Health Improvement Project Lead

Are you an experienced project leader who has a background in public health and a passion to improve the health of patients and communities in North West London?
As the Health Improvement Project Lead you will lead the set-up and delivery of a range of health improvement initiatives at the Trust. You will work collaboratively with a range of multidiscinary teams both at the Trust and across the Integrated Care System (local authorities, other acute providers, community services etc). The initial focus for this role will be to establish Smoking Cessation provision for our patients both in our hospitals and in their communities. This aspiration is to develop a range of health improvement initiatives to ensure that we Make Every Contact Count (MECC).  

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the broader Health Equity Programme, you will lead the set-up and delivery of a range of health improvement initiatives at the Trust, in the first instance focusing on smoking cessation.
As well as project management skills you will ideally have experience in using quality improvement methods to undertake tests of change and be able to work in an agile and responsive way.
Specifically this includes:
Ensuring that the Trust meets requirements for health improvement initiatives (incl. smoking cessation) as set out in national policy or by commissioners
Working collaboratively with clinical leads, the multidisciplinary team and other key stakeholders across the ICS to design and implement health improvement interventions which are innovative and evidence-based
Engaging, managing and influencing a wide range of stakeholders and complex relationships sometime facilitating large groups of stakeholders at once.
Ensuring there is appropriate resource for the schemes of work including managing any associated project budgets
Developing and measuring key performance indicators for the programme and developing an evaluation framework to understand impact of the initiatives
Providing regular progress reports to Trust committees including the Executives.