Job summary
Are you experienced using improvement methodology and delivering projects?
Are you passionate about improving healthcare services?
Do you want to work in a friendly, and supportive team?
This permanent Improvement Lead post is a great opportunity to further your healthcare improvement and project management skills, whilst working in a successful, dynamic team.
As a Band 7 Improvement Lead you will:
- Deliver and lead Trust, and sometimes system-wide, improvement projects across a variety of topics Work with a huge range of teams and people from across the Trust, from 'board to ward'.
- Support colleagues to do their own improvement, by offering coaching, mentoring, and training.
The successful candidate will have:
- A proven track record in leading, designing, planning and delivering successful service improvement projects.
- Experience of developing and supporting others to develop their improvement and project management skills.
- A passion for improving healthcare services for patients, and our colleagues' experience of coming to work.
It's an exciting time to join the team, as the Trust is implementing Patient First, a Lean-based continuous improvement approach to work. The Transformation Team are key to this new way of working, and enabling the organisation to embrace this new way of working.
We have a hybrid home and office working approach. This full-time post is based in Bristol and will involve working across both our Bristol and Weston sites.
Main duties of the job
The core elements of the role include:
- Project management, of usually large, complex, multi-stream Trustwide projects
- Service improvement and redesign skills
- Facilitation and communication expertise
- Building staff capability for improvement through training, coaching, and mentoring.
The exact nature of day-day tasks depends on your assigned projects, and the variety of the role is something we love in the team. However, all projects will involve updating project documentation, facilitating conversations and workshops, and the use of service improvement tools and methodologies. Overtime, as you gain more experience you will manage increasingly complex projects, and work with system partners more, so there is always something new to learn in the role!
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of using project management methodology to lead, design, plan and deliver improvement projects from initiation to completion
- Experience of using quality improvement tools within improvement projects
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and managers
- Experience in training and developing staff
Desirable
- Health or social care setting experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong communication skills - verbal, written and presentational
- Analytical skills - ability to identify, gather, and interpret complex data for improvement projects, and present it clearly to a wide range of individuals and organisations
- Able to design and facilitate events, and translate outputs into tangible deliverables
- Able to engage, lead and influence others to adopt new working practices
- Proven problem solving skills - ability to review processes and systems, and develop solutions to resolve issues
Desirable
- Ability to supervise project team members, and delegate required work
- Able to lead multiple improvement initiatives
- Ability to use improvement and project management tools, and skills to mentor, educate and train staff in their use
Aptitudes
Essential
- Able to work independently or as part of a team
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level / relevant professional qualification) or equivalent relevant experience
- Project management qualification or significant experience of managing projects
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in change management /improvement methodology, through post graduate qualification, or significant experience of working at similar level
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of using project management methodology to lead, design, plan and deliver improvement projects from initiation to completion
- Experience of using quality improvement tools within improvement projects
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and managers
- Experience in training and developing staff
Desirable
- Health or social care setting experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong communication skills - verbal, written and presentational
- Analytical skills - ability to identify, gather, and interpret complex data for improvement projects, and present it clearly to a wide range of individuals and organisations
- Able to design and facilitate events, and translate outputs into tangible deliverables
- Able to engage, lead and influence others to adopt new working practices
- Proven problem solving skills - ability to review processes and systems, and develop solutions to resolve issues
Desirable
- Ability to supervise project team members, and delegate required work
- Able to lead multiple improvement initiatives
- Ability to use improvement and project management tools, and skills to mentor, educate and train staff in their use
Aptitudes
Essential
- Able to work independently or as part of a team
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level / relevant professional qualification) or equivalent relevant experience
- Project management qualification or significant experience of managing projects
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in change management /improvement methodology, through post graduate qualification, or significant experience of working at similar level
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Whitefriars, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Lewins Mead
Bristol
BS1 2NT
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
