Job Advert
Senior Improvement Advisor (REF: 110525)
£50,965 - £55,016 (Band 8a)
Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Permanent
Edinburgh or Glasgow – hybrid working will apply for the foreseeable future
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Transformational Redesign Unit which forms part of the Improvement Hub (ihub) within Healthcare Improvement Scotland. The ihub supports Health and Social Care Partnerships with complex, system-wide change in order to improve outcomes for the people of Scotland. We are looking for a highly experienced individual to join us in the Senior Improvement Advisor post to lead the operational delivery of a new and high profile programme of work.
This role is a senior operational position that supports the Scottish Government’s Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards Implementation programme that will bring together colleagues across health and social care to ensure the delivery of the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards: access, choice, support. This role will function as part of a wider portfolio of work across housing, homelessness and substance use by contributing to the organisational Substance Use Transformation Team.
Using a blend of quality improvement and redesign methodology, we embed lived and living experience across the totality of our programmes evidencing the need for a credible, and trauma informed, Senior Improvement Advisor. This role requires significant levels of collaborative working across Housing, Health and Social Care working within a multi-disciplinary team, so a proven track record of working across different professions alongside people with lived/living experience of using services is critical. We welcome applications from people who can evidence their experience in driving change, system improvements or transformational redesign across Health and Social Care.
The successful candidate will be a motivated individual with a passion for driving improvement in complex areas. Responsibilities will include:
• Lead the design and implementation of an operational plan that supports the Medically Assisted Implementation Support Team (MIST) learning system objectives
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to understand the current operating context using a blend of quality improvement and service design methodologies.
• Ensure the delivery of the programme objectives evidenced through a clear measurement plan.
• Ensure coherent planning with Substance Use Transformation Team colleagues to share learning and agree communications both internally and externally to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Champion the importance of embedding lived experience in our work to ensure services design and deliver improvements to their system that address access, reduce harms and improve quality of care for people who use services.
We are looking for individuals who are educated to degree level and either hold a Masters degree in a relevant subject or equivalent knowledge and significant experience in improving services in health and social care or homeless services.
Further information about either role is available from Ruth Robin, Portfolio Lead for Housing, Homelessness and Healthcare (ruth.robin@nhs.scot).
Closing date: Sunday 24 July 2022 at midnight
It is anticipated that interviews will be held in either the week beginning 15 August or 22 August 2022