Senior Perinatal Quality Improvement Project Manager | NHS England

NHS England; Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service organization is seeking a Perinatal Senior Quality Improvement Project Manager to lead quality improvement initiatives across the Midlands. The position requires strong project management skills, experience in healthcare improvement, and the ability to work with diverse stakeholders to enhance perinatal care outcomes. Applicants should be passionate about quality improvement and have a track record in project delivery.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering quality improvement projects in healthcare settings.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in managing a team.
• Ability to engage and liaise with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team delivering quality improvement initiatives.
• Oversight and monitoring of project deliverables.
• Support integration of perinatal care improvements.

Skills

Continuous quality improvement

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Relevant qualification in health or project management

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Project management software

Job description

Overview

As a Perinatal Senior Quality Improvement Project Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the Midlands Perinatal Team to support integrated care systems with the delivery of improvement in health outcomes for pregnant service users and their families.

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of programme of quality improvement projects supporting the drive of continuous improvements in perinatal care and experiences. In addition, the post holder is responsible for a delivery of specified improvement activities and improvement projects, including creating a culture in which all staff view quality improvement as a core part of their role.

The role will ensure appropriate oversight of key deliverables from national and local policy and strategy including the 10 Year Health Plan for England, Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, formal service reviews such as Ockenden / East Kent and other maternity reviews, and the NHS Operational Planning Guidance. Together with other members of the wider team, ensure activities support integrated care boards (ICBs) with their core purpose of quality improvement and ultimately benefit patient and population health outcomes. The role is designed to build a combination of extensive perinatal subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop strong delivery of quality improvement projects.

Key responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Perinatal Senior Quality Improvement Programme Manager and Head of QI - with team leadership and management.
• Supporting the team’s business support function, including developing and managing the team’s annual business plan, progress and dashboard reporting and risk and issue management.
• Ensuring work programme activities support health and social care systems with their core purpose of quality improvement and ultimately benefit patient and population health outcomes.
• Overseeing the delivery of work in line with the work portfolio e.g. preterm births, perinatal pelvic health services, alongside bespoke quality improvement projects directly with trusts within the Midlands.
• Delivering work related to the maternity safety and quality agenda across the region.
• Working alongside colleagues in the professional and strategic arms of the perinatal team to provide quality improvement and project management expertise (e.g. perinatal quality surveillance and regional learning across the region).
• Supporting the sharing of best practice with system stakeholders (e.g. LMNs, community of practice groups), the team and wider NHS organisations.

Strategic purpose and organisational context

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit the NHS England website.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person. Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

Essential parts of the role are a passion and demonstrable experience of continuous quality improvement, delivery of QI training to MDT teams within trusts and with other stakeholders, and the hands-on delivery of QI projects.

Operational responsibilities

• To oversee team members to deliver requirements listed above and engage and liaise with key stakeholders, in particular;
• To support the day-to-day activities, projects and programmes;
• To manage a team and drive delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects;
• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment;
• Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend;
• To monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables to NHS England that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process.

Project Management responsibilities

• Lead the team in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project.
• Pro-actively manage stakeholders, respond to and resolve conflict when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
• Be responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
• Maintain the project initiation document and associated plans with regular team meetings to monitor progress and resources.
• Demonstrate effective stakeholder management.
• Support other project managers as and when required.
• Take into account the impact of any change the projects will have on the business and oversee handover of any products to ensure full ownership and buy-in within the business.
• Advocate the projects at senior and executive levels and ensure active engagement and sponsorship within NHS as a whole.
• Ensure that the projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, is actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHS.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025