Improvement Advisor

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Falkirk; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Forth Valley Quality invites applications for an Improvement Advisor to support high-profile transformational programmes across the organisation, with a focus on Falkirk HSCP. You will work in partnership with NHS Forth Valley and Health and Social Care Partnerships to deliver key priorities and drive measurable service improvements.

You will engage with stakeholders across acute, community, and primary care, lead transformation work, and coach teams in quality improvement methods including

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification is required.
• Lead-level quality improvement qualification or progress towards it.
• Experience delivering training and coaching multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Engage with wider stakeholders to support transformational improvement programmes across acute, community and primary care.
• Lead transformation programmes that improve experiences, outcomes and safety for service users.
• Build capability and capacity for quality improvement by applying the Model for Improvement, and coaching colleagues across the system.
• Travel across NHS Forth Valley locations, with a strong focus on Falkirk HSCP.

Skills

Quality improvement

Coaching

Training delivery

Data analysis

Education

Degree level qualification

Lead-level quality improvement qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Improvement Advisor to join NHS Forth Valley Quality, supporting a range of high-profile transformational programmes and projects across the organisation. In this pivotal role, you will work in partnership with NHS Forth Valley and Health and Social Care Partnerships, with a primary focus on Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership, to deliver key organisational priorities. Your work will centre on transformation that adds measurable value to the services we provide, ensuring positive outcomes for the people who access our care.

A key aspect of this role involves engaging with wider stakeholders to support transformational improvement programmes and projects across acute, community, and primary care settings. You will work flexibly across the quality portfolio, with significant opportunity to influence and lead transformation programmes that improve experiences, outcomes, and safety for service users. Additionally, you will play a key role in building capability and capacity for quality improvement by applying the Forth Valley approach to QI, alongside teaching and coaching QI skills to colleagues across the system.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals educated to degree level, who hold a lead-level quality improvement qualification or can demonstrate progress towards this. You must demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience in delivering training and applying the Model for Improvement to lead quality improvement initiatives. Coaching frontline, multidisciplinary teams in improvement work is essential for this role.

Experience of working across health and social care is required, ideally within integrated or partnership settings, along with a proven track record in innovation, service improvement, and change management within large, complex organisations. You will be expected to work across locations in NHS Forth Valley, with a strong focus on Falkirk HSCP. Evidence of improvement expertise and programme management experience, including the analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data, is essential. The ability to produce high-quality reports and communicate progress effectively is also required.

We are seeking candidates with strong creative thinking and innovation skills, particularly within multi-agency and whole-system transformational contexts. You should be confident in challenging the status quo, testing assumptions, and developing new approaches to service delivery.

Ability and willingness to travel throughout the area of service delivery is essential for this post.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to complete a Level 2 Disclosure Scotland check.

You will be required to achieve the mandatory Induction standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland and to comply with the Code of Conduct throughout your employment.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK are advised to carefully review the eligibility criteria for the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes. NHS Forth Valley may be able to offer sponsorship for certain roles, provided the post meets the minimum salary threshold and any other required criteria. If you are currently working in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa, transitional arrangements may apply. Please note that sponsorship is not guaranteed and is assessed on a case-by-case basis following interview and at the commencement of pre-employment checks. For further information on visa requirements and sponsorship eligibility, please refer to the UK Government guidance.

It is also recommended that anyone applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad read the following guidance: Applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.