Acute Collaboration Improvement Manager

at  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to join the N&WAHC Programme Team as an Improvement Manager for Acute Collaboration. The N&WAHC Programme Team is a dynamic team that is now growing to support the acute Trusts in Norfolk and Waveney with their ambitious portfolio of transformation and improvement work that will support the realisation of their collective vision. This post will be hosted by the QEH and sit within the Strategy and Transformation Team, providing improvement and project management support to the N&WAHC Programme and specialty teams.
As such, the N&WAHC Programme Team is looking for a highly motivated, individual that has a passion for driving improvements, to become a key part of the team and the programmes of work.
As one of its priority objectives the N&WAHC has committed to developing a Joint Acute Clinical Strategy, in response to the Norfolk and Waveney ICS Clinical Strategy. Working as part of the programme team, the Acute Collaboration Improvement Manager will support the successful delivery of a number of complex projects and they will play a pivotal role the development and implementation of the Joint Acute Clinical Strategy.
This role will contribute to the delivery of the Joint Acute Clinical Strategy with a particular focus on supporting divisional and specialty teams with clinical network development, collaborative strategic service development planning and implementation of service improvement projects.
There will be a focus on clinical service operational effectiveness at a system level, delivering business improvements, better services for patients and value for money across the Trusts.
The post holder will be responsible for providing expert improvement / change management and transformational support to cross-organisational specialty teams, aiding the delivery of the Joint Acute Clinical Strategy. Working with the Acute Collaboration Improvement Lead, they will also provide hospital site-based support and coordination for specialty clinical network development and towards local work on community integration of sub-acute services/pathways.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
For further information regarding this opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

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