Job summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Improvement Manager to join our Improvement Faculty Team.
This role provides an excellent platform for an individual who is passionate about driving positive change, enhancing patient care, and supporting colleagues in creating meaningful improvements within our organisation.
In this senior position within the Audit and Improvement Team, your contributions will be pivotal to the success of our Improvement Faculty and to the larger organizational mission. You will have a lasting impact by helping to build a culture of continuous improvement, developing the capabilities of our staff, and ultimately enhancing the quality of our patient care.
As part of our Improvement Faculty, you will be a key resource, offering guidance and expertise to colleagues across departments seeking support in improvement, change management, transformation, and financial efficiency.
Main duties of the job
Details of the main responsibilities can be found on the job description and personal specification attached.
About us
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Details of the main responsibilities can be found on the job description and personal specification attached.
Please note, we reserve the right to close this application earlier than the closing date if a significant number of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Details of the main responsibilities can be found on the job description and personal specification attached.
Please note, we reserve the right to close this application earlier than the closing date if a significant number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- ProfessionalDegree and/or Masters or Equivalent qualification or Senior experience in an Improvement environment.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Quality Improvement knowledge and experience
- Specialist subject matter knowledge of QI theory, tools, and techniques.
- Understanding and experience of change management theory and practice.
- Advanced emotional intelligence skills
- Ability to enthuse and engage colleagues in leading change.
- Understanding of project-based change.
- Experience of setting up processes to assure a project will meet sustainable objectives.
- An understanding of how acute hospitals work.
Desirable
- Awareness of key national initiatives in health
- Experience of setting up processes to assure a project will meet sustainable objectives.
- An understanding of how acute hospitals work.
- An understanding of culture/Organisational Development, and how this underpins Improvement
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of leading projects in an NHS environment
- Experience of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries
- Highly skilled in formulating solutions to problems and managing those solutions through to completion.
- An understanding of culture/Organisational Development, and how this underpins Improvement.
- Ability to formulate clear, robust, and deliverable plans taking into account information from multiple sources.
- Advanced report writing and presentation skills.
- IT literate and knowledgeable in the use of Microsoft applications.
- Prioritisation and time management skills Ability to identify, understand and manage change opportunities that will benefit the organisation.
- The ability to analyse complex data. Identifying the main issues in complex problems, clarifying understanding or stakeholder expectations, to seek best option.
Desirable
- Experience of leading projects in an NHS environment
- Experience of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries
Contractural requirements
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Must be able to travel between hospital sites in a timely manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- ProfessionalDegree and/or Masters or Equivalent qualification or Senior experience in an Improvement environment.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Quality Improvement knowledge and experience
- Specialist subject matter knowledge of QI theory, tools, and techniques.
- Understanding and experience of change management theory and practice.
- Advanced emotional intelligence skills
- Ability to enthuse and engage colleagues in leading change.
- Understanding of project-based change.
- Experience of setting up processes to assure a project will meet sustainable objectives.
- An understanding of how acute hospitals work.
Desirable
- Awareness of key national initiatives in health
- Experience of setting up processes to assure a project will meet sustainable objectives.
- An understanding of how acute hospitals work.
- An understanding of culture/Organisational Development, and how this underpins Improvement
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of leading projects in an NHS environment
- Experience of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries
- Highly skilled in formulating solutions to problems and managing those solutions through to completion.
- An understanding of culture/Organisational Development, and how this underpins Improvement.
- Ability to formulate clear, robust, and deliverable plans taking into account information from multiple sources.
- Advanced report writing and presentation skills.
- IT literate and knowledgeable in the use of Microsoft applications.
- Prioritisation and time management skills Ability to identify, understand and manage change opportunities that will benefit the organisation.
- The ability to analyse complex data. Identifying the main issues in complex problems, clarifying understanding or stakeholder expectations, to seek best option.
Desirable
- Experience of leading projects in an NHS environment
- Experience of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries
Contractural requirements
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Must be able to travel between hospital sites in a timely manner.
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.
