QI Lead Patient Flow

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Wealden; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an experienced leader to spearhead service improvement projects focused on patient care within mental health services. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the service experience for patients and their families through effective leadership and strategic improvements.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension

Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)

Access to NHS discount schemes (Blue Light Card)

Free parking on-site

Access to psychological support via internal well-being team

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experienced in delivering improvement projects related to mental health service delivery.
• Strong commitment to leadership and management for improvement work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop service improvement projects for patient flow.
• Engage with clinical teams and partners to facilitate service improvements.
• Produce information and updates for service improvement plans.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Engagement skills

Job description

Are you an experienced leader with knowledge and experience in delivering improvement projects? Are you familiar with mental health service delivery and keen to play a part in helping to deliver ambitious change? Are you passionate about delivering excellent outcomes for service users and their families? We're excited to announce a 12-month contract, that's also open to secondment opportunity, for a dynamic and experienced leader to lead areas of the Trust's Strategic Objectives. Reporting into the Managing Director for Patient Flow you will lead and develop those improvement projects relating to services for adults and older adults, including those with dementia. You will have excellent communication and engagement skills with real commitment to provide the leadership and management for the improvement work. A significant part of this role is producing information and updates which will require you to have good analytical skills and be able to translate into service improvement plans. Developing positive working relationships through engaging with clinical teams will be vital in this role. This is an exciting time for the Trust and the improvement work that will deliver the Strategic Objectives is critical to improving the service experience for patients and those who care for them. So, if you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role, where you can have a positive impact on people's lives, we would love to hear from you!

Working closely with the Managing Director for Patient Flow you will lead and develop the service improvement work that impacts on patient flow - particularly with regards to length of stay, the number of patients who are clinically ready for discharge and the length of time patients wait for admission to our inpatient wards.

The Postholder Will Also

• Work closely with the other Deputy Service Directors, the wider Divisional Leadership Teams and other SPFT services as well as partners in the ICS; other agencies and those who use our services.
• Be expected to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of work that supports the improvement plans.
  
  

Please see the job description for a further information and detail regarding responsibilities for this role.

Sussex Partnership provides mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Living And Working In Sussex

• Travel easily between coast and countryside; with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns, there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
• Embrace city life with great access to Brighton and London
• With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK, there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
  
  

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which positively impacts the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part-time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Your benefits: Excellent NHS Pension, Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays), Access to a host of NHS discount schemes (Blue Light Card, Health Service discounts, discounted petrol etc.) A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC, where 82% agree that care for patients is our top priority. Free parking on-site

• Access to full psychological support, via our internal well-being team. Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ruth Hillman Job title: Managing Director East Sussex and Patient Flow Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07880 576106