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Job requirements
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Essential
52 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Provide highly specialist LIM methodologies, service redesign and programme/project management techniques.
- Skills
Strong analytical skills.
- Skills
Effectively communicate highly complex organisational and service operation issues to a wide range of disciplines and groupings.
- Skills
Ability to work independently with confidence.
- Skills
Skills and behaviours that command authority and respect.
- Skills
Ability to develop and deliver training in the method, ensuring a high quality learner experience.
- Skills
Ability to coach others in the methods for improvement.
- Skills
Ability to lead the development of value streams activity that addresses defined organisational priorities.
- Skills
Ability to ensure robust governance for corporate value stream activity.
- Skills
Ability to provide detailed analysis of complex financial trends.
- Skills
Ability to formulate business plans and develop policy and services.
- Skills
Ability to maintain good relationships with external partners, especially VMI, the Improvement Network, and others.
- Skills
Speed and accuracy required for data input reports creation.
- Skills
Ability to analyse data, check and reconcile information, make calculations and switch tasks frequently where the work pattern is unpredictable.
- Knowledge
Highly specialist knowledge of LIM methodologies.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of the tools associated with LIM.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of systematic quality improvement.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of service redesign and programme/project management techniques.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of the principles of continuous improvement and 'best practice'.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of financial rules, budget management and resource utilisation.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of national and local policies and their organisational and service development implications.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of Trust policies, protocols and procedures, including Standing Financial Instructions.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of Daily Management, including up to date metrics, visual management, People Link, Production Boards, team Huddles, Genba Rounds, and Team Brief.
- Experience
Highly skilled and experienced LIM specialist.
- Experience
Experience of implementing the Leeds Improvement Method (LIM) across a Trust-wide organisation.
- Experience
Experience of service redesign and programme/project management.
- Experience
Experience of facilitating change at an individual, team, service and organisational level.
- Experience
Experience of managing and leading a team, including recruitment, appraisal, continuing personal and professional development, performance arrangement and disciplinary issues.
- Experience
Experience of developing and implementing policies, protocols and procedures.
- Experience
Experience of interpreting national, regional and local developments in relation to systematic quality improvement.
- Experience
Experience of managing, monitoring and auditing budgets, finances and income generation.
- Experience
Experience of conducting investigations and assessing serious disciplinary cases.
- Other Requirements
Willingness and ability to travel to all sites across the Trust and attend meetings away from the Trust.
- Other Requirements
Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours where required, following discussion and agreement.
- Other Requirements
Ability to lift and transport training materials and other sundry items and equipment, up to 5 kilos weekly.
- Other Requirements
Ability to use VDU equipment more or less continually most days.
- Other Requirements
Ability to undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
- Personal Qualities
Provide empowering leadership, using supportive styles.
- Personal Qualities
Demonstrate transparency in decision making.
- Personal Qualities
Able to develop and empower others to deliver excellence through continuous learning.
- Personal Qualities
Effective motivator with strong influencing skills and personal credibility.
- Personal Qualities
Commitment to the promotion of the Leeds Way Values (patient centred, fair, collaborative, accountable and empowered) to medical staff across the Trust.
- Personal Qualities
Tolerance, understanding, tact and diplomacy.
- Personal Qualities
Honesty and personal integrity.
- Personal Qualities
Resilience in a range of complex situations.
- Personal Qualities
Self-belief/self-confidence with self-awareness and ability to address personal strengths and weaknesses.
- Personal Qualities
Ability and commitment to work as part of a corporate team, whilst at the same time accepting personal responsibility.
- Personal Qualities
Ability to lead and promote multi-professional team working (clinical and management).
- Personal Qualities
Ability to develop and contribute to a culture and environment that promotes collaboration and the achievement of continuous improvement and 'best practice'.
- Personal Qualities
Ability to command authority and respect.
- Personal Qualities
Commitment to continuous professional development.
- Personal Qualities
Commitment to equality, diversity, infection control, health and safety and risk management requirements.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Achieving the certification appropriate to their role (e.g. advanced lean training).
Job summary
Working directly to the Director of Transformation, an exciting opportunity has arisen which places the postholder at the forefront of improvement across both LTHT and the wider system. We are looking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated individual to the post of Improvement lead on a permanent basis. Working closely with senior colleagues, including the Executive team , the postholder will be responsible for the continued adoption and utilisation of the Leeds Improvement method across the organisation and will oversee the work of the Kaizen Promotion Office (KPO). The KPO oversees the deployment of the Leeds Improvement methodology (LIM) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT).
Main duties of the job
The post-holder should be educated to degree level, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of specialist knowledge, relevant training and experience. Sound understanding of the Leeds Improvement method, gained through the delivery of lean. Must have experience of leading improvement work. Knowledge and experience of writing and delivering comprehensive business plans. Sound understanding of the Trusts strategic goals and vision, and the ability to apply LIM to best effect, in order to maximise its impact. Provide empowering leadership, using supportive styles. Demonstrate transparency in decision making. Able to develop and empower others to deliver excellence through continuous learning. Well developed communication skills, both verbal and written. Experience of managing complex budgets. Project and workload management Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 02 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8b
- Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 001977
- Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Name Michael Harvey Position Director of Transformation Email michael.harvey3@nhs.net Phone number Shortlisting Date: 10th September Interview Date: 15th October
Job Summary
Why you should join our Team
LTHT is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the country, offering a range of both general and specialist hospital services with excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We have an international reputation for excellence in specialist care, research and academic training. Our purpose is for LTHT to deliver excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient, every time. The vision is underpinned by our values - The Leeds Way and our 4 strategic priorities. The Leeds Way defines who we are, what we believe and how we will work together to deliver the best outcomes for our patients. The Leeds Improvement Method (LIM) is our philosophy of continuous improvement that underpins all our organisational strategies. It brings the principles of daily management methods, improvement methodology, respectful behaviours and the removal of waste from processes together.
What you will bring to the role
The post-holder should be educated to degree level, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of specialist knowledge, relevant training and experience. Sound understanding of the Leeds Improvement method, gained through the delivery of lean. Must have experience of leading improvement work. Knowledge and experience of writing and delivering comprehensive business plans. Sound understanding of the Trust’s strategic goals and vision, and the ability to apply LIM to best effect, in order to maximise its impact. Provide empowering leadership, using supportive styles. Demonstrate transparency in decision making. Able to develop and empower others to deliver excellence through continuous learning. Well developed communication skills, both verbal and written. Experience of managing complex budgets. Project and workload management
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
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This advert is for Senior Manager with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Manager role. The advertised salary is £66,582 to £77,368 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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