Senior Healthcare Professional Improvement Lead

NHS; Pontyclun; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization seeks a Senior Healthcare Professional Improvement Lead to drive Quality Improvement initiatives. This role demands leadership skills and healthcare expertise to enhance patient services. Candidates should have a Professional Healthcare Qualification and experience in management. Opportunities to develop training programmes and collaborate with teams are essential. This position is well-suited for someone passionate about healthcare improvement.

Benefits

Living Wage Employer

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Professional Healthcare or Social Care Qualification.
• Significant management experience in a senior role within the NHS.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Improvement CTM team in achieving business plan objectives.
• Develop and deliver Quality Improvement training programmes.
• Provide clinical and managerial leadership across care groups.

Skills

Healthcare knowledge

Quality Improvement expertise

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Education

Registered Professional Healthcare Qualification

Degree in Clinical Governance

Job description

Job summary

Are you passionate about driving improvement in healthcare? We're looking for a Senior Healthcare Professional Improvement Lead (Band 8a) to join our Improvement team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB. You'll use your Quality Improvement expertise to shape programmes, support the implementation of Quality Management Systems, and lead, coach, and inspire multi-disciplinary teams.

With a strong focus on using data and evidence to drive measurable change, this is a unique opportunity to join a great team and to play a key role in delivering our CTM 2030 vision and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

Main duties of the job

To be a core member of the Improvement CTM team, supporting the service in achieving its' plans in relation to the business plan and CTM 2030 priorities.

Will have a strategic role in ensuring the development and maintenance of the Quality improvement strategic objectives across CTMUHB.

Responsibility for both the development and delivery of Quality Improvement training programmes for multi-disciplinary groups. This will include the development and delivery of training programmes to clinicians and senior staff across many organisational programmes, and the leading and facilitation of workshops covering a variety of subjects within the overall continuous improvement agenda.

To provide clinical, professional, and managerial leadership across the professions and care groups within CTMUHB.

To work collaboratively with the wider teams to ensure effective communications about the activity and progress made.

Ensure that the service can meet its agreed targets within the available resources escalating any capacity issues.

Actively support the team objectives, leading projects and driving forward programmes.

To deputise for the Assistant Director of Improvement, Culture, Capability and Delivery in committees and meetings.

To be the lead for designated projects and areas of work which reflect clinical, professional, and corporate objectives, which impact beyond the scope of own service/speciality.

About us

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales's capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons. Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Job Responsibilities

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

To be a core member of the Improvement CTM team, supporting the service in achieving its plans in relation to the business plan and CTM 2030 priorities. Will have a strategic role in ensuring the development and maintenance of the Quality improvement strategic objectives across CTMUHB. Responsibility for both the development and delivery of Quality Improvement training programmes for multi-disciplinary groups. This will include the development and delivery of training programmes to clinicians and senior staff across many organisational programmes, and the leading and facilitation of workshops covering a variety of subjects within the overall continuous improvement agenda. To provide clinical, professional, and managerial leadership across the professions and care groups within CTMUHB. To work collaboratively with the wider teams to ensure effective communications about the activity and progress made. Ensure that the service can meet its agreed targets within the available resources escalating any capacity issues. Actively support the team objectives, leading projects and driving forward programmes. To deputise for the Assistant Director of Improvement, Culture, Capability and Delivery in committees and meetings. Reviewing and developing and enhancing robust systems to support the neonatal Governance framework. To be the lead for designated projects and areas of work which reflect clinical, professional, and corporate objectives, which impact beyond the scope of own service/speciality.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or knowledge Essential

• Registered Professional Healthcare or Social Care Qualification, requiring registration on a Clinical Professional Register (HCPC/NMC/CQSW) e.g. Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional etc. or educated to relevant Degree in Clinical Governance or Core Academic Subject.
• Equivalent combination of Educational/Change management and continuous or Quality Improvement knowledge/qualification.
• Demonstrable additional specialist knowledge and expertise e.g., advanced presentation and facilitation skills.

Experience Essential

• Significant management experience in a senior role including staff management, ideally within the NHS.
• Measuring and monitoring quality standards.
• Presenting and delivering training to large groups of staff.

Desirable

• Evidence of sharing good practice via abstracts, posters, articles etc.

Values Essential

• Able to act independently, decisively and effectively in leading a programme.

Aptitude and Abilities Essential

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and analysis effectively to different organisations and audiences, including formal presentations e.g., Board level and UK wide conferences.
• Ability to overcome barriers associated with conveying highly complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Can demonstrate initiative, creativity, flexibility and a personal ethos of continuous improvement.

Desirable (Welsh language)

• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

The Hub

Unit 2 Gwaun Elai, Ynysmaerdy

Llantrisant

CF72 8XR

https://joinctm.wales/