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Job overview

Sandwell and West Birmingham (SWB) NHS Trust is in the process of developing and delivering its own Improvement System* as a key enabler to the delivery of the Trust’s 2022-2027 Strategy and beyond. The postholder will be part of a central corporate team who are the Improvement Experts for the Trust and who will lead on the delivery of the Improvement System.

You will provide highly developed specialist knowledge and expertise in Improvement Systems, standard work, Improvement tools, change management and project management to advocate in furthering the Trust’s journey in developing a culture of continuous Improvement and will be a leader, teacher, coach and facilitator building improvement capability across the Trust. Reporting to the Head of Improvement System the post holder will lead, alongside an equivalent post, the day-to-day delivery of a pillar of the Improvement system to support their ongoing development and in doing so will support the delivery of the Improvement System.

The postholder will also be responsible for the oversight, day-to-day delivery, operational management, budgetary management, and ongoing evaluation of an Improvement System pillar and will have line management responsibility. Additionally, you will work closely with clinical, corporate, and operational colleagues, within the Trust, to develop and ensure sustainable delivery of the Improvement System pillar, acting as a business partner at a Trust Group level. 

Main duties of the job

·     To support the development and implementation of the Improvement System capability pillars acting as an internal organisational expert on the Improvement System. 

·     To provide Improvement System leadership expertise and support to allocated Group(s) within the Trust, to support operational and corporate colleagues to deliver key projects, which fall within the Trust’s portfolio of high priority Improvement areas. 

·     To act as a member of the Trust’s Academy for teaching improvement to support the development of Improvement capability across the Trust.

·     To operationally and financially manage the delivery of an Improvement system pillar and manage Improvement senior coaches \ coaches within the central Improvement team.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. 

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. 

We have three strategic objectives:

1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives