Senior Improvement Advisor

Central East Integrated Care Board; Shefford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Central East Integrated Care Board seeks an experienced Quality Improvement Lead to advance the organisation's strategic and operational priorities. The post requires strong leadership to drive QI across priority programmes and to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

The role involves teaching staff in QI tools and techniques, delivering system-wide improvements, and working within a collaborative, matrix environment to achieve best outcomes for the population served.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience/ qualification relating to quality improvement.
• Analytical ability to interpret complex data and use insights to inform decisions.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to present complex information clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality improvement initiatives within the ICB and delivery priorities.
• Train staff in QI tools, methods, measures and driving continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across teams to enable system-wide improvements.

Skills

Quality improvement

Change management

Data interpretation

Communication

Decision making

IHI improvement advisor (recommended)

Job description

We are Central East ICB, the new organisation entrusted with serving more than 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Hertfordshire.

We are responsible for making sure that the NHS can continue to support our community – now, and in the future. Everything we do will be guided by our core purpose: to do what best serves the population of this area.

We promise to focus on what makes the biggest difference to people’s lives – acting earlier to help prevent illness and detect disease and making it easier for our community to get the health care they need, closer to home, whenever that’s possible.

Read about our priorities in our strategy document, Our Way.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality improvement lead to play an important leadership role within the Integrated Care Board (ICB), supporting the CE ICB to deliver the organisation’s strategic and operational priorities. This is a senior post with responsibility in driving forward and delivering quality improvement within defined priority programmes and project areas, requiring strong operational delivery skills, effective partnership and matrix working, alongside the ability to expertly contribute to system improvement.

The role also requires the successful postholder to work as part of a team and competently lead, teach and train staff in the tools, methods, measures, and techniques of quality improvement and contribute to shifts in delivering a culture of continuous improvement, underpinned by curiosity, learning and celebrating best practice.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality improvement lead to play an important leadership role within the Integrated Care Board (ICB), supporting the CE ICB to deliver the organisation’s strategic and operational priorities. This is a senior post with responsibility in driving forward and delivering quality improvement within defined priority programmes and project areas, requiring strong operational delivery skills, effective partnership and matrix working, alongside the ability to expertly contribute to system improvement.

The role also requires the successful postholder to work as part of a team and competently lead, teach and train staff in the tools, methods, measures, and techniques of quality improvement and contribute to shifts in delivering a culture of continuous improvement, underpinned by curiosity, learning and celebrating best practice.

Working for our organisation

We are Central East ICB, the new organisation entrusted with serving more than 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Hertfordshire.

We are responsible for making sure that the NHS can continue to support our community – now, and in the future. Everything we do will be guided by our core purpose: to do what best serves the population of this area.

We promise to focus on what makes the biggest difference to people’s lives – acting earlier to help prevent illness and detect disease and making it easier for our community to get the health care they need, closer to home, whenever that’s possible.

Read about our priorities in our strategy document, Our Way.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality improvement lead to play an important leadership role within the Integrated Care Board (ICB), supporting the CE ICB to deliver the organisation’s strategic and operational priorities. This is a senior post with responsibility in driving forward and delivering quality improvement within defined priority programmes and project areas, requiring strong operational delivery skills, effective partnership and matrix working, alongside the ability to expertly contribute to system improvement.

The role also requires the successful postholder to work as part of a team and competently lead, teach and train staff in the tools, methods, measures, and techniques of quality improvement and contribute to shifts in delivering a culture of continuous improvement, underpinned by curiosity, learning and celebrating best practice.

Person specification

aligned to JD

• Relevant experience/ qualification relating to quality improvement.
• Demonstrable success in delivering change, transformation, or service improvement programmes.
• Analytical ability to interpret complex data and use insights to inform decisions.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to present complex information clearly to varied audiences.
• Skilled in managing complexity and ambiguity, making sound decisions under pressure, and maintaining focus on strategic goals.
• IHI improvement advisor course (1 year) is recommended.

shortlisting

• Skilled in managing complexity and ambiguity, making sound decisions under pressure, and maintaining focus on strategic goals.
• Relevant experience/ qualification relating to quality improvement.
• Demonstrable success in delivering change, transformation, or service improvement programmes.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to present complex information clearly to varied audiences
• IHI improvement advisor course (1 year) is recommended.

As outlined in JD

• Relevant experience/ qualification relating to quality improvement.
• Experience of operating in politically sensitive environments and managing competing priorities.
• Demonstrable success in delivering change, transformation, or service improvement programmes.li>
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to present complex information clearly to varied audiences.
• Skilled in managing complexity and ambiguity, making sound decisions under pressure, and maintaining focus on strategic goals.
• IHI improvement advisor course (1 year) is recommended.

Please Note:

• Successfully shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email with an invitation to interview.

Notes on completion of applications:

• All reference requests will be made to your employer/previous employers' HR Department, covering the previous 3 years of activity.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
• All eligible staff will need to have gained clearance through a standard/enhanced DBS check prior to working.
• All posts are subject to a probationary period.

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Name Shazia Butt Job title Head of Quality Improvement Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07852000380 Additional information

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