Quality Improvement Lead for Perinatal Services

We are recruiting for a Quality Improvement Lead for Perinatal Services who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Head of Quality Improvementfor Perinatal Services is a key role within the Women and Children’s Divisional Leadership Team (DLT). Working closely with Director of Midwifery and the Divisional Medical Director, you will be responsible for developing and disseminating throughout this focus area, a standardised approach to project methodology, documentation, training and education.
Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
The Quality Improvement Lead for Perinatal Services will ensure that our services are engaged in continuous Quality Improvement, innovation and transformation.A highly skilled and experienced individual, able to with a track record in quality compliance and improvement. You’ll have the ability to push the boundaries or innovation and quality of care, working in partnership with colleagues across the Trust and in our partner organisations.
The post holder will provide leadership throughout the division and Trust that will create a caring, fair and open culture (in line with our values) and enable staff to perform at their best.
Working closely with the Director of Midwifery and Divisional team, to develop and disseminate throughout this focus area, a standardised approach to project methodology, documentation, training, and education.
The trust are embarking on an improvement journey with the Virginia Mason institute (VMI). There will be requirement for the post holder to undertake training and obtain VMI accreditation.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.