Improvement Advisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role seeks a skilled and enthusiastic Improvement Advisor to join the Improvement and Transformation Team. You will help teams across the Trust design, test, and embed sustainable improvements to strengthen patient care, staff experience, and organisational performance. The position involves working with clinical and operational teams, using improvement methodologies, data, coaching, and facilitation skills to support meaningful change. You will identify improvement opportunities, develop innovative solutions, and foster a culture of continuous learning.
Key responsibilities
- Lead delegated improvement projects and defined workstreams within the Trust's improvement and transformation portfolio.
- Support teams and partners to understand problems, test and implement change, measure impact, and sustain improvement using improvement science, systems thinking, service redesign, and programme/project management approaches.
- Facilitate improvement activity and larger System and whole pathway transformations.
- Facilitate value management improvement workshops and capability development sessions with teams.
- Work collaboratively with clinical and operational teams, people with lived experience, and internal/external partners to improve quality, outcomes, experience, productivity, and value.
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 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.
- 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.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Improvement Advisor
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
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.
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