Head of Quality Improvement

2 weeks ago


Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Full time
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group comprises Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital.

With a budget of over £800 million and with over 11,000 staff, we operate two hospitals, several community services, and serve a population of 900,000 people across Northamptonshire.


As two hospital Trusts we face a range of challenges, from meeting the growing demands of an ageing population, to providing consistently high-quality care with the financial and other resources we have available, and making sure we have the right number of staff with the appropriate skills.


It is an exciting time to join us as we set out to improve UHN as a place to receive care and as a place to work.

We are in the process of developing our first UHN Improvement Strategy which will set out our ambitions for creating a culture of improvement and ensuring all our colleagues and patients are encouraged and supported to make our services better.


With the support of our Boards, we have an exciting journey ahead of us, as we work to embed our improvement coaching team within UHN and continue to build our capability and culture for improvement.

This role, the Head of Quality Improvement, has a crucial role in embedding QI across UHN.

The role is crucial for creating and maintaining focus, enthusiasm, and momentum for celebrating successes, sharing best practice and helping to create a culture where all people view quality improvement as a core part of their role.


The post holder will:

Lead the strategic development and delivery of the Quality Improvement strategy

Lead the strategic development of a "QI Training Academy" to build sustainable capacity/capability for quality improvement and change

Align to the UHN strategic direction, ensuring the Quality Improvement programmes delivery against agreed objectives


Work closely with system partners, clinical, operational and corporate service managers to provide leadership, support, advice and coaching for the delivery of quality improvement.

Ensure appropriate infrastructure for QI to provide internal reporting of progress in line with governance structures and expected protocols.

Promote a culture and ensuring frameworks exist for promoting a culture of continuous and quality improvement, including establishing digital and non-digital forums for best practice sharing, celebrating successes and developing a learning culture


Promote and provide leadership for the QI programme with internal and external stakeholders, including Northamptonshire ICS, NHS England and with our patients and the public.


The post holder will provide effective input into the work of UHN, to support the achievement of our vision and values.


University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group is made up of Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and Kettering General NHS Foundation Trust.

Both hospitals are separate hospitals/employers with hospital board and leadership. We share an integrated executive team leading on a shared vision, mission, priorities, strategies and Dedicated to Excellence Values.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage


We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.


We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

For the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please contact:
Becky Taylor - Director of Transformation and Quality Improvement

or

Cindy Odendaal - EA to Director of Transformation and Quality Improvement

  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board Full time

    The Quality Improvement Practitioner will play a key role in the Quality Improvement team to monitor general quality and service delivery, patient safety and safeguarding regulations from service providers commissioned by Northamptonshire ICB, and proactively support service development.This role will be focused on providing Quality assurance in line with...


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Full time

    We are seeking a dynamic Head of Patient Safety and Improvement to provide leadership and facilitation of the Trust's patient safety strategy across the organisation.The Head of Patient Safety and Improvement (HoPSI) will be accountable for providing compassionate and collaborative senior leadership, visibility and expert advice for patient safety and...


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Barclays Full time

    Role Title: Head of Quality AssuranceLocation: Northampton / GlasgowWhat will you be doingThe Head of QA is responsible for driving the overall strategy, framework and execution of financial crime and non-financial crime QA processes and controls. Critical to the role is continuing to evolve and embed an enhanced risk focused QA model to support the changing...


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Dovetail & Slate Full time £39,000

    Have you ever considered working... in a prison?If you would like a unique and challenging role, where you can genuinely make a difference, enhance the prospects of your learners, and ultimately change people's lives for the better - then this could be the opportunity for you.Like any educational setting, Prisons come with their challenges. In this...

  • Head of Safeguarding

    2 weeks ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board Full time

    The Head of Safeguarding will facilitate improvements in the quality and provision of services that ensure safeguarding functions and statutory duties are met through collaboration between the ICB, the local authorities, the children's trust, providers, strategic partnerships/boards, and regulators. This will include ensuring that procedures are understood...


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board Full time

    A detailed Job Description is attached and can be found in the 'documents' section. This document also includes a Person Specification.


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board Full time

    A detailed Job Description can be viewed in the 'documents' section. This document also includes a Person Specification.


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Avery Healthcare Full time

    About The Role:Avery Healthcare is an established and well-respected business in the elderly care sector in the UK. The Group operates over 63 residential elderly care facilities and has ambitious growth plans.We are looking for a strong team player with a passion for Averys values to join us as a Quality Assurance Auditor. You will be reporting directly to...

  • Quality Manager

    1 month ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Carlsberg Full time

    Job Title: Quality ManagerLocation: Northampton NN1Job Length: Full TimeCompetitive Salary with extensive benefits: product allowance, bonus scheme, access to 24/7 GP services, company pension contribution, generous holiday (inc bank holidays), access to a range of high street discounts and weekly sporting event ticket availability. Carlsberg Marston's...

  • Quality Manager

    6 days ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Carlsberg Full time

    Job Title: Quality ManagerLocation: Northampton NN1Job Length: Full TimeCompetitive Salary with extensive benefits: product allowance, bonus scheme, access to 24/7 GP services, company pension contribution, generous holiday (inc bank holidays), access to a range of high street discounts and weekly sporting event ticket availability. Carlsberg Marston's...

  • Quality Engineer

    2 weeks ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Get Staffed Online Recruitment Limited Full time

    Quality EngineerOur client is Europe's leading corrugated packaging company and one of the leading paper-based packaging companies in the world - an industry leader with 46,000 employees globally, 350 production sites around the world, with locations in 23 countries inEurope and 13 countries in the Americas.This Company is Open to considering flexible...

  • Quality Manager

    2 weeks ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Owen Daniels Full time

    Do you have experience working in a quality focused role within the food manufacturing industry? Are you experienced with the delivery of successful audits and have a hands-on quality approach? We are partnering with a leading food manufacturing and processing business based in Northampton that are experiencing a significant increase in orders. Our client...

  • Quality Engineer

    2 weeks ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Jonathan Lee Recruitment Full time

    Quality EngineerVehicle ManufacturingNorthamptonCan you see yourself designing quality standards; inspecting materials, equipment, processes and products; developing quality control systems and determining corrective actions?Working with managers and supervisors to implement quality measures and manage Build in Quality functions within the processes, you...

  • Quality Engineer

    1 week ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Select Full time

    Are you meticulous and driven by high standards in quality assurance? Do you excel in a technical environment adhering to global quality standards such as ISO 9001 and FDA regulations? If yes, then this Quality Engineer position with my client might be the perfect fit for youMy client is seeking a highly skilled Quality Engineer responsible for enhancing and...

  • Head of HR

    1 month ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Study Tech Limited Full time

    Job Title: Head of HRLocation: London E8 or Northampton with regular travel to the other location.Job Type: Part Time, PermanentClosing Date: 14th June 2024Start Date: July 2024Join a friendly and ambitious social enterprise that strives to support disabled students within higher education. By treating everyone as an individual, we aim to facilitate students...

  • Head of HR

    4 weeks ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Study Tech Limited Full time

    Job Title: Head of HRLocation: London E8 or Northampton with regular travel to the other location.Job Type: Part Time, PermanentClosing Date: 14th June 2024Start Date: July 2024Join a friendly and ambitious social enterprise that strives to support disabled students within higher education. By treating everyone as an individual, we aim to facilitate students...

  • Head of HR

    2 weeks ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Study Tech Limited Full time

    Job Title: Head of HRLocation: London E8 or Northampton with regular travel to the other location.Job Type: Part Time, PermanentClosing Date: 14th June 2024Start Date: July 2024Join a friendly and ambitious social enterprise that strives to support disabled students within higher education. By treating everyone as an individual, we aim to facilitate students...


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital Full time

    Job summary This is an exciting opportunity to join the Patient Safety team at Northampton General Hospital. The trust has recently adopted the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and we are progressing with the development of an ambitious, long term patient safety strategy. We are seeking a talented and highly motivated senior leader who...

  • Head of Finance

    2 weeks ago


    Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Trinity House Group Full time

    Trinity House Group is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Finance to join an expanding education organisation with a succession route to become Chief Finance Officer. The Head of Finance will play a critical role in overseeing all financial aspects of our organisation, ensuring financial stability, compliance, and strategic planning.Key...


  • Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital Full time

    Service and Business Management To contribute to the development and implementation of departmental procedures and guidelines, ensuring they are embedded within the team, and monitor group wide policies, procedures and guidelines, proposing changes to improve data quality. Assist the organisation in the improvement of data quality throughout the division, in...