Matt Oultram
Matt Oultram is an Improvement Advisor in the Quality Improvement department, supporting our Specialist Child and Young Person’s Services (SCYPS), Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) directorates.
Matt joined the trust in May 2023 as an Improvement Advisor with the quality improvement team. He started his career with the Prison Service (young offenders and Therapeutic Community), before moving into mental health and quality improvement. He has been in a range of QI/QA roles within the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health where he project-managed the CYP Diabetes QI Collaborative. His most recent role was with Barts NHS working in Elective Recovery and the community Women’s Health Hub. He is passionate about engaging with teams and using QI to bring about change, especially through use of technology.
Outside of work, Matt enjoys spending time with family, renovating his house, learning music (guitar/piano), health and fitness (I cycle everywhere!) and watching crime dramas.
An Improvement Advisor role involves:
- Extra support for those projects working
on one of the Trust priority workstreams - Expertise in improvement methods and tools
Their responsibilities are:
- Attending and help coordinate the monthly directorate QI forums
- Teaching staff and service users & carers in improvement methods and tools
- Strategic support for directorate in defining improvement priorities, aligning QI work, building capability
- Regular supervision sessions in each directorate with QI coaches
- Alert clinical/service director and sponsors of projects that are not progressing or where support structure is weak
