Band 8a - Continuous Improvement Manager, Procurement
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,888 - £64,880 pa inc. HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BP |
| Company: | West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7360486/360-IE-10202-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are looking for a Continuous Improvement Specialist which is a highly skilled process manager who utilizes a range of expertise, including project management and leadership, to effectively secure IMS buy-in and support, drive ongoing performance enhancements, and facilitate process development across all relevant areas of responsibility.
Identifying opportunities for process improvement, on-site IMS training and, ultimately, cost reduction.
Planning, facilitating, and executing continuous improvement events.
Teaching, leading, and coaching cross-functional teams.
Working to continuously improve processes both on the production floor as well as transactional by collaborating with multiple functions such as logistics.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.
www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
First Point of Contact for all IMS related problems/issues.
Evaluating and prioritizing potential improvements based on gains and required effort.
Securing employee commitment (ex: process managers) for proactive change management.
Establishing a clear and well-articulated implementation plan.
Establishing criteria for the project’s success and preparing a sound statement of constraints/limiting factors.
Appropriately implementing principles of governance.
Resolving technical problems such as formulation, equipment, product, interpretation of regulations, and resource availability.
Identifying intervention priorities and indicators.
Conducting detailed analysis of the current situation that accurately describes the issues.
Specifying deliverables, outcome indicators, and performance-measured indicators.
Identifying available resources (for example, people, material, and finances).
Mapping out in detail the desired situation.
Clearly defining methodology.
Accurately analysing options including impact and feasibility.
Specifying obstacles and ways to overcome them through continuous improvement.
Regularly monitoring the implementation of solutions to achieve objectives and expected benefits.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Jul 2025
We are looking for a Continuous Improvement Specialist which is a highly skilled process manager who utilizes a range of expertise, including project management and leadership, to effectively secure IMS buy-in and support, drive ongoing performance enhancements, and facilitate process development across all relevant areas of responsibility.
Identifying opportunities for process improvement, on-site IMS training and, ultimately, cost reduction.
Planning, facilitating, and executing continuous improvement events.
Teaching, leading, and coaching cross-functional teams.
Working to continuously improve processes both on the production floor as well as transactional by collaborating with multiple functions such as logistics.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.
www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
First Point of Contact for all IMS related problems/issues.
Evaluating and prioritizing potential improvements based on gains and required effort.
Securing employee commitment (ex: process managers) for proactive change management.
Establishing a clear and well-articulated implementation plan.
Establishing criteria for the project’s success and preparing a sound statement of constraints/limiting factors.
Appropriately implementing principles of governance.
Resolving technical problems such as formulation, equipment, product, interpretation of regulations, and resource availability.
Identifying intervention priorities and indicators.
Conducting detailed analysis of the current situation that accurately describes the issues.
Specifying deliverables, outcome indicators, and performance-measured indicators.
Identifying available resources (for example, people, material, and finances).
Mapping out in detail the desired situation.
Clearly defining methodology.
Accurately analysing options including impact and feasibility.
Specifying obstacles and ways to overcome them through continuous improvement.
Regularly monitoring the implementation of solutions to achieve objectives and expected benefits.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Jul 2025