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Job summary

Main area
Digital
Grade
Band 7
Contract
9 months (Fixed Term: 9 months)
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
351-CS2945-MF
Employer
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sceptre Point
Town
Preston
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/09/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Improvement Advisor

Band 7

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

  • Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
  • Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
  • Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Improvement Advisor to join our Improvement and Transformation Team. You will help teams across the Trust design, test and embed sustainable improvements that strengthen patient care, staff experience and organisational performance.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with clinical and operational teams, using improvement methodologies, data, coaching and facilitation skills to support meaningful change. You will help teams identify opportunities for improvement, develop innovative solutions and embed a culture of continuous learning and improvement across the organisation.

We are seeking an individual who is passionate about improvement, values collaboration and is motivated by making a positive difference. Whether supporting large-scale transformation programmes or local service improvements, you will play a key role in helping colleagues deliver better outcomes for our communities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead delegated improvement projects and defined workstreams within the Trust’s improvement and transformation portfolio, working under the professional direction of Senior Improvement Advisors and the relevant Associate Director.

Using improvement science, systems thinking, service redesign and programme and project management approaches, the post holder will support teams and partners to understand problems, test and implement change, measure impact and sustain improvement. The role will facilitate improvement activity and larger System and whole pathway transformations. They will also facilitate value management improvement workshops and capability development sessions with teams.

The post holder will work collaboratively with clinical and operational teams, people with lived experience and internal and external partners to improve quality, outcomes, experience, productivity and value.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters in health / social care, improvement, change management subject or applicable experience
  • QI qualification Recognised improvement qualification, or equivalent structured training and practical experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development in improvement, facilitation, coaching, service redesign or project delivery.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the application of the science of QI approaches in a range of contexts.
  • Knowledge of steps for successful measurement and the skills to use measurement approaches to demonstrate project outcomes.
  • Ability to enable teams to make appropriate interventions through accurate analysis of the problem.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Creation and delivery of quality improvement training in a health setting
  • Prior experience of utilising the Model for Improvement
  • Significant improvement experience in a large organisation and able to demonstrate measurable outcomes.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sharon O'Connor
Job title
Chief Nursing Information Officer
Email address
sharon.o'[email protected]
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