Senior Maternity Continuous Improvement Lead

The post holder is a key member of the Maternity Service at LNWUH. They will lead on embedding the principles of Continuous Improvement (CI), patient safety and clinical effectiveness into practice across our maternity service. In particular, they will support engagement and training on continuous improvement, empowering staff across the service, provide support to co-production with patients and local communities, lead priority improvement projects, and coordinate the Maternity transformation programme including progress of the maternity strategy. The post holder will lead and actively seek opportunities for innovative improvement projects and work with key stakeholders within maternity to promote the uptake and delivery of such projects.
The post holder will be required to support the roll out of improvement capability across the maternity service and to facilitate the integration of these methods into everyday practice, to provide excellent care as standard.
The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning, and service.
The role is linked to the wider trust Transformation team to support coordination with interdependencies outside maternity, sharing good practice, and access to specialist resources within the team to support the improvements being led within maternity., Our ideal candidate
You must have proven experience in leading and delivering several improvement projects simultaneously. The postholder will be expected to provide, training and coaching for maternity staff and our stakeholders. You will assist in leading the development and implementation of improvement methodologies to be adopted across the maternity service.
You must have an engaging personality, a belief in the need to continuously improve and the methods to enable this. You will be responsible for overseeing improvement programmes and projects which impact significant investment across our maternity service, working with women or birthing people, communities, and staff to develop pilot projects. Offering targeted support to enable delivery of programmes, harnessing the triple aim of quality, experience and value at their core. You will work across all staff groups, and seniority collaboratively, using an inclusive approach to individuals and teams around specific local initiatives., We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
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As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
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Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff., London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre