Every Minute Matters - Clinical Lead | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS1 3NU |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6257952/387-TS-6775-JC |
Summary
The post holder will be the Clinical lead for Every Minute Matters (EMM) programme across University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. This is a Continuous Quality improvement programme utilising the Patient First methodology ensuring staff and patient engagement in solutions to an improvement of patient flow throughout their hospital stay and patient experience of discharge.
As the Senior Professional lead the post holder will work with all members of the multi professional team to roll out the EMM programme and other related specific improvement projects supported through to delivery and will be responsible for ensuring processes are in place to ensure embedding and sustainability of the changes are maintained consistently across UHBW.
This is a Trust wide role which requires you to build rapport and clinical credibility with senior clinical and managerial colleagues both internally to the Trust and externally .
This is expected to be a development opportunity for an experienced practitioner with project management skills. You will be supported in your Trust wide role by both the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and the Deputy Chief Nurse.
• Be the clinical lead for Every Minute Matters (EMM) programme within UHBW hospitals. This will include leading the ongoing roll out of the programme and being responsible for ensuring processes are in place to embed and ensure sustainability of the changes are maintained consistently across UHBW.
• Provide expert clinical knowledge and advice to the Trust Proactive Hospitals patient flow and discharge workstreams.
• Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of the programme and actively horizon scan for opportunities for innovation and development to further enhance patient flow and patient experience throughout the Patient’s journey in Hospital.
• Provide senior clinical leadership and undertake project management responsibilities within the scope of Every Minute Matters portfolio.
• Be an advocate for quality Improvement and will work in partnership with the Clinical Operations and Integrated Discharge service teams to optimise all opportunities to improve patient flow and the EMM ethos.
• You will be joining a Multi professional team who are passionate about using quality improvement to improve patients stay in hospital and reduce delays to discharge . The current EMM focuses include: use of discharge lounges, Proactive Board Rounds including SAFER principles, Criteria to Reside, timely and weekend discharges, 'Tap to Transfer' and Criteria Led Discharges.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024
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