Maternity transformation at LNWH

The post holder is a key member of the Maternity Service at LNWUH. They will lead on embedding the principles of Continuous Improvement (CI), patient safety and clinical effectiveness into practice across our maternity service. In particular, they will support engagement and training on continuous improvement, empowering staff across the service, provide support to co-production with patients and local communities, lead priority improvement projects, and coordinate the Maternity transformation programme including progress of the maternity strategy. The post holder will lead and actively seek opportunities for innovative improvement projects and work with key stakeholders within maternity to promote the uptake and delivery of such projects.

The post holder will be required to support the roll out of improvement capability across the maternity service and to facilitate the integration of these methods into everyday practice, to provide excellent care as standard.

The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning, and service.

The role is linked to the wider trust Transformation team to support coordination with interdependencies outside maternity, sharing good practice, and access to specialist resources within the team to support the improvements being led within maternity.

Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate

You must have proven experience in leading and delivering several improvement projects simultaneously. The postholder will be expected to provide, training and coaching for maternity staff and our stakeholders. You will assist in leading the development and implementation of improvement methodologies to be adopted across the maternity service.

You must have an engaging personality, a belief in the need to continuously improve and the methods to enable this. You will be responsible for overseeing improvement programmes and projects which impact significant investment across our maternity service, working with women or birthing people, communities, and staff to develop pilot projects. Offering targeted support to enable delivery of programmes, harnessing the triple aim of quality, experience and value at their core. You will work across all staff groups, and seniority collaboratively, using an inclusive approach to individuals and teams around specific local initiatives.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Programme / Project Management or Improvement Qualification or equivalent experience
• Clinical experience in maternity services

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Evidence of specialist knowledge, expertise and experience within maternity services
• Evidence of specialist knowledge and expertise and experience in successfully leading, and /or delivering multiple change projects and initiatives simultaneously
• Knowledge & experience of managing change within a highly complex service environment
• Evidence of building effective working relationships with clinical, operational, and multi-disciplinary teams
• Project management experience, including the use of project management tools
• In depth knowledge of the national and local health context
• Experience of managing teams, including objective setting, learning and development, performance management and allocation of workload
• Some knowledge of organisational development or management or leadership development theory, principles or programmes
• Understanding of current issues and challenges within health care delivery
• Understanding of quality improvement/safety improvement/process improvement/ clinical governance principles and their application
• Experience coaching or mentoring less experienced staff
• Experience of working collaboratively across functions and organisational boundaries
• Successful track record of working and delivering in complex environments
• Experience of delivering successful change initiatives
• Experience leading on business case development, facilitating input from range of stakeholders as they write cases suitable for decision making
• Experience supporting and facilitating best practice programme governance and coordination
• Experience supporting co-production and engagement with diverse communities, patients and staff

Desirable

• NHS operational experience or general awareness
• Experience of teaching

Skills, Abilities & Attributes

Essential

• Ability to manage workload effectively in light of competing priorities and tight deadlines
• Ability to manage complex programmes of work
• Ability to analyse complex information, develop and analyse potential options and provide. recommendations on the most appropriate course of action
• Ability to analyse national and local policy, identify implications for the Trust and develop Trust policy and objectives to reflect this
• IT skills including advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Effective presentational skills including presentation to Directors and public meetings
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Be able to communicate at senior management level both internally and externally

Desirable

• Development of evaluations / audit protocols
• Ability to develop education Programmes

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park/Central Middlesex/Ealing Hospitals

Watford Road

Harrow

HA1 3UJ

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