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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Contact
- Address
- Blackpool Victoria Hospital
- Whinney Heys Road
- Blackpool
- Lancashire
- FY3 8NR
Quality Improvement Programme Manager
Accepting applications until: 07-May-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 07-May-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- BVH
- Address
- Whinney Heys Road
- Town
- Blackpool
- Postcode
- FY38NR
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 10 months (Fixed Term Maternity Cover until 30th May 2027)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Quality Improvement
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Are you ready to make a transformative impact on healthcare and shape the future of patient care? This is a rare chance for an enthusiastic, innovative leader in improvement to become part of our Quality Improvement Hub—a team known for championing positive changes and raising standards of excellence throughout our Trust.
We are entering an exciting new era of accelerated progress, where continuous improvement and excellence are at the heart of everything we do. As a Quality Improvement Programme Manager, you’ll be at the centre of this evolution, championing the latest in improvement science and lean methodologies.
Please note the post is fixed term until 30th May 2027 to cover maternity leave.
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You will take on an influential role, driving the delivery of our new Quality Strategy and leading large-scale change programmes designed to reduce harm and improve the experience of our patients and staff. Working collaboratively with colleagues, you’ll, help us achieve our vision: a workforce energised by improvement, equipped with the skills and drive to make a meaningful difference every single day.
If you are an expert in improvement science, with a strong track record of delivering successful projects in healthcare, and relish the opportunity to teach, coach and work side-by-side with patients and families, we would love to hear from you. Experience with lean practices is desirable
If you’re excited by the prospect of making a real difference and thrive in an innovative, fun and supportive team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attachments for further details or contact the recruiting manager
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attachments for further details or contact the recruiting manager
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If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Role Requirements
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at senior level in specialist area. Recognised improvement advisor training. Developed IT skills equivalent to the ECDL standard Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Programme management experience
- Ability to rapidly build credibility with all levels in the organisations, including very senior managers and clinicians • Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Ability to use excel to present data over time with problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term with comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2.
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and to make recommendations to executive sponsor / manager with the aim of improving deliverables • Ability to make decisions autonomously, when working to tight and often changing timescales
- Project/programme management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Excellent knowledge of Quality Improvement Methodology: - Demings System of Profound Knowledge - The IHI Model for Improvement - Driver Diagrams - PDSA - Process mapping - Breakthrough Series Collaboratives - Statistical Process Control Chart and the use of data for improvement - Data collection tools Understanding of statistics and measurement for improvement
- Experience of working in Quality Improvement within a healthcare setting
- Proven abilities in mentorship/coaching/facilitation - guiding people/teams to achieving results and helping them to learn through practice
- Proven capabilities in process/problem analysis, challenging existing thinking and generating improvements and solutions. • Advise and take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action. • Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arrive.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
- Designing and managing improvement programmes. Teaching / training either to individuals or groups, informally or in a classroom setting Mentoring / coaching other team members
Role Requirement
Desirable criteria
- Improvement Methods such as LEAN, Factorial Design
- Award applications/ Grant applications
- Leading change in complex systems
- Evidence of leading on the writing of: Journal articles
Role Requirement
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate (or working towards) project management or business management qualification
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Wiper
- Job title
- Senior Quality Improvement Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 956938
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