

What’s in it for You?

At Moorfields, we invest in you—your growth, your wellbeing, your future.

You’ll Join a Flexible, Supportive Organisation Offering

• Competitive salary (including high-cost area supplement)
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
• 24/7 independent counselling support
• Career-long learning and development opportunities
• Excellent transport connections
• Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes
• Free Pilates classes
• Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting and cover where necessary for Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Support role and Central Quality Administrator role
• Good communication and joint working with part-time Clinical Audit and Database Facilitator
• Regularly undertake centrally driven, nationally required and departmental clinical audits
• Understand and support the central team lead for the national audit of corneal graft outcomes
• Take committee and meeting minutes as required
• Support the delivery and retrieval of medical records for the purposes of audit, ensuring that all records held within the clinical audit office are tracked and their location is clear
• Support the Head of Clinical Governance in the development, management and completion of the Clinical Audit Strategy and divisional Clinical Audit Programmes
• Provide specialist advice and training on aspects of clinical audit development
• Support the delivery of certificates to all staff that have completed clinical audits
• Communicate effectively with all clinical and non-clinical staff undertaking key aspects of clinical audit activity and work with clinical audit leads
• Fully understand and support the development and maintenance of database systems, including the clinical audit module within Safeguard
• Have a thorough and proficient understanding and knowledge of the patient administration system (PAS) and electronic patient records OpenEyes / Medisoft
• Develop reports and presentations as necessary for discussion at Committees/meetings

Person specification

Education / Qualification

Essential criteria

• Educated at Degree level, or with equivalent relevant experience / knowledge

Experience Essential criteria

• Experience of undertaking and analysing clinical audit projects and communicating results effectively

Desirable criteria

• Experience in a clinical or clinical governance/quality/risk management/clinical audit role

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of clinical audit and aspects of clinical governance
• Working knowledge of clinical audit, clinical risk management, clinical governance, effectiveness, service quality and revalidation issues

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory DBS disclosure and two references. We do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts, so please consider this before applying.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture. As part of our pledge to take positive action in recruitment we encourage applications from under-represented candidates including BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) and Disabled candidates as we work towards a representative workforce that is able to provide the quality, the dignity and respect and to deliver above and beyond.

Moorfields is a flexible working friendly organisation, and we are committed to helping our employees achieve a work-life balance that is beneficial for health and wellbeing, motivation levels and job satisfaction. Every employee of the Trust has the right to request to work flexibly. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

If we receive sufficient applications, we will close this ad prior to the closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying or would like an accessible version of any recruitment documents, please contact the recruitment team at moorfields.recruitment@nhs.net. Moorfields Eye Hospital does not charge applicants any recruitment or sponsorship fees. Our website and published contact details are the only authorised channels for applications and verification of job offers.

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Documents to download

• JD-PS Clinical Audit and Database Facilitator (PDF, 328.6KB)
• MEH Staff Benefits (PDF, 919.1KB)
• MEH Privacy Notice (PDF, 138.0KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name Andy Dwyer Job title Head of Clinical Governance Email address andydwyer@nhs.net