Improvement Officer – Research and Engagement

Job overview

We are recruiting for a research and engagement expert to join the Oxford Healthcare Improvement (OHI) team at Oxford Health as Improvement Officer – Research and Engagement.

You'll work closely with colleagues in quality improvement (QI) and clinical audit to support projects and deliver training across the organisation. You'll be encouraging the effective use of research and data in improvement work and will also play a pivotal part in planning and delivering an engagement strategy for the team.

This is a key role within the OHI team with great opportunities for development. You'll be providing research guidance and expertise to quality improvement (QI) project teams and develop and deliver a communications and engagement strategy for OHI. You'll also be supporting one of the Directorate ‘QI Hubs’, deliver some QI training, and contribute to the overall objectives of OHI.

We are looking for someone with analytical skills and fresh ideas about how we communicate with staff, service users, and other stakeholders. If you are excited about making real change to the care of our patients and the working lives of our NHS colleagues, we want to hear from you!

Interviews for this role will be held on Wednesday 30 July at one of our Trust buildings in Oxford.

Main duties of the job

• Act as a researcher for improvement within the OHI team, providing advice and support on the effective use of research and data analysis to colleagues and project teams.
• Offer training sessions on research and research methodologies.
• Work with the OHI team to plan and deliver an engagement strategy and facilitate engagement activities
• Oversee the creation and management of OHI intranet, internet, and social media content.
• Support a QI Hub and provide guidance, coaching and support to improvement projects
• Provide information and reports on the status of directorate QI projects and on the status of QI training within the directorate.
• Provide guidance, coaching and support to improvement projects, ensuring effective application of improvement methods which result in quantifiable and sustainable improvements to quality, performance, and efficiency.
• Support the Centre Manager and Audit team in communicating with staff and service users who work with OHI.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.