Job overview

The Head of System Redesign will play a crucial part in the delivery of the Trust’s strategy – Our Future Together – providing advanced subject matter expertise to develop the advanced improvement architecture, methodological governance and cross boundary working structures across Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the City and Hackney place-based partnership through the institute for change.

Main duties of the job

• Act as the definitive expert authority on complex improvement systems thinking 
  and system redesign methodologies across the Trust and wider partnership.
• Establish and maintain standardised operating procedures, quality management 
  governance, and technical redesign toolkits across the entire directorate footprint. 
• Provide improvement leadership for large-scale service design and pathway 
  transformation initiatives that eliminate fragmentation, reduce unwarranted 
  variation, and optimise patient flow through hospital services and out into the 
  wider healthcare system. 
• Establish cross-sector communities of practice to accelerate the spread of 
  innovation, shared learning, and proven redesign concepts.
• Lead the develivery of data analysis for improvement at Trust Board, sub
  committees and partnership Boards in order to gain consensus and assurance on 
  work in progress.  
• Build and maintain highly effective collaborative alliances with key external 
  stakeholders, including the North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB), 
  Primary Care Networks (PCNs), Local Authorities (London Borough of Hackney 
  and City of London), and voluntary sector partners.
• Provide visible, compassionate, and inclusive day-to-day leadership and line 
  management as required to direct reports within the portfolio. 

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff.  This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan.  All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.