NHS Highland
Quality Improvement Practitioner
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About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Quality Improvement (QI) Team, supporting delivery of an ambitious and evolving workplan across NHS Highland and the Health and Social Care Partnership. The postholder will contribute to a wide range of improvement activity, including delivery of QI training, supporting frontline teams to design and implement improvement projects, and contributing to key national programmes such as the Scottish Patient Safety Programme and Excellence in Care.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to a wide range of improvement activity
- Deliver QI training
- Support frontline teams to design and implement improvement projects
- Contribute to key national programmes such as the Scottish Patient Safety Programme and Excellence in Care
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in quality improvement
- Ability to deliver training and coaching staff in QI methodology
- Strong ability to analyse, interpret, and present data for the purposes of quality improvement and assurance
- Understanding and practical use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and run charts
- Ability to translate data into meaningful insights to support decision-making and drive sustainable improvement in practice
- Relevant QI qualification
- Experience of working within a healthcare setting
Candidate Profile
- Enthusiastic, curious, innovative, and motivated individual
- Strong team player
- Committed to continuous learning and development
- Passionate about improving care and outcomes
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Work Environment
- Work base for this post will be Assynt House, Inverness
- Attendance at team meetings in this location every other week
- Home working and / or working flexibly from a different NHS location at other times will be considered and where possible supported
- Travel on an ad hoc basis within the NHSH board area and at times to national meetings across Scotland
Additional Information
- For more information please contact Esther Dickinson; email:
- NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
- This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a high number of applications are received. Early application is therefore advised.
- Applications are welcome from Gaelic speakers. / Tha fàilte air tagraidhean bho luchdlabhairt na Gàidhlig.
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About NHS Highland
NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.
We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.
Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through.
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