Job Summary
Are you passionate about improving patient care, empowering teams, and driving meaningful change? Join Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust as a Quality Improvement Facilitator (Band 7) -- a role where you will inspire improvement, champion innovation, and help shape the future of healthcare for 1.2 million people across our Trust. As one of the largest and most forward-thinking Trusts in the country, we are committed to building a strong culture of improvement. In this exciting position, you will work alongside clinical and operational teams to unlock potential, remove barriers, and support colleagues to deliver safer, more effective and compassionate care. This is a fantastic opportunity for a registered nurse, AHP or healthcare professional who thrives on collaboration, learning, and helping others succeed. You will be supported to grow your improvement expertise, coach teams across our hospital sites, and lead impactful initiatives aligned to our Trust Quality Strategy. If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to influence quality at scale, this role offers the perfect platform to develop your career while being part of a passionate, high-performing, and friendly Quality Improvement Team.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and support quality improvement projects within assigned services, using recognised QI tools and methods.
• Coach, train and motivate staff to build improvement capability across the Trust.
• Analyse and interpret complex data to inform decision-making and demonstrate progress
• Facilitate workshops, meetings and collaborative sessions with clinical and operational teams
• Engage patients, carers and staff to ensure improvement work reflects lived experience. Produce clear aims, action plans and reports that support sustainable change
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to redesign processes and enhance patient safety, outcomes and experience.
• Promote a positive improvement culture aligned with Trust values and behaviours.

About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Quality Improvement facilitator role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:

• Masters level or equivalent relevant experience
• Professional Registration (NMC or other AHP)

Desirable:

• Mentorship/Teaching Qualification

Knowledge and Experience
Essential:

• Understanding and evidence of application of Quality Improvement Methodology and tools
• Experience of teaching, facilitation, mentoring and coaching
• A thorough understanding of all current issues relating to professional nursing practice and health service management.
• Knowledge of the Trust's Quality Strategy and Improvement Priorities

Desirable:

• Current knowledge of the leadership and management context of the NHS, and of systems for delivering operational excellence in health care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Contact Details
Head of Clinical Quality Improvement Capability
Shevaun Mullender
shevaun.mullender@nhs.net
07760474571