Main area 317 Newcastle Cancer Centre - Corporate Grade Band 7
Contract: Fixed term, 12 months (From date of appointment)
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Flexible working patterns can be negotiated. Given the nature of the projects, there will be a need to spend time across all hospital sites with clinical teams.)
Job ref: 317-2024-46-034
Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Trustwide
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 29/01/2025
Band 7
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high-quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally, and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical, and neurological conditions, cancers, and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve.
Job overview
The post holder will support delegated projects for the Cancer Flow and Performance Team. This will involve working with cancer teams across the Trust, providing leadership and guidance to specific service improvement and redesign projects and programmes of work. The post holder will support delivery of the Trust’s cancer priorities.
Main duties of the job
* The Improvement Facilitator will be an integral member of the Cancer Flow and Performance team and supported by the Newcastle Improvement Team, which provides leadership, advice, practical support, and training for quality improvement and transformational change initiatives throughout the Trust.
* The successful post holder will utilise appropriate methodology to focus change and improvement initiatives on meeting a range of improvement outcomes, improved clinical outcomes, enhanced patient experience, patient safety, and service efficiency.
* They will be responsible for planning, facilitating, and delivering specific projects, using appropriate tools and techniques which facilitate optimum operational performance and quality improvement.
* The post holder will be expected to act autonomously ensuring that daily tasks and ongoing workloads are prioritised and completed in agreed timeframes.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge and demonstrable experience of using improvement methodologies.
* Highly developed specialist change management and operational management knowledge.
* Experience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure improvement objectives are owned by all stakeholders.
* Experience of conducting successful efficiency reviews and action plans.
Qualifications & Education
* Degree level education supplemented by relevant postgraduate study through to Masters Level or equivalent experience.
* Project Management Qualification.
Skills & Abilities
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Ability to influence change with senior managers and clinicians.
* Ability to manage conflict and apply complex theoretical techniques to practical situations.
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form: All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment.
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