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Meridian Productivity Limited

Implementation Consultant — Healthcare Productivity Associate (Contractor) — UK-wide

Manchester
Posted about 19 hours ago
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Overview

Join Meridian to deliver high-impact frontline healthcare implementation projects across the UK, driving measurable productivity and value for NHS providers. This is not an IT delivery, digital product, process-engineering, or Lean/Six Sigma role.

You will work on-site 4–5 days per week, embedded in clinical and operational NHS environments, installing structured Management Operating Systems (MOS) and coaching managers and clinicians to adopt new ways of working that stick. NHS-background candidates are ideal and will be trained on the job, shoulder-to-shoulder during delivery. You don’t need to arrive as a finished Meridian expert—Meridian methodology is taught through doing.

What you will contribute

  • Deliver healthcare implementation programmes that embed behavioural adoption, not dashboards alone
  • Install and run MOS cadences including:
    • Daily manager huddles
    • Weekly this-week/next-week planning and control reviews
    • KPI roll-downs and benefit tracking
    • Visual action boards that drive manager ownership
  • Deliver Day-in-the-Life (DILO) observational studies and workflow waste analysis in clinical environments
  • Coach and influence clinicians and managers in the field, so redesigned workflows and patient pathways are adopted
  • Train NHS staff and managers on-site while delivering change
  • Track and report benefits including:
    • Clinical outcomes
    • Waiting times
    • Resource utilisation
    • Manager control adherence
  • Facilitate practical workshops that generate actions, not theory
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior clinical and operational stakeholders
  • Support delivery roadmaps that combine programme control + change management + benefit realisation

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Who we’re looking for

You are a strong fit if you have experience where the following were core to success:

  • Healthcare or NHS implementation delivery (not IT systems leadership)
  • Installing structured Management Operating Systems (MOS) or equivalent cadence-based control systems
  • Delivering observational workflow studies (DILO, demand/capacity, utilisation, or service DILO equivalents)
  • Coaching managers and clinicians to adopt new practices in frontline environments
  • Turning data into insights that generate manager-owned actions
  • Training teams on-site through delivery, not classroom-only
  • Applying NHS improvement frameworks in practice (e.g., GIRFT, theatre/outpatient/community flow, pathway waste reduction, demand/capacity optimisation)
  • Presenting to stakeholders at all levels, especially senior clinical and operational managers
  • Operating autonomously in clinical environments while representing a consultancy brand professionally
  • Willing and able to work UK-wide on-site for 12–20 week delivery cycles, including staying away during the week

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Expectations for Senior Project Managers

Senior PM contractors will also be expected to demonstrate:

  • Prior delivery of MOS installations, weekly planning cadences, and benefit tracking systems
  • Knowledge of how to run DILO/DILO-style studies and interpret outputs into action
  • Ability to facilitate Brown Paper process mapping, activity listing, and benefit identification
  • Experience coaching managers to use control tools and sustain behaviours
  • Understanding of TPS/DPS, daily reporting, meeting logs, and benefit reinforcement
  • Comfort leading workshops, dry/wet run cycles, and practical manager enablement

Work pattern

  • 4–5 days per week on-site (UK-wide delivery)

Contract type

  • Contractor / Associate

Additional Requirements

  • Must be comfortable with extensive travel and staying away during the working week when required
  • Must be adaptable to shifting clinical and operational priorities

Application Statement

We aim to review every application; however, due to volume, we will only contact shortlisted candidates.

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Location

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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