Job summary
As a Perinatal Senior Quality Improvement Project Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the Midlands Perinatal Team to support integrated care systems with the delivery of improvement in health outcomes for pregnant service users and their families.
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of programme of quality improvement projects supporting the drive of continuous improvements in perinatal care and experiences. In addition, the postholder is responsible for a delivery of specified improvement activities and improvement projects, including creating a culture in which all staff view quality improvement as a core part of their role.
The role will ensure appropriate oversight of key deliverables from national and local policy and strategy including the 10 Year Health Plan for England, Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, formal service reviews such as Ockenden / East Kent and other maternity reviews, and the NHS Operational Planning Guidance.
Together with other members of the wider team, ensure activities support integrated care boards (ICBs) with their core purpose of quality improvement and ultimately benefit patient and population health outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The role is designed to build a combination of extensive perinatal subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop strong delivery of quality improvement projects.
The post holder will be responsible for:
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Overseeing the delivery of work in line with the work portfolio e.g. preterm births, perinatal pelvic health services, alongside bespoke quality improvement projects directly with trusts within the Midlands
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential parts of the role are a passion and demonstrable experience of continuous quality improvement, delivery of QI training to MDT teams within trusts and with other stakeholders, and the hands-on delivery of QI projects.
Operational responsibilities include:
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To monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables to NHS England that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process
Project Management responsibilities include:
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Lead the team in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project.
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Ensure that the projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, is actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHS.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential parts of the role are a passion and demonstrable experience of continuous quality improvement, delivery of QI training to MDT teams within trusts and with other stakeholders, and the hands-on delivery of QI projects.
Operational responsibilities include:
-
To monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables to NHS England that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process
Project Management responsibilities include:
-
Lead the team in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project.
-
Ensure that the projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, is actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHS.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Formal quality improvement qualification e.g. QSIR Practitioner, lean
Desirable
- Registered midwife and experience of working at senior level
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to maternity and neonatal issues e.g. Maternity & Neonatal 3 Year Single Delivery Plan / Neonatal Critical Care Review
- Knowledge and experience of service improvement methodologies and improvement tools, underpinned by theory
- Comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques and tools such as PRINCE 2 and Managing Successful Projects
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- An understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy with experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
- Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be numerous courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Other
Essential
- Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Formal quality improvement qualification e.g. QSIR Practitioner, lean
Desirable
- Registered midwife and experience of working at senior level
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to maternity and neonatal issues e.g. Maternity & Neonatal 3 Year Single Delivery Plan / Neonatal Critical Care Review
- Knowledge and experience of service improvement methodologies and improvement tools, underpinned by theory
- Comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques and tools such as PRINCE 2 and Managing Successful Projects
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- An understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy with experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
- Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be numerous courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Other
Essential
- Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
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.
