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Job summary

Main area
Quality Improvement
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Business Development)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
222-CORP-933
Employer
West London NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Armstrong Way
Town
Southall
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/04/2025 17:00
Interview date
06/05/2025

Employer heading

West London NHS Trust logo

Quality Improvement Facilitator

Band 7

West London NHS Trust  provides a full range of mental health, community  and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Job overview

Are you passionate about improving healthcare quality and empowering teams to make a real difference? West London NHS Trust is looking for a Quality Improvement Facilitator to join our dynamic and supportive team. In this exciting role, you’ll help shape and deliver our 5-year QI strategy, working alongside staff, service users, and carers to embed a culture of continuous improvement. You'll bring energy, expertise, and creativity to help transform services, drive positive change, and make a lasting impact on patient care. If you’re motivated by collaboration, innovation and supporting others to thrive, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Quality Improvement Facilitator, you will coach and support clinical, non-clinical, and corporate teams to design and deliver impactful QI projects. You’ll lead training sessions, workshops, and coaching to build improvement capability across the Trust, using tools such as PDSA cycles, root cause analysis, and process mapping. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and service users to drive measurable change, evaluate impact, and share learning. You will also support the development of the Trust’s QI resources and communications, helping to embed a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

 

Working for our organisation

 

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham).  We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Educated to post-graduate level in relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Quality improvement/project management training to post graduate level
  • Lean Six Sigma qualification or equivalent (IHI, Lean, Six Sigma etc.)
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Project Management qualification
  • Teaching/training qualification
  • Coaching qualification
  • Advanced Excel training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of leading significant projects with quantifiable improvements
  • Working in partnership with Senior leaders and teams across organisation
  • Managing change in complex multi-stakeholder environment
  • Facilitating workshops/events
  • Using improvement tools in complex service environment
  • Delivering teaching/training
  • Coaching/mentoring teams in improvement methods
  • Developing/maintaining project documentation
  • Working with qualitative and quantitative data
  • Communications with external stakeholders
Desirable criteria
  • Project Management qualification
  • Teaching/training qualification
  • Coaching qualification
  • Advanced Excel training
  • Using statistical methods (e.g. SPC)
  • Planning/undertaking service and clinical audits
  • Planning/delivering service re-design
  • Delivering improvements in clinical outcomes
  • Delivering efficiency savings
  • Working in healthcare improvement
  • Working in fast paced environment
  • Developing measurement strategies

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • In-depth knowledge of QI methods (process mapping, demand/capacity, RCA, lean, PDSA)
  • Advanced facilitation and influencing skills
  • Ability to develop/deliver high quality training
  • Clear communication in complex situations
  • Understanding of health service drivers
  • Understanding of TCS agenda and QIPP
  • Good organisational/time-management skills
  • High standard of report writing
  • Competent IT user
Desirable criteria
  • Facilitation and coaching knowledge
  • Experience with complex data sets
  • Knowledge of trust Quality drivers
  • Advanced research/statistical analysis
  • Advanced MS Office skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleJob share policyInvestors in PeopleDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeArmed Forces Covenant

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Saraspadee Veeramah
Job title
Associate Director of Quality Improvement
Email address
[email protected]
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