Improvement Lead - Bristol, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you experienced using improvement methodology and delivering projects?

Are you passionate about improving healthcare services?

Do you want to work in a friendly, and supportive team?

This 6 month, fixed-term post is a great opportunity to further your healthcare improvement and project management skills, whilst working in a successful, dynamic team.

As a Band 7 Improvement Lead you will:
Deliver and lead Trust, and sometimes system-wide, improvement projects across a variety of topics

Work with a huge range of teams and people from across the Trust, from 'board to ward'

Support colleagues to do their own improvement, by offering coaching, mentoring, and training.

Support the implementation of and transition to 'Patient First', a Lean-based continuous improvement methodology.

A proven track record in leading, designing, planning and delivering successful service improvement projects.

Experience of developing and supporting others to develop their improvement and project management skills.

A passion for improving healthcare services for patients, and our colleagues' experience of coming to work

The core elements of the role include:
Project and programme management

Service improvement and redesign skills

Facilitation and communication expertise Building staff capability for improvement through training, coaching, and mentoring.

The exact nature of day-day tasks depends on the assigned projects, and the variety of the role is something we love in the team.

However, all projects will involve updating project documentation, facilitating conversations and workshops, and the use of service improvement tools and methodologies.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.