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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 Practitioner
Accepting applications until: 13-Sep-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 13-Sep-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Edward Jenner Court
- Cyfeiriad
- 1010 Pioneer Avenue
- Tref
- Gloucester
- Cod post
- GL3 4AW
- Major / Minor Region
- Gloucestershire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 19 months (Fixed term until end of March 2028)
- Oriau
- Part time - 15 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Quality 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 is a fixed term contract until March 2028. The hours of work are 15 per week.
The QI Hub provides the strategic direction and facilitation for cultural change in embedding QI, maximising the effectiveness of leaders, managers and supervisors across the Trust, and ensuring the delivery of a fair and inclusive culture, which supports staff health and wellbeing and in which staff feel valued and motivated. It encourages an environment
where people can learn.
This role supports the promotion of a QI culture across the whole Trust through training and the provision of advice and support for QI pieces of work. They will advocate for QI initiatives, tools and methodologies and ensure all stakeholders are engaged, including service users, patients and carers and staff.
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The post holder will:
• Work with the Director and Deputy Director of Improvement and Partnerships, the Head of Improvement and colleagues in the QI Hub, and Experts by Experience to design, develop and deliver QI training programmes. These programmes will support the development of the improvement capacity and capability required to embed and support a Trust-wide culture of continuous improvement. This training will be
developed using all available methods, for example face-to-face and virtually.
• Have a significant responsibility to deliver QI training and upskill staff.
• Promote the culture of continuous improvement in their day-to-day work, spreading the common language and methodology used in the trust’s QI approach, following the Model for Improvement.
• Work with the QI Hub team members to enable the identification and delivery of the organisation’s training requirements, taking account of identified training needs/priorities, training compliance requirements and service needs. In particular, the post holder will support the planning, delivery and evaluation of the QI Hub’s training programmes.
• Support and work collaboratively with the QI Administrator in co-ordinating the training programmes.
• Work with colleagues in the QI Hub to maintain and update the team’s intranet pages as required.
• Support in promoting the use of co-production throughout QI projects and training.
• Provide coaching, advice and support for QI pieces of work alongside QI Team.
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 postholder will:
• Provide a range of training delivery, facilitation activities and specific evaluation, which support the aim of providing high quality training and development.
• Help employees of the Trust to demonstrate continuous improvement and learning, using QI tools such as: process mapping; driver diagrams; and Plan, Do, Study, Act cycles; in order to deliver high quality, patient-focussed care.
• Utilising QI methodology, the post holder will be responsible for recommending and supporting the implementation of QI initiatives alongside the team utilising their developing QI knowledge and skill
• The postholder will assist and support colleagues across the organisation, during training and in day-to-day support of work, in following the Model for Improvement and utilising appropriate tools in a timely way. They will use emotional intelligence, and excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills to support change management and the delivery of project outcomes
• Actively promote and effectively engage stakeholders to co-produce QI work.
• Specifically look at ways to identify and target gaps in the organisation to ensure equitable engagement of all colleagues including students, in Quality Improvement training, Quality Improvement initiatives and/or realising improvements associated to quality priorities and patient care through QI projects.
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
- Awareness of quality improvement and/or service improvement from a QSIR, Flow Coaching or similar service improvement methodology perspective or willing to work towards post graduate education in QI
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working in a health and care setting
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of delivering training
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of supporting teams/groups through change
- Experience of supporting change initiatives
- Experience of Quality Improvement and Service Redesign Methodologies delivered/ applied in a healthcare setting
Professional/Managerial Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrable leadership skills
Personal attributes
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to independently and creatively problem solve
- Ability to develop and deliver training sessions to a range of stakeholders
- Embraces change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
- Self-motivated with the ability to work without supervision, as well as work to tight and often changing timescales.
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders, some at senior level.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions to resolve problems in relation to service delivery.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others and negotiate with stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues
- Ability to understand a broad range of information quickly and suggest options when an opinion differ/there is no obvious solution.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Tanya Stacey
- Teitl y swydd
- Quality Improvement Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0300 421 8100
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