Medical Education and Quality Improvement Fellow

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 February 2026

Please note the Trust reserve the right to expire the vacancy early should sufficient number of applications has been received.

The postholder will build on current Quality Improvement projects in relation to Medical Education and have the opportunity to be involved in other key priority areas of the Quality Improvement Team such as improving safety on mental health wards and reducing the number of moderate and severe harm incidents. There will be exceptional support to the post-holder to project plan and deliver and will offer an unrivalled opportunity to understand medical education and quality improvement at a Trust level.

For medical personnel the post would be offered as an Out of Programme for Experience (OOPE).

We are looking for ambitious and motivated individuals who feel they can make a real difference in terms of taking on wide-ranging projects and delivering meaningful results. The successful applicant will understand postgraduate medical training and will be able to think strategically around solutions. The outcomes of the work should easily accommodate publication in peer-reviewed journals related to medical education and quality improvement.

The start date of the post can be negotiable depending on the individual circumstances of the successful applicant. However, the post will be vacant from August 2026.

If you are interested in applying, an informal discussion about the post is recommended.

Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent and Surrey.

As a Foundation Trust, we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and in our future development.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

We are constantly developing and working in innovative ways to provide modern, dependable services in

• physical and mental health sectors
• primary care, secondary care and community services
• health and social care settings for all ages

CNWL was authorised as a Foundation Trust in May 2007.

This post has been created as a 1 year developmental experience working closely with both the Postgraduate Medical Education Team and the Quality Improvement Team at CNWL.

This is an innovative and exciting leadership role in which the post holder will develop a programme of work aimed at improving the experience of postgraduate medical training within the Trust using educational and quality improvement methodologies.

This role will build on extensive trainee and supervisor engagement work that has been rolled out to improve the trainee experience within the Trust.

The post offers an exciting advanced programme of experiential tuition and project-based training in Quality Improvement methodology and practice, based with CNWL in association with the renowned Institute of Healthcare Improvement.

In addition to the work around trainee experience, the post-holder will have the opportunity to be involved in other key priority areas of the Quality Improvement Team such as improving safety on mental health wards and reducing the number of moderate and severe harm incidents in other services.

The post would be suitable for a higher trainee/SpR as an Out of Programme Experience (OOPE)

Induction and Development Plan

• The postholder will receive a programme of induction by way of introduction to the Trust, QI Supervisor/Manager, QI Team, and QI
• The Post holder will meet with the Trust Quality Improvement Clinical Lead and the Director of Medical Education to agree their work schedule linked to a Development Plan, and identify any additional employment support needed
• Depending on the experience of the post-holder, the outcomes and deliverables of the post will be set with the PGME and QI teams and reviewed regularly

Quality Improvement:

• The post holder will join the high profile Trust Quality Improvement Team which is led by Dr Mehtab Rahman (Trust QI Clinical Lead) and Alison Butler (Trust QI Programme Lead), based at Trust Head Quarters on Euston Road in association with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement IHI, Boston Mass USA
• Intensive introduction to Quality Improvement Methodology using the IHI model including through the Trusts taught programme including on line modules hosted by the Life QI Platform as well as class room teaching…