Continuous Improvement programme manager

The post holder will support and help build GESH a shared purpose and vision for improvement. The post holder will support the development, implementation and application of a group-wide improvement culture and quality management system. This will support the group to deliver its key strategic priorities, enhancing the capability and capacity of our staff, investing in our people to continually improve clinical care, financial and operational efficiency, and effectiveness across each core business. Building improvement capability for the long-term whist delivering essential a purposeful improvement to support current challenges.

The post holder will use specialist knowledge and proven in-depth experience in the management and supportive delivery of improvement programmes and projects within a highly complex healthcare setting., Contribute to the GESH vision and shared purpose practical, so that they are lived everyday by its people and are underpinned by core values.

Ensure all improvement work is focused on the shared purpose and vision and question any work which does not align to these. Focusing on the current GESH and NHS priorities

Support the creation of a powerful, purpose-driven context and narrative for improvement work so that people are more likely to engage, based on commitment to the purpose rather than compliance with a process

Understand the world in which frontline staff are working, their challenges, their successes, and the improvement they'd like to see to guide this vision and shared purpose, and support new innovative methods of co-design and collaboration or engagement events

Support the design, develop & implement a group-wide system of working which enables and sustains a culture of continuous improvement

Support teams' capabilities to improve safety, reduce unwarranted variation and adopt operational best practices by using improvement skills, At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.