3802 - Quality Improvement Facilitator

Part time - 30.5 hours per week. Working hours / Pattern to be agreed. Are you passionate about making lasting improvements in healthcare quality? Are you enthusiastic about building improvement capability across healthcare organisations and systems? If you are then come and work in a team that was part of winning the HSJ Quality Improvement Initiative of the year 2024. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Quality Improvement (QI) Facilitator to join our QI team. This is a great opportunity for someone who likes working closely with frontline staff and making a difference to patients and staff using a structured improvement methodology.

The QI Facilitator will work closely with the Clinical Lead for QI and the QI Lead to enthuse and lead individuals and teams to deploy QI methodology into everyday improvement projects and fully embed QI within the organisation. This is an exciting role with great variation in the work you will be supporting. We would encourage you to make contact to hear more about the role & the great opportunities available. The interview date for this role will be 23 July 2025.

You will inspire an interest in quality improvement approaches by having a communication style that motivates and enables. Working alongside multidisciplinary staff you will develop and embed quality improvement by leading teams in improvement work which aligns to the Trust's strategic objectives and priorities. You will deliver teaching and knowledge transfer to support the roll out of quality improvement initiatives and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement across the whole trust. Using your analytical skills to assess and validate data which may contain conflicting information and use your engagement skills to continually question complex data without delaying the improvement cycles. Your ability to interpret and complete comparison of the data to understand trends and how this would support tests of change is pivotal in taking improvements forward and as such you will have to juggle conflicting demands and prioritise tasks.

We reserve the right to close positions early. We scored best in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to work together each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Barnsley Hospital is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the best Place to Work. We are proud of the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities. There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation. Barnsley Hospital is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Awareness of health inequalities and how to avoid unconscious bias in the delivery of QI projects.

An understanding of the current challenges facing NHS organisations. Understanding of governance protocols.

In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important. In around 100 words please describe what motivates you to do a good job.

• Knowledge of specific area, acquired through degree or equivalent experience or training.
• Staff or project management knowledge to post graduate diploma level or equivalent.
• QI qualification or willingness to work towards.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Facilitation / coaching skills qualification or willingness to work towards.

• Ability to inspire and motivate.
• Highly organised.
• Prepared to undertake some out of hours working when necessary.
• Ability to support teams with their improvement work in their working environment.
• Sensitive to staff issues.
• Sensitive to the drivers for change and personal experiences that may influence patient representatives.
• Motivated and enthusiastic.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to concentrate, analysing statistics, writing reports despite frequent interruptions.
• Ability to think creatively to help identify innovative solutions to problems.

• Experience of delivering quality improvement projects using a QI methodology.
• Writing and presenting reports for a range of audiences.
• Collating data and extrapolating information.
• Experience in working with a range of staff at all levels.
• Working in a quality improvement arena, supporting and managing quality improvement.
• Experience of preparing and delivering training.
• NHS experience.

• Ability to deliver education and training.
• Able to oversee, influence and direct the activities of staff, without formal line management authority, to achieve agreed outcomes.
• High competence in Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to use coaching skills to support others to define and achieve their objectives.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities.
• Pro-active approach to problem solving.
• Analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.