Senior Improvement Advisor

3 weeks ago


Sale, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

**Job overview**:
**Please note that this vacancy is for Advancing Quality Alliance (Aqua) and will be based at Crossgate House in Sale and not for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust**

This post provides improvement experience and delivery across Aqua Capability, Person Centred Care, Safety and Mortality programmes. This post provides expert guidance across quality and safety improvement priorities. This post will contribute to Aqua wide programmes as well as responsibility for operational delivery of a core suite of safety programmes. You will join a competent, enthusiastic, and driven team and will need to lead and contribute to team development, influence, and drive positive improvement behaviours across all stakeholders and partnerships.

Aqua currently blends operational delivery in both virtual and face to face formats and in accordance with national guidance this post provides the opportunity to work from home and the office when required. This post requires extensive monthly travel nationally which may include overnight stays, working on site and at events with our clients and partners.

**Main duties of the job**:
**Working for our organisation**:
Aqua (Advancing Quality Alliance) is a quality improvement organisation working with the NHS, care providers and local authorities to identify, refine and embed sustainable strategies for high-quality care and regulatory excellence.

Established in 2010, we operate as a membership and consultancy organisation providing quality improvement expertise, specialist learning and development across the UK.

We develop tailored, efficient solutions, informed by data and co-designed with service users to deliver maximum impact.

At Aqua we seek to ensure we reflect the world in which we live in through understanding and supporting equality and diversity in all that we do. Our values of excellence, respect, integrity and collaboration are at the heart of our work in support of our staff and members.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications & Registration**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Post grad qualification in QI/safety/leadership
- NHS professional clinical qualification or QI/safety/transformation role experience
- Safety or Quality improvement qualification or QI demonstrable experience

**Desirable criteria**:

- MSC with relevant to role

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Extensive experience of involvement in front line delivery of multiple quality improvement programmes and initiatives
- Extensive experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of quality improvement programmes and projects to agreed timescales and within budget

**Desirable criteria**:

- Able to manage multiple improvement programmes

**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Health care service delivery, challenges and operational demands
- Knowledge of patient safety and mortality and able to use QI/Safety Science tools and techniques as part of daily work

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to use QI/Safety Science tools and techniques as part of routine work
- Able to facilitate situations so others can learn QI models and methods
- Able to engage, involve and collaborate with multiple stakeholders across improvement programmes
- Able to facilitate face to face and virtual programme delivery and meetings
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

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