SFIA Skills: Audit (AUDT)

Contributes to the development of the audit roadmap.

Engages with stakeholders to issue and review plans, reports, progress statements and approvals.

Contributes to risk assessments and participates in risk reviews. Identifies, documents and communicates the root cause of issues found.

Contributes to, and/or leads, audit requirements definition on audits or conformance reviews. Confirms the scope and objectives of specific audit activity with management.

Participates in, or facilitates, stakeholder workshops to review requirements for planned audits, agree priorities, timescales, information disclosure approach and audit frequency. Documents agreements made.

Runs the action plan following a completed audit. Prepares response within agreed timescales. Tracks all actions until completed.

Takes responsibility for the planning and resourcing of audits and/or conformance reviews of existing and planned clinical coding processes, systems and services.

As part of an audit team, or as the lead, coordinates all stakeholders and conducts audits within planned timescales.

Directs use of risk analysis to identify areas for in-depth review.

Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to ensure audit coverage is relevant and understood.

Assesses collated audit review findings. Identifies and proposes significant control improvement programmes.

Leads the definition, implementation, and communication of the organisation’s audit function. Ensures appropriate resources are available to deliver organisational audit requirements.

Leads audit strategy development and definition and ensures that the audit function adds value to the organisation.

Approves new or amended audit policies and standards having first ensured that they have been adequately reviewed and amended following a formal review process.

Leads audit requirements definition for high-profile engagements and/or large organisations.

Reviews and approves all plans and the audit roadmap ensuring full scope is covered.

Leads workshops with all stakeholders to review requirements for planned audits. Agrees priorities, timescales, information disclosure approach and audit frequency. Documents agreements made.

Runs the action plan following a completed audit. Prepares response within agreed timescales. Reviews and approves audit response.

Approves and authorises audit plans. Ensures costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, audit resources and risk have been taken into account and appropriate and effective governance arrangements established.

Ensures all audits are planned, resourced and executed within roadmap timescales.

Takes responsibility for the delivery of high-profile, large budget, audit programmes establishing and maintaining appropriate management structures to control and monitor audit deliverables.

Provides general and specific audit advice to senior leadership teams on ways of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of control mechanisms.

Collates and analyses evidence regarding the interpretation and implementation of control measures, and/or conformance to standards, and prepares and communicates the audit report.

Assess collated audit review findings. Identifies and proposes significant control improvement programmes.

Contributes to formal reports to management on the effectiveness and efficiency of control mechanisms and the extent of compliance of systems with standards, regulations and/or legislation.