The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job overview
Senior Improvement Manager - Shaping the Future of Mental Health Care in Kent
Join KMPT on a transformative journey and make a real difference!
KMPT is embarking on its biggest improvement journey and working alongside our system colleagues we are shaping the agenda of care for Mental Health, learning disability, and autism across the county.
This Senior Improvement Manager role is an exciting opportunity to work with an amazing team to design and deliver that agenda and really make a difference to our patients, services users, carers and our people.
Main duties of the job
This role will lead the delivery of the training programmes; content and curriculum.
Training:
* Support the delivery of Yellow belt training as required to meet specific departmental KPI’s
* Support the delivery of Green belt training as required to meet specific departmental KPI’s
* Delivery of IMS roadmap
* Lead on the content creation and delivery of the Improvement Management System (IMS) training to Trust
* Identify opportunities for sharing innovation across divisions and specialties as they are trained
* Delivering a roadmap to ensure trust-wide capability building as well as ongoing coaching for staff.
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Capability Building - Coaching:
* Ongoing coaching support to front line teams / Care groups once trained in IMS
* Train and provide ongoing support to staff in trust improvement methodologies, including lean and systems thinking tools and techniques
* Gemba to front line wards to assist with maturity of IMS and support maturity assessment
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Degree
* Coaching
Experience
* Operational Excellence / Improvement Management System
Skills
* Training
* Coaching
* Understanding of the landscape
Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staff have national Terms and Conditions.
Important Information
KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.
Application Process
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
If you have problems applying, contact:
Address Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Eastern & Coastal Area Offices
Littlebourne Road
Canterbury
CT1 1AZ
Telephone 01227 230855 | ext. 730855
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