Go back Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Head of Quality Improvement and Transformation

The closing date is 05 October 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious clinical professional to join the Chief Nurse directorate and professional leads in the leadership and provision of clinical expertise in quality improvement (QI) and transformation.We are looking for an inspiring, motivated, and innovative individual who will lead collaboration across the Trust in the development of a culture of continuous quality improvement. The post-holder will possess expertise in quality improvement frameworks for example Six Sigma and Model for Improvement, transformational leadership and change management.We are seeking candidates who have a clinical background and an active professional registration.Main duties of the job

The post holder will have corporate and clinical responsibilities within their role to lead on the Trusts Quality Accreditation Programme (Ward Accreditation), and harm free care, with support from specialist clinical roles leading on certain areas of compliance and harm free care to improve patient care and outcomes.You will oversee the Trust''s approach to quality compliance and lead on activities to provide ward to board assurance and CQC preparedness.The post holder will work directly and collaboratively within services on areas of compliance and quality improvement, while being part of the Clinical Governance team under the line management from the Deputy Director of Quality and Risk.The post-holder will be given the opportunity for professional development through opportunities internally and externally to the Trust.About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK''s leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK''s first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tourJob responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.Person Specification

Qualifications

Post registration Masters degree, and/or working towards Masters degree, or significant evidence of relevant professional developmentEvidence of substantive expertise in improvement methodologyEvidence of experience in teaching/or teaching qualification.Evidence of Continuous Professional DevelopmentQuality improvement qualification or previous experienceCoaching qualification or significant organisational-wide experience of supporting people though changeExperience

Significant experience and evidence of leading and managing organisation-wide major clinical quality improvement projects from conception, implementation, delivery and evaluation on time within the NHSKnowledge and expertise of quality compliance and activities and data analysis to provide ward to board assurance.High level of people management skills, with the ability to influence and build positive and productive relationships, at all levelsAbility to analyse complex business processes and procedural issues and to provide creative solutionsExperience of providing organisation-wide or Board level information to include presentations and written and verbal reportsExperience of implementing national guidelines and policies with the ability to interpret national advice, guidance and requirements and advise their organisation on how these should be implementedAbility to write and present accurate and concise reports to various groups, at all levels, and to use them to influence others at decision making levelsGood organisational skills and the ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlinesAdaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and changePersonal resilience and coping strategies to deal with distressing or emotional circumstances, including challenging behaviour from patients / relatives / colleaguesGood understanding of the national and local political contextKnowledge of harm free care work with the NHS (Falls/VTE/Pressure Ulcers prevention etc)Additional Criteria

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust''s values: Compassion, Excellence, CollaborationThe post is based at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus. We also have offices at Huntington that you maybe be required to travel to on occasions.Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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