Innovation and Development Specialist – London Air Ambulance

London’s Air Ambulance (LAA) is a well-established pre-hospital service which operates from and in partnership with Barts Health Trust. Barts Health Trust is the busiest major trauma centre in London with an established trauma service and research programme in trauma sciences. LAA provides a 24-hour trauma service by helicopter and fast response car and works closely with London Ambulance Service to provide high quality trauma care before arrival in the London Major Trauma Centres.

Aim of the role

The aim of the role is to deliver elements of service innovation and development in the form of focussed and specific projects with key deliverables and outputs. The projects may include any or all elements of high-quality training, audit, research, quality improvement and governance.

• There are several posts of one-year duration which may be renewed or concluded at the end of the term at the discretion of the needs of the service and by mutual consent.
• These posts do not have a front-line focus and do not include clinical shifts, or observer shifts with the clinical teams.
• These jobs are aimed at those with medical experience with at least 6 years of experience post qualification.
• The following is a summary of the roles and intended primary projects. It is acknowledged that further projects and deliverables may evolve over the period of the post if the primary projects are reasonably concluded and capacity exists.
  
  

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daniel Nevin Job title: Consultant HEMs Email address: [email protected]