Head of Improvement

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Master's Degree and/or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through practical experience in the delivery of organisational improvement/transformation
• Relevant accredited improvement training or evidence of applied improvement science to work.

Desirable criteria

• Coaching qualification
• Project management qualification

Skills/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Clear evidence of leading and driving major Improvement programmes with successful outcomes using improvement methodologies, including delivering a significant improvement programme in a health or care setting
• Evidence of delivering training
• Experience of analysing, interpreting, and reporting on information to identify and manage opportunities for improvement and identifying solutions to identified problem/areas for improvement
• Significant experience of working with senior and external stakeholders
• Successful track record of delivering in complex environments.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to plan and implement a major programme from conception through to completion
• Knowledge of the NHS and care sector

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Head of Improvement JD (PDF, 492.2KB)
• Functional Requirements - Head of Improvement (PDF, 351.6KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)