Continuous Improvement and Learning Lead

3 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

We have an opportunity for you to develop your leadership skills around governance, risk management, patient safety and continuous improvement. This will be a maternity cover position for around 8 months between May 2023 - Dec 2023.

Are you looking to be part of an ambitious and caring team who provide high quality and safe care, striving towards excellence?

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 8a to lead our Continuous Improvement and Learning Team within Women and Children’s Health Services.

If you are an experienced individual with the relevant knowledge, and skills to lead on the patient safety agenda then this is an ideal opportunity for you to join NBT’s Team of the Year, as nominated by NBT Exceptional Healthcare Awards.

The Continuous Improvement and Learning Lead will be responsible for providing support for staff and managers in all aspects of quality and patient safety within the Division. The post holder will ensure that systems and processes are in place to support a systematic approach to reporting, assessment, investigation, analysis, evaluation and management of clinical and non-clinical risk. This includes oversight of the management of adverse incidents when they occur.

The post holder will lead on WACH response to the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) as part of implementing the NHS Patient Safety Strategy 2019. PSIRF is best considered as a learning and improvement framework with the emphasis placed on the system and culture that support continuous improvement in patient safety through how we respond to patient safety incidents.

The post holder will act as the key driver supporting day to day quality improvement initiatives including the implementation of national strategic drivers, national and local guidelines, audit, perinatal mortality reviews and learning from complaints and patient feedback. They will also be a professional role model, leading and coordinating the team as required, always behaving in an exemplary manner and responsible for dissemination training and providing advice.

NBT is friendly organisation where every one of our staff members is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset; we engage with our staff and empower everyone at all levels, discuss ideas and initiate change to offer improvements in our care. If you join our team you will have high quality training and development to help you grow in your career.

Please see job description attached for more information.

The post holder will act as the key driver supporting day to day quality improvement initiatives including the implementation of national strategic drivers, national and local guidelines, audit, perinatal mortality reviews and learning from complaints and patient feedback. They will also be a professional role model, leading and coordinating the team as required, always behaving in an exemplary manner and responsible for dissemination training and providing advice.

They will be accountable for the overall provision of excellent care, providing evidenced based, woman centred midwifery and nursing care, delivered in a variety of models and in all settings. The post holder will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, external agencies and service user representatives to promote learning and improvement, involving all relevant stakeholders. The post holder will provide leadership, guidance and expertise within the Division team focused on continuous learning and improvement for WACH.



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