Improvement and Planning Lead

Job overview

We are excited to offer an opportunity for an Improvement and Planning Lead to join our Surgery  Division. This is a key role for someone who is passionate about driving positive change and helping services work smarter for both patients and staff. You will lead quality improvement projects, support pathway redesign and bring structure and clarity to how we plan for the future across a busy, diverse division. Working closely with both clinical and operational teams, you’ll help identify what’s getting in the way, shape practical solutions and ensure change is delivered well. If you are motivated, collaborative and enjoy making a real difference in how services run, we would be delighted to hear from you.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

• Provide visible support to directorates and teams to improve quality, productivity and efficiency of services
• Ensure robust links between improvement initiatives and projects within the Trust to prevent duplication, bringing together new teams and working across boundaries both professional and departmental to promote whole systems improvement
• Provide training and coaching to wider teams in the people first tools and methodology
• Maintain a focus on project goals and work with stakeholders to quantify achievable benefits
• Ensure that robust plans are in place to deliver agreed benefits and track and monitor progress against agreed time and quality standards

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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• Support project teams and directorates in identifying and implementing improvements in their division.
• Project manage and facilitate improvement work in the Division.  This will involve producing plans and supporting teams in their improvement journey by defining problems on a page and working with them to employ a range of improvement tools and techniques.
• Work with others to identify opportunities for improvements in their areas and identify and resolve barriers to successful implementation through root cause analysis and development of counter measures. Ensure that improvement activity supports the delivery of the Trust’s one-year business plan and five-year Trust Strategy
• Monitor the effectiveness of improvement work with team to implement actions to ensure project benefits are realised.  This will include working with teams to develop effective huddles
• Select and apply appropriate service improvement and project management tools and techniques such as A3 / Problem on a Page, PDSA and data tools (e.g. pareto, run charts)
• Produce reports on the work plan and impact from improvement activities for division performance reviews, One plan mtgs and other corporate committees For further details please see the attached JD & PS