Performance Improvement Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Performance Improvement Lead within the Trust's Operational Performance Team. The successful candidate will help continuously improve service performance by engaging with stakeholders and interpreting complex data. It offers an opportunity to develop skills and progress into more senior Performance Management roles. The position requires strong interpersonal, communication, and data analytical skills, along with experience in operational management and service improvement.
Essential criteria
- Involvement in the development of proactive reporting functions to support business change.
Desirable criteria
- Extensive NHS experience in an analytical or performance improvement role.
- Experience in managing or leading on multiple projects in an NHS or health related field of work.
- Experience of problem solving approaches and maintaining stakeholder relationships
- Excellent keyboard and PC skills
- To be able to understand challenges faced by services at pace and work collaboratively to support improvements.
- Communication and engagement with stakeholders
- Advanced knowledge of NHS information issues.
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.
- Understanding of the principles of NHS performance management
- Knowledge of demand and capacity planning within an NHS organisation
- Knowledge of project management techniques and principles
- Knowledge of Power BI
- Degree in scientific or business subject involving a high standard of numeracy
- ECDL
- Project Management qualification (Such as Prince2) or relevant experience
- Business analytics and/or demand and capacity qualification
- Involvement in the development of proactive reporting functions to support business change.
- Extensive NHS experience in an analytical or performance improvement role.
- Experience in managing or leading on multiple projects in an NHS or health related field of work.
- Experience of problem solving approaches and maintaining stakeholder relationships
- Excellent keyboard and PC skills
- To be able to understand challenges faced by services at pace and work collaboratively to support improvements.
- Communication and engagement with stakeholders
- Advanced knowledge of NHS information issues.
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.
- Understanding of the principles of NHS performance management
- Knowledge of demand and capacity planning within an NHS organisation
- Knowledge of project management techniques and principles
- Knowledge of Power BI
- Degree in scientific or business subject involving a high standard of numeracy
- ECDL
- Project Management qualification (Such as Prince2) or relevant experience
- Business analytics and/or demand and capacity qualification
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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Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Performance Improvement Lead
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
Closing Date: 27.09.26
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 28.09.26
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 05.10.26
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Performance Improvement Lead, within the Trust's Operational Performance Team. This post offers the chance to work within a supportive team, will help you develop and strengthen your skills and abilities, whilst giving you the autonomy to shine. This opportunity also provides a strong platform to develop into more senior Performance Management roles.
Main duties of the job
This role is integral to our ambition to continuously improve performance, of the services we provide. To succeed in this position, the right applicant must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to engage and influence others and ability to interpret highly complex data. They must be educated to graduate level or have equivalent experience in a middle management role. They should also have experience of day to day operational management, performance monitoring, service improvement and project delivery- supported by strong data analytical sk
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