Job summary
What's special about this opportunity?
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.
We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a 'Outstanding' rating in our latest CQC inspection.
Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.
We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.
Main duties of the job
Since 2017 Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has been embarking on an ambitious journey of delivering a Quality Improvement (QI)
strategy across the Trust. The QI Programme aims to make improvements in the following areas known as 'True North':
- Harm free care
- Supporting our staff
- Patient experience
- Money matters
We are seeking to embed a culture of continuous improvement, delivered through the participation of all staff and service users and carers.
The QI Team supports the delivery and overall development of the QI Programme and we have an opportunity for a dynamic individual, who is passionate about continuous improvement in healthcare, to join our team. The post holder will support Berkshire Healthcare's diverse range of services, training and coaching staff in improvement methodology and supporting them to apply these skills in their work.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.
As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you'll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
27 days annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
Generous NHS pension scheme 20.68% employer contribution
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
AdvancedIT enablement
Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries
If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let's be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to email Ilias Rentoulis at ilias.rentoulis@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
27 days annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
Generous NHS pension scheme 20.68% employer contribution
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
AdvancedIT enablement
Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries
If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let's be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to email Ilias Rentoulis at ilias.rentoulis@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Desirable
- Degree in health related subject
Training
Essential
- Evidence of recent and ongoing CPD development
- Yellow belt lean training or demonstrable equivalent knowledge in improvement methodology
Desirable
- Coaching and mentoring training
- QMIS training
- Green belt lean training
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Improvement Practitioners will have experience of supporting projects which are recognised as being successful
- Ability to engage with stakeholders to promote the rationale for change and achieve buy in by creating shared commitment and goals for improvement.
- Previous experience in methods of improvement and theories of change and experience using Lean thinking, tools and approaches.
- Proven ability to build relationships across all levels
- Good facilitation skills and experience of supporting projects to deliver positive outcomes where there may be significant resistance to change
- Good interpersonal skills to deliver highly complex, sensitive and contentious corporate messages.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Willing to undertake self-directed learning
Desirable
- Understands the application of continuous improvement methodologies in a healthcare setting and that different approaches work in different places
- Experience of delivering training to groups and excellent presentation and facilitation skills
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Desirable
- Degree in health related subject
Training
Essential
- Evidence of recent and ongoing CPD development
- Yellow belt lean training or demonstrable equivalent knowledge in improvement methodology
Desirable
- Coaching and mentoring training
- QMIS training
- Green belt lean training
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Improvement Practitioners will have experience of supporting projects which are recognised as being successful
- Ability to engage with stakeholders to promote the rationale for change and achieve buy in by creating shared commitment and goals for improvement.
- Previous experience in methods of improvement and theories of change and experience using Lean thinking, tools and approaches.
- Proven ability to build relationships across all levels
- Good facilitation skills and experience of supporting projects to deliver positive outcomes where there may be significant resistance to change
- Good interpersonal skills to deliver highly complex, sensitive and contentious corporate messages.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Willing to undertake self-directed learning
Desirable
- Understands the application of continuous improvement methodologies in a healthcare setting and that different approaches work in different places
- Experience of delivering training to groups and excellent presentation and facilitation skills
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
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).
