Senior Improvement Practitioner

Job summary

Due to an internal secondment within the team, an opportunity to join the coach house on a 18 month secondment opportunity has arisen.

Working in the Coach House will give you Trust-wide exposure by being involved in the rollout ofImproving Together, the way we work at Salisbury to deliver effective and sustainable change where it matters most. You'll be part of the enthusiastic and expert team who provide the formal Improving Together training, coaching and support. Successful candidates will receive in-depth training and support so they can lead on delivery of the training and coaching to teams across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

This opportunity is available to internal staff only and the team are particularly interested in people who can say 'yes' to the following:

- I enjoy meeting new people

- I have experience of delivering training and/or presenting to groups of people

- I want to help teams across the Trust get to grips with Improving Together

- I am interested in and passionate about delivering effective, sustainable change

What will you get in return:

• Develop a broad skill-set, in strategy, change management, coaching and continuous improvement, which will build strong personal leadership capabilities aligned to the Trust leadership behaviour framework
• An opportunity to work at a Trust wide level across all staff groups, including with Executives and senior managers. To influence, share learning, best practice of Improving Together and support the embedding of the Operational Management system (OMS) at SFT.
• Enhanced knowledge of the Trust strategy and the role you play in supporting the achievement of the SFT business model today, tomorrow and in the future

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk