Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) System Partner

Concepts

• birmingham
• management consultancy
• sandwell
• sandwell & west birmingham nhs trust
• continuous quality improvement
• significant improvements
• suitable partner
• system partner
• organisation-wide improvement system
• improvements

Location

Sandwell:

Description

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust are seeking a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) System Partner who can help support organisational development and improvements.

Total Quantity or Scope

Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust provides:• Secondary tier acute services from Sandwell Hospital in West Bromwich and City Hospital site in west Birmingham.• Community services in Sandwell including a community hospital at Rowley Regis.• Operates several GP practices across Sandwell and west Birmingham. 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. 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. 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: • An approach which addresses both the relational (cultural) and technical activities required to achieve the above. • Relevant experience and track record of supporting healthcare organisations to make significant improvements including international or national standing in the field of improvement• The ability to provide flexible or ‘tailored’ support in response to our needs and to deploy adequate resources within the timescales • Expert advice and coaching to create the structural and relational conditions for improvement• Support and challenge to apply leadership behaviours for improvement consistently and sustainably• Willingness to challenge and develop insight and capability through a ‘critical friend’ approach• Expose the Trust to best practice and the ‘art of the possible’• Encourage learning and sharing within the Trust, with its partners and externally• 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.

CPV Codes

• 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
• 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

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