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QI Facilitator

SECamb

The closing date is 11 May 2025

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Job summary

  • Full time 37.5 hours/week
  • Band 6 - £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
  • The successful applicant will be expected to undertake regular travel to Operating Units in the West e.g. Banstead, Brighton and other OUs.

The Quality Improvement (QI) Facilitator will provide leadership and support in delivery of projects for the Quality Improvement team. The post holder will be instrumental in driving the Trust's continuous improvement approach, which is our systematic methodology to solve problems, improve service provision, and provide better outcomes for staff and patients across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

  • Contribute to the philosophy of continuous improvement across the organisation.
  • Ensure that the concept of quality, Quality Improvement (QI) and our Continuous Improvement approach is clearly articulated and understood.
  • Directly assist operational unit and corporate staff in building continuous improvement capacity to drive improvement aligned with the organisational strategy.
  • Leadership and support of QI projects, ensuring that projects follow the DMAIC process, are closely monitored, on track with identified schedules / actions and reported on with any risks identified and escalated as appropriate.
  • Utilise data to understand how capable processes are in delivering their aims and objectives and use this to drive improvement or support decision making.
  • Understand current practice, processes, and tools through measurement (including user experience) to help us to organise and prioritise improvement efforts effectively.
  • Utilise digital tools, methods and approaches to drive innovation and balance human centred design and our analytical approaches.
  • Support and guide colleagues to utilise the DMAIC process and other QI tools effectively.

About us

  • A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years service.
  • Personal and professional development and training opportunities..
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
  • Access to occupational health and counselling services.
  • Award winning wellbeing hub
  • Back up buddy App
  • Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
  • Option to join NHS Pension scheme

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

278-QI-1224-CC-A

Job locations

Negotiable / Nexus House

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work with many internal and external stakeholders ensuring that improvement occurs in a positive and sustained way. The post holder will work effectively and collaboratively with all levels of the organisations acting as a QI subject matter expert.

Please refer to the Job Description for a comprehensive list of responsibilities attached to this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work with many internal and external stakeholders ensuring that improvement occurs in a positive and sustained way. The post holder will work effectively and collaboratively with all levels of the organisations acting as a QI subject matter expert.

Please refer to the Job Description for a comprehensive list of responsibilities attached to this role

Person Specification

Shortlisting

Essential

  • oDegree level or equivalent relevant experience
  • oKnowledge & experience of using Quality improvement methodology and tools
  • oExperience of facilitating small and large groups
  • oExperience of both internal and external stakeholder engagement including patient engagement and experience
  • oExperience of using data to drive improvement and inform decision making

Desirable

  • oProject Management Qualification
  • oExperience of using QI tools in practice

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of using data to drive improvement and inform decision making
  • Experience of facilitating small and large groups
  • Experience of both internal and external stakeholder engagement including patient engagement and experience

Desirable

  • Quality Improvement Qualification
  • Project management Qualification
Person Specification

Shortlisting

Essential

  • oDegree level or equivalent relevant experience
  • oKnowledge & experience of using Quality improvement methodology and tools
  • oExperience of facilitating small and large groups
  • oExperience of both internal and external stakeholder engagement including patient engagement and experience
  • oExperience of using data to drive improvement and inform decision making

Desirable

  • oProject Management Qualification
  • oExperience of using QI tools in practice

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of using data to drive improvement and inform decision making
  • Experience of facilitating small and large groups
  • Experience of both internal and external stakeholder engagement including patient engagement and experience

Desirable

  • Quality Improvement Qualification
  • Project management Qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

SECamb

Address

Negotiable / Nexus House

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Negotiable / Nexus House

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Quality Improvement

Amy Igweonu

Amy.Igweonu@secamb.nhs.uk

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

278-QI-1224-CC-A

Job locations

Negotiable / Nexus House

Crawley

RH10 9BG


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