Quality Improvement Advisor

At the North London NHS Foundation Trust, Quality Improvement is at the heart of the strategic aims within our five-year strategy and we have ambitions to become a centre of excellence with the development of a QI academy.

The purpose of NLFT’s QI team is to support the successful delivery of the QI strategy which includes the Brilliant Basics programme as well as localised improvement initiatives, which drives sustainable improvements in quality, patient care, efficiencies, and reduced variation. The QI team provides leadership, advice, support, and training and coaching for QI throughout the Trust.

The post holder will provide leadership, advice and coaching to QI practitioners based in the services. The post holder will also provide critical support and challenge to the clinical services to deliver, scale up and spread small changes tested in teams.

• To provide leadership and improvement expertise for specific QI initiatives including the application of continuous improvement methodology at multiple levels.
• To manage and support initiatives that fall within the Trust’s portfolio of high priority QI areas including the Brilliant Basics programme.
• To act as an internal organisational expert on the use of data and measurement for improvement.
• To provide specific support to QI leads in the services.
• To support the development and deployment of the QI strategy, supporting the Deputy Director for Quality Improvement.
• To act as a member of the Trust’s internal expert resource for teaching improvement science.
• To represent the Trust QI Programme at internal and external events.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alison Brandon Job title: Deputy Director for Quality Improvement Email address:

Should you require further information regarding this role, please contact Sian Jones, Junior QI Facilitator –

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