Job summary
As a Quality Improvement Project Lead, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering quality improvement within maternity and neonatal services.
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of quality improvement projects to drive continuous improvements in perinatal care and experience. This post is responsible for a broad portfolio of 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, 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. The post is responsible for providing quality improvement expertise to the Midlands Perinatal Team and system partners. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop strong delivery of quality improvement projects.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Leading and delivery of work in line with the work portfolio e.g. elements of Perinatal Improvement Plan v2 andbespoke quality improvement projects within trusts' direct support offers
- Delivering QI training and facilitating QI sessions
- Interpreting data to support quality improvement projects
- Presenting projects to a wide range of stakeholders
- Draft and deliver agreed project plans
- Preparing newsletters, reports and other comms for a wide range of stakeholders
- Delivering work related to the maternity safety and quality agenda across the region
- Working alongside colleagues in the clinical and strategic arms of the perinatal team to provide quality improvement and project management expertise
- Support perinatal quality surveillance and regional learning across the region
- Supporting the sharing of best practice with system stakeholders (e.g. LMNSs, clinical groups), the team and wider NHS organisations
- Supporting all corporate business returns, including planning and workforce returns.
- Co-ordinate regional events and project meetings.
- Supporting recruitment activity of the team as required
About us
Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms -- including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England 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
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential parts of the role are a passion for 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:
- holding a portfolio of projects as the named project lead.
- supporting the delivery of day to day activities, projects and programmes across the wider portfolio.
- supporting the delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects.
- operating in a highly political and sensitive environment.
- Monitoring, interpreting and assuring quality against deliverables
- Project Management responsibilities include:
- Contributingto quality improvement, taking a lead for identified areas.
- Providing coordination of and participate in relevant working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support where requested.
- Providing relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio.
- Working with members of the team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
- Managing of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Simone Jasim simone.jasim1@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential parts of the role are a passion for 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:
- holding a portfolio of projects as the named project lead.
- supporting the delivery of day to day activities, projects and programmes across the wider portfolio.
- supporting the delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects.
- operating in a highly political and sensitive environment.
- Monitoring, interpreting and assuring quality against deliverables
- Project Management responsibilities include:
- Contributingto quality improvement, taking a lead for identified areas.
- Providing coordination of and participate in relevant working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support where requested.
- Providing relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio.
- Working with members of the team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
- Managing of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Simone Jasim simone.jasim1@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Formal quality improvement qualification e.g. QSIR Practitioner
Desirable
- Formal project management qualification e.g. PRINCE 2
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of service improvement methodologies and improvement tools, underpinned by theory
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Knowledge and experience of working on national midwifery policy issues e.g. 10 Year Health Plan for England / Maternity & Neonatal 3 Year Single Delivery Plan / Neonatal Critical Care Review
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level
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 and make decisions autonomously
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others Be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Values, diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Formal quality improvement qualification e.g. QSIR Practitioner
Desirable
- Formal project management qualification e.g. PRINCE 2
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of service improvement methodologies and improvement tools, underpinned by theory
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Knowledge and experience of working on national midwifery policy issues e.g. 10 Year Health Plan for England / Maternity & Neonatal 3 Year Single Delivery Plan / Neonatal Critical Care Review
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level
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 and make decisions autonomously
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others Be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Values, diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
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
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).
