Quality Improvement Advisor

Job overview

At the North London NHS Foundation Trust, Quality Improvement is at the heart of the strategic aims within our five-year strategy and we have ambitions to become a centre of excellence with the development of a QI academy.

The purpose of NLFT’s QI team is to support the successful delivery of the QI strategy which includes the Brilliant Basics programme as well as localised improvement initiatives, which drives sustainable improvements in quality, patient care, efficiencies, and reduced variation. The QI team provides leadership, advice, support, and training and coaching for QI throughout the Trust.

The post holder will provide leadership, advice and coaching to QI practitioners based in the services. The post holder will also provide critical support and challenge to the clinical services to deliver, scale up and spread small changes tested in teams.

Main duties of the job

• To provide leadership and improvement expertise for specific QI initiatives including the application of continuous improvement methodology at multiple levels
• To manage and support initiatives that fall within the Trust’s portfolio of high priority QI areas including the Brilliant Basics programme
• To act as an internal organisational expert on the use of data and measurement for improvement
• To provide specific support to QI leads in the services
• To support the development and deployment of the QI strategy, supporting the Deputy Director for Quality Improvement
• To act as a member of the Trust’s internal expert resource for teaching improvement science
• To represent the Trust QI Programme at internal and external events

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information about this role