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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
Contact
- Address
- Edward Jenner Court
- Gloucester Business Park
- Brockworth
- Gloucestershire
- GL3 4AW
- Contact Number
- 0300 421 8333
Quality Improvement Manager
Accepting applications until: 09-Mar-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Mar-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Edward Jenner Court
- Cyfeiriad
- Pioneer Road
- Tref
- Gloucester
- Cod post
- GL34AW
- Major / Minor Region
- Gloucestershire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (This is a fixed term post for 12 months)
- Oriau
- Part time - 15 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Improvement
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Trosolwg o'r swydd
This role is offered as a part time Fixed Term contract for 12 months. The hours are 15 hours per week.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated QI Manager to support the development of the options appraisal and full business case, for the designing and testing of a future Tier 4 model for Specialised CAMHS and Eating Disorder provision in Gloucestershire, working in partnership with the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape a high‑impact service model for children and young people with complex needs. You will work collaboratively across organisational boundaries, bringing together clinical teams, commissioners, voluntary sector partners and Experts by Experience to co‑design and test new approaches.
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Co-lead the development, testing and evaluation of a new Tier 4 service model, contributing to an options appraisal and full business case
Lead and support quality improvement and service redesign activity across the Trust and ICS, using coaching-based QI methodology
Build QI capability through delivery and coordination of the Trust’s Bronze, Silver and Gold improvement programmes.
Work collaboratively with clinicians, managers, commissioners, voluntary sector partners and Experts by Experience.
Support priority improvement work identified through Trust governance and performance forums.
Provide expert advice and facilitation on improvement methodology to enable sustainable change.
Collect, analyse and report learning, outcomes and impact to inform decision-making and governance.
Contribute flexibly to wider transformation and system improvement projects across partner organisations.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The Quality Improvement Manager will provide specific professional leadership, support, advice and facilitation on quality service improvement and redesign methodology to support the implementation of new systems and service redesign.
For this short-term post the specific key responsibilities will be:-
Co-lead with members of the Tier 4 project team on the development of a working a model to test using an improvement approach.
Support the Tier 4 team in coaching and advising them to work effectively across the three core elements of our coaching for system improvement approach:
a. strategic system thinking,
b. technical application of improvement methodology and a
c. relational approach - required for distributed leadership in action.
Compile and communicate progress, learning and evaluation of the Tier 4 model with a wide range of key stakeholders and groups to feed into a business case.
This is in addition to the specific key responsibilities laid out in the attached JD.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Government’s UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
- Free car parking at many of our sites
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
- A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
- Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
- Recognition and long service awards
- Fast Track physiotherapy
- Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with who we are in partnership with to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
Good luck with your application.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Educated to degree level and additional knowledge acquired via formal training and accreditation at masters level or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through experience
- Recognised quality improvement training
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Extensive experience of QI and Service redesign methodologies applied in healthcare
- Experience of supporting change initiatives
- Experience of leading teams/groups through complex change
- Experience of working at a senior level in a health care setting
- Experience in navigating complex and sensitive cross-organisational change projects
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of working with local integrated improvement initiatives
Specialist knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of demand and capacity modelling
Personal Skills Abilities and Attributes
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to understand a broad range of information quickly and suggest options when opinions differ/there is no obvious solution
- Self motivated with the ability to work without supervision as well as working to tight and often changing timescales
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of key stakeholders, some at a very senior level
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others and negotiate with stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues
- Ability to analyse and report on complex information
- Ability to independently and creatively problem solve
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions to resolve problems in relation to service delivery
- Ability to interpret national policy for implementation
- Ability to develop and deliver training sessions to a range of stakeholders
- Ability to move between the bigger picture and the detail
- Embraces change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Clare Maxted
- Teitl y swydd
- Head of Improvement
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07738709072
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