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Please note this is a fixed term post until 31st March 2023
The post holder will support the Head of Improvement in the delivery of a portfolio of Quality projects designed to support delivery of the highest quality health and care services in NHS Lanarkshire through monitoring and using performance, quality and safety data to identify issues that need to be addressed and taking follow-up action to improve the quality of the care and services delivered.
Actively promote safe and reliable person centred healthcare, an open, just and fair culture and achievement of the aims and goals of the NHS Lanarkshire Quality Strategy.
The improvement programmes and work streams which support the Quality Strategy are innovative and complex and will focus on developing, testing, reliable implementation and spread of improvements that demonstrate safe, person centred, reliable and effective care for patients and support the achievement of the board’s organisational wide patient safety aims and goals.
This will include reporting to the Senior Improvement Advisor and providing assurance to the Head of Improvement and will contribute to supporting relevant Executive Sponsors, Clinical Leads, Multidisciplinary teams and the overall development and performance of staff involved in Quality Strategy improvement work.
To teach, facilitate, coach, mentor as well as promote the use of improvement science and best international and national practice in improving the quality of care and reducing harm across NHS Lanarkshire.
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB
Qualifications and experience
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
Significant experience operating at a senior level.
Improvement Advisor/SPSP Fellow – and or expert level in improvement science and its practical application in health and care settings
Evidence and experience of leading improvement programmes in patient safety or other areas that have delivered improvements to patient care
Practical experience of project/programme management and the management of change.
Experience of working with key stakeholders, demonstrable evidence of influencing and successfully implementing change and improvement in a complex environment
Evidence of ongoing professional development
Skills: Leadership
Credible and visible leadership is required to enable and support successful implementation of patient safety improvement across NHS Lanarkshire. Specifically the Improvement Advisor will manage and monitor the delivery and implementation of improvement programmes/projects.
Advising on the scope, aims, objectives and key success factors of improvement programmes in association with key stakeholders and to ensure that the Project Charters and programme plans, infrastructure and related project/programme documentation are in place and remain relevant and up to date.
Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have had agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
For secondments external to NHS Lanarkshire please refer to the secondment policy at https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/corporate-policies/human-resources-policy/ for further information
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Caroline Brown, Senior Improvement Advisor on 07768 462436.
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact recruitment.lanarkshire@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.