Quality Improvement Lead

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare organization is seeking a Quality Improvement Lead to enhance service delivery across Kingston Hospital and Richmond Community Services. This role involves coaching teams, leading improvement initiatives, and supporting the implementation of a quality improvement strategy. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a dynamic team, tackling high-priority programs in both acute and community settings. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful change in healthcare, making a tangible impact on patient care and service quality. If you are passionate about quality improvement and have the skills to drive change, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality improvement methodologies and frameworks.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective coaching and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver QI training and coaching programs.
• Lead priority improvement initiatives across the Trust.
• Support teams in implementing quality management systems.

Skills

Coaching

Continuous Improvement

Leadership

Facilitation

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Job description

The Quality Improvement Lead will play a key role in three main areas of support that the Improvement Team provides to Kingston Hospital and Richmond Community Services.

• Coaching individuals and teams to embed continuous improvement in their daily work
• Providing expert support for priority improvement programmes that may span multiple service areas or organisations
• Supporting the further development and implementation of our quality improvement strategy.
  
  

We are looking for someone with the technical skills, relational abilities and positive attitude to help us achieve our vision for improvement.

Main Duties Of The Job Will Include

• Contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of our QI training and coaching programme
• Act as the QI Lead for priority improvement initiatives including transformational improvement programmes and cross-Trust quality priorities
• Provide leadership, facilitation and specialist support to front line teams and leaders to help implement continuous improvement and quality management systems
• Work collaboratively across the Transformation, Strategy and Improvement directorate, ensuring quality improvement is a golden thread through everything we do
  
  

This is a rare opportunity to join our dynamic, experienced and successful QI team. As an integrated part of our Strategy and Improvement directorate, you'll have the chance to work across a wide range of fascinating and high priority programmes covering both acute and community healthcare. From coaching front-line teams in continuous improvement methods to supporting large-scale and transformational improvement collaboratives, this role will be both challenging and uniquely rewarding.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Stinton Job title: Head of QI Capability Development Email address: [e-mail]

Contact number for queries about this role: 020 8546 7711 x2071