Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) System Partner

Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust provides:<br/><br/>• Secondary tier acute services from Sandwell Hospital in West Bromwich and City Hospital site in west Birmingham.<br/><br/>• Community services in Sandwell including a community hospital at Rowley Regis.<br/><br/>• Operates several GP practices across Sandwell and west Birmingham. <br/><br/>It has a turnover of £660 million pa with assets of £647 million and employs over 7,600 people (2021/22 accounts). The Trust will open the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick in 2024, which will provide acute services including an Emergency Department and 700 inpatient beds, creating a singular ’hot’ site. <br/><br/>The Authority is looking to award a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) System Partner who will support and scale a programme of work to design, implement and embed an organisation-wide improvement system to deliver our ambition in a timely and measured way. We currently do not have sufficient capacity, skills and capability to do this unsupported. <br/><br/>We are seeking a partner that understands our Trust’s context including the organisational strategy, culture, ambitions and priorities and will support us to build constructively on our first phase of improvement. A suitable partner would provide: <br/><br/>• An approach which addresses both the relational (cultural) and technical activities required to achieve the above. <br/>• Relevant experience and track record of supporting healthcare organisations to make significant improvements including international or national standing in the field of improvement<br/>• The ability to provide flexible or ‘tailored’ support in response to our needs and to deploy adequate resources within the timescales <br/>• Expert advice and coaching to create the structural and relational conditions for improvement<br/>• Support and challenge to apply leadership behaviours for improvement consistently and sustainably<br/>• Willingness to challenge and develop insight and capability through a ‘critical friend’ approach<br/>• Expose the Trust to best practice and the ‘art of the possible’<br/>• Encourage learning and sharing within the Trust, with its partners and externally<br/>• Build the understanding of the economic case for improvement and provide support to demonstrate return on investment. Additional information: Please register your interest and access the tender documentation via the Atamis tender portal.