Job summary
This key role within the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN), will lead national patient safety improvement programmes within the region, utilising quality improvement approaches. These programmes are aligned to the National Patient Safety Strategy and form the basis of activity undertaken by a national network of patient safety collaboratives, (PSCs) based within each AHSN.
You will use skills as a highly motivated, inquisitive, creative problem solver with excellent communication and influencing skills, to work across organisational boundaries. You will bring together people across systems to lead quality improvement.
Two opportunities are currently available as fixed-term or secondment, based at the University of Nottinghams Innovation Park when office working resumes.
A post until the end of the AHSN licensing period, March 2023
A 6-month post between October 21-March 22.
The provisional date for interview is 20th August
Main duties of the job
The Senior Improvement Lead will support and undertake improvement testing and scale-up activities and projects across a range of health and care settings, demonstrating measurable and incremental changes. They will have a track record of delivering health and social care change, with an ability to quickly develop productive relationships with stakeholders, including patients and the public. Working collaboratively, theyll feel confident to challenge the status quo, and be prepared to adapt and seek mutually beneficial solutions to patient safety issues.
Candidates must demonstrate previous application of quality improvement methodologies and project management skills relevant to integrated care.
Occasional travel within the East Midlands may be required.
About us
There are 15 AHSNs in England, operating as the innovation arm of the NHS, bringing together social care, public health, patients, research, VCSE, NHS and industry to identify test and spread new technologies and better ways of working. We save the NHS money, empower health & care staff to improve patient lives, working with stakeholders to establish priorities and provide support. We import evidenced solutions from other regions and export our successful East Midlands programmes on a national basis. Our overarching aim is always to make a difference to patients.
AHSNs host Patient Safety Collaborative (PSCs), commissioned to deliver patient safety improvement programmes (SIPs). PSCs currently delivers SIPs for Managing Physical Deterioration in Adults; Maternity & Neonatal Safety, Medicines Safety and Mental Health Safety, aiming to increase adoption and spread of safety initiatives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please familiarise yourself with the Job Description and Person Specification attachments located within the supporting documents section of this advert. These documents will provide a comprehensive overview of this exciting role.
We encourage potential candidates to visit our East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EM AHSN) website to find out more about our work. We would particularly like to highlight navigating to the following areas:
- About Us and then Join our team
- Our Work and then all sections within the header Patient Safety Collaborative
Publications and Resources and then Annual Report
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please familiarise yourself with the Job Description and Person Specification attachments located within the supporting documents section of this advert. These documents will provide a comprehensive overview of this exciting role.
We encourage potential candidates to visit our East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EM AHSN) website to find out more about our work. We would particularly like to highlight navigating to the following areas:
- About Us and then Join our team
- Our Work and then all sections within the header Patient Safety Collaborative
Publications and Resources and then Annual Report
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters or equivalent level in a clinical, health services management, patient safety or quality improvement subject, or able to demonstrate equivalent experience in these areas.
Desirable
- Recognised patient safety training course or qualification
- Recognised QI qualification
- Recognised qualification in Human factors / Ergonomics
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing medium/large-scale Quality Improvement projects working across different organisations and within a complex environment using a range of programme management techniques and QI methods
- Working in an improvement programme management role working with a range of external and public organisations including NHS agencies, local authorities, government agencies, voluntary and independent sectors
- Evidence of experience in applying a broad range of project management practices, tools and techniques
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of patient safety challenges and safety approaches
Communication & relationship skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive information where cooperation and agreement is required from various partners.
- Ability to develop credible, productive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including patients
- Demonstrable ability to build and co-ordinate constructive collaborations and project teams
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Ability to constructively challenge the status quo to ensure the best outcome for patients.
- Evidence of working with numerical data and ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex, multi-stranded data in appropriate forms
Desirable
- Evidence of use of measurement for improvement
Planning & organisation skills
Essential
- Able to develop a range of strategic and operational plans for implementation of innovations in a variety of settings and crossing organisational boundaries, taking into consideration local context
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters or equivalent level in a clinical, health services management, patient safety or quality improvement subject, or able to demonstrate equivalent experience in these areas.
Desirable
- Recognised patient safety training course or qualification
- Recognised QI qualification
- Recognised qualification in Human factors / Ergonomics
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing medium/large-scale Quality Improvement projects working across different organisations and within a complex environment using a range of programme management techniques and QI methods
- Working in an improvement programme management role working with a range of external and public organisations including NHS agencies, local authorities, government agencies, voluntary and independent sectors
- Evidence of experience in applying a broad range of project management practices, tools and techniques
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of patient safety challenges and safety approaches
Communication & relationship skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive information where cooperation and agreement is required from various partners.
- Ability to develop credible, productive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including patients
- Demonstrable ability to build and co-ordinate constructive collaborations and project teams
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Ability to constructively challenge the status quo to ensure the best outcome for patients.
- Evidence of working with numerical data and ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex, multi-stranded data in appropriate forms
Desirable
- Evidence of use of measurement for improvement
Planning & organisation skills
Essential
- Able to develop a range of strategic and operational plans for implementation of innovations in a variety of settings and crossing organisational boundaries, taking into consideration local context
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).