Quality Improvement Advisor
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Job summary
About the team:
The Improvement Service is part of the Quality Centre within The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The service plays a key role in enabling the Trust to use adopted improvement methodology within the context of Our Care Improvement System, (the Trust's quality management system) and to deliver the Trusts strategic ambitions set out in Changing Lives Aiming High strategy. The work of the service underpinned by improvement and organisational science, theories and principles and evidence-based practice, to enable services, teams and individuals to work at their best to deliver safe and effective care and outcomes that matter to patients, families and carers.
Main duties of the job
About the role:
The primary purpose of the Quality Improvement (QI) Programme is to take a lead role in the transformation of the culture of the Trust to one of continuous improvement which is delivered through the Trusts 5 strategic objectives and quality management system, namely Our Care Improvement System (Care IS). Our approach enables active participation of staff service users/ carers in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of system wide improvements using the established methodologies (quality improvement methods, pilot and evaluation methods, organisational psychology and behaviour change).
The two QI advisor roles will work as members of the QI team and provide QI coaching to clinical teams and co deliver the Trust wide QI development programmes. Integral to the coaching is the ability to coach people on using data for improvement to reduce unwarranted variation in practice.
Candidates who are successful at the shortlisting stage will be invited to interview on Thursday 27/03/2025 - you will need to be available for the whole day.
About us
About the location:
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth. The team base is at the Maudsley and this is an in person role. Travel will be required across sites.
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
For a full list of our benefits please visit: https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf
We look forward to receiving your application.
Details
Date posted
25 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
334-NCL-6997832
Job locations
Maudsley Hospital
Maudsley Hospital Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AZ
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maudsley Hospital
Maudsley Hospital Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AZ
Employer's website
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