Salary:£51,646 – £73,017 pro-rated (depending on experience)
Hours of work: 18.5hrs/week (part time) We would consider increasing the role to include up to 0.5 WTE of the separately advertised Senior Advisor role if the right candidate is looking for an increase in working hours.
Deadline:23:59pm,,31 July 2026
Date of interview: week commencing 24 August 2026
A bit more about the role
The Patient Safety Collaborative Team leads on the delivery of quality improvement (QI) programmes in line with NHS England’s National Patient Safety Strategy. This includes working primarily with local NHS organisations to support teams to undertake QI projects to improve outcomes for patients, families, and carers. The team is currently working on four national patient safety improvement programmes including maternity and neonatal safety, systems safety (Patient Safety Incident Response Framework), Martha’s Rule and managing deterioration and medicines safety.
The Senior Improvement Lead will engage key stakeholders in the work of our programmes, support organisations and their teams to run QI projects, provide practical QI expertise and programme management, and contribute as a key member of the PSC Team.
The post holder will both lead and support teams with a variety of interventions, site visits, learning events, improvement clinics and adhoc teaching which will be hosted mainly across East of England, with an occasional requirement for wider travel.
They will also advise, coach, and facilitate discussions with local teams on improvement techniques and best practice to support the successful implementation, measurement and spread in line with the overall programme objectives, ensuring lessons learned are captured and fed into programme reviews.
As the lead responsible officer for a programme they will provide project management expertise to ensure successful project delivery with measurable outcomes, that are compliant with corporate and organisational requirements.
It is essential that the post holder has expertise in improvement methods and project management and can demonstrate expertise in planning, developing, coordinating and delivering projects on behalf of health and care clients in the region, with a strong track record of delivering quality improvement from start to completion using continuous improvement.
How to apply
To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter, by 31 July 2026, to recruitment@healthinnovationeast.co.uk specifying your motivation for applying and how you meet our person specification.
Please ensure that your application contains a positive declaration of your right to work in the UK. If you are shortlisted, you will need to provide the appropriate evidence of your right to work in the UK as we will not be able to progress your application further without this evidence.
We offer, in addition to a competitive salary, a pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contributions, access to an employee assistance programme, learning & development opportunities, and 27 days paid leave in addition to bank holidays.
We are committed to the employment and career development of people living with a disability. As part of this commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants living with a disability who in the collective opinion of the selection panel meet the essential criteria for the role for which they have applied. If you wish to be considered for this scheme, please adviserecruitment@healthinnovationeast.co.uk by no later than the closing date above.
We really encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates, particularly from diverse backgrounds, so that we truly represent the rich diversity of our region. Please consider filling in anequality and diversity monitoring form . The completion of this form is entirely optional and there are no consequences for your application if you choose not to provide such information. It will not be seen by anyone involved in shortlisting applicants for interview, or anyone involved in the interview itself. The information provided will be kept confidential and will be used for monitoring purposes only.
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