Improvement and Transformation Lead
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Cambridge / Bedfordshire is currently looking to recruit an Improvement and Transformation Lead for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of £21.67/hour PAYE – working 37.5 hours per week. This role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.
Responsibilities:
– Provide senior leadership and experience in the identification of improvement and transformation opportunities, leading and supporting the successful delivery of initiatives, projects and programmes across clinical and non-clinical functions.
– Support senior leaders to develop ambitious transformation plans which drive improvement and innovation, maximise the use of digital technologies and align to local system priorities and national direction of change.
– Represent and participate in forums and projects on system transformation plans, encouraging and identifying collaborative improvement opportunities.
– Identify, assign and provide effective and appropriate improvement support from the team.
– To ensure the organisation’s continuous improvement (Think QI) methodology is consistently used across all improvement initiatives, projects and programmes.
– To lead and advise on the use improvement tools and techniques (lean, six sigma, theory of constraints) alongside the use of different delivery methodologies (agile, waterfall etc). Ensuring that these are used throughout the team’s work.
– To develop and work on long term strategic plans and initiatives that will support building the organisation’s capability for continuous improvement, including providing service improvement/project consultancy, training, coaching and supporting service managers.
– Lead programmes of transformation across specified services/areas, to deliver demonstrable improvements in patient care, outcomes, efficiency and performance and to respond to new strategic care pathway developments and commissioning requirements.
– To lead the creation of improvement/transformation blueprints, gap analysis, planning of change programmes and allocation of resources required across all projects.
– To ensure that there is appropriate and robust governance arrangements in place across areas of responsibility, with effective processes to identify and track benefits, track progress against milestones, risks and issues and interdependencies are identified and managed appropriately.
– To develop effective stakeholder engagement plans, ensuring co-production partnership working is in place across improvement work from the outset.
– To develop and deliver effective update/reporting mechanisms, appropriate to the scale of improvement and transformation team involvement. This includes updates to senior forums and boards.
– To provide senior leadership on complex, high profile projects as required in the form of consultancy and coaching to service project leads.
– Provide senior leadership in the Improvement and Transformation team – leading on areas to improve the running of the department, sharing knowledge, skills and experience to support individual team development.
– To provide direction and supervision to Improvement and Transformation colleagues.
Essential Skills:
– Educated to Master’s Degree level or able to demonstrate management experience to this level.
– Evidence of continuing professional development/education and learning
– Improvement methodology qualification (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma) accredited or evidence of internal training equivalent to qualification
– Programme/project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2, Agile, MSP)
– Experience of successfully delivering large scale and complex programmes in either the private or public sector.
– Experience of using improvement methodologies tools such as Six Sigma, Kaizen and Lean to interrogate end to end processes
– Experience of building, maintaining and utilising successful relationships with staff at all levels in the organisation
– Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries ensuring involvement of key stakeholders.
– In depth working knowledge of improvement methodologies (E.g. Model for Improvement & Lean Six Sigma) and application of tools and techniques including data analysis.
– Highly effective written, presentation and communication skills
– Ability to engage with a diverse range of audiences by using a variety of communication methods, tailored to meet the audiences’ different needs and expectations
– Ability to use tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion particularly when dealing with challenging situations and supporting people through change and transformation
– Ability to communicate highly sensitive, complex or contentious information within a context of significant change.
– Ability to motivate individuals and teams to improve performance and outcomes
– Ability to understand and communicate the consequences of national developments
– Excellent organisational skills and ability to work under pressure to meet competing priorities
– Able to anticipate and respond rapidly to changing circumstances and priorities
– Ability to lead collaborative working across business units, corporate functions and organisational boundaries
– Ability to interpret and analyse highly complex data and facts and provide report with interpretations and recommendations
– Excellent IT skills in MS applications, e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and email.
– Has a good understanding of the Safeguarding agenda
Desirable Skills:
– Recognised leadership training or qualification.
– Recognised change management qualification or training
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Provide senior leadership and experience in the identification of improvement and transformation opportunities, leading and supporting the successful delivery of initiatives, projects and programmes across clinical and non-clinical functions.
– Support senior leaders to develop ambitious transformation plans which drive improvement and innovation, maximise the use of digital technologies and align to local system priorities and national direction of change.
– Represent and participate in forums and projects on system transformation plans, encouraging and identifying collaborative improvement opportunities.
– Identify, assign and provide effective and appropriate improvement support from the team.
– To ensure the organisation’s continuous improvement (Think QI) methodology is consistently used across all improvement initiatives, projects and programmes.
– To lead and advise on the use improvement tools and techniques (lean, six sigma, theory of constraints) alongside the use of different delivery methodologies (agile, waterfall etc). Ensuring that these are used throughout the team’s work.
– To develop and work on long term strategic plans and initiatives that will support building the organisation’s capability for continuous improvement, including providing service improvement/project consultancy, training, coaching and supporting service managers.
– Lead programmes of transformation across specified services/areas, to deliver demonstrable improvements in patient care, outcomes, efficiency and performance and to respond to new strategic care pathway developments and commissioning requirements.
– To lead the creation of improvement/transformation blueprints, gap analysis, planning of change programmes and allocation of resources required across all projects.
– To ensure that there is appropriate and robust governance arrangements in place across areas of responsibility, with effective processes to identify and track benefits, track progress against milestones, risks and issues and interdependencies are identified and managed appropriately.
– To develop effective stakeholder engagement plans, ensuring co-production partnership working is in place across improvement work from the outset.
– To develop and deliver effective update/reporting mechanisms, appropriate to the scale of improvement and transformation team involvement. This includes updates to senior forums and boards.
– To provide senior leadership on complex, high profile projects as required in the form of consultancy and coaching to service project leads.
– Provide senior leadership in the Improvement and Transformation team – leading on areas to improve the running of the department, sharing knowledge, skills and experience to support individual team development.
– To provide direction and supervision to Improvement and Transformation colleagues.
Essential Skills:
– Educated to Master’s Degree level or able to demonstrate management experience to this level.
– Evidence of continuing professional development/education and learning
– Improvement methodology qualification (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma) accredited or evidence of internal training equivalent to qualification
– Programme/project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2, Agile, MSP)
– Experience of successfully delivering large scale and complex programmes in either the private or public sector.
– Experience of using improvement methodologies tools such as Six Sigma, Kaizen and Lean to interrogate end to end processes
– Experience of building, maintaining and utilising successful relationships with staff at all levels in the organisation
– Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries ensuring involvement of key stakeholders.
– In depth working knowledge of improvement methodologies (E.g. Model for Improvement & Lean Six Sigma) and application of tools and techniques including data analysis.
– Highly effective written, presentation and communication skills
– Ability to engage with a diverse range of audiences by using a variety of communication methods, tailored to meet the audiences’ different needs and expectations
– Ability to use tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion particularly when dealing with challenging situations and supporting people through change and transformation
– Ability to communicate highly sensitive, complex or contentious information within a context of significant change.
– Ability to motivate individuals and teams to improve performance and outcomes
– Ability to understand and communicate the consequences of national developments
– Excellent organisational skills and ability to work under pressure to meet competing priorities
– Able to anticipate and respond rapidly to changing circumstances and priorities
– Ability to lead collaborative working across business units, corporate functions and organisational boundaries
– Ability to interpret and analyse highly complex data and facts and provide report with interpretations and recommendations
– Excellent IT skills in MS applications, e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and email.
– Has a good understanding of the Safeguarding agenda
Desirable Skills:
– Recognised leadership training or qualification.
– Recognised change management qualification or training
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
