Quality Improvement Zone

Before starting your application, please ensure that you: 

• Have an appropriate level of QI knowledge. 

• Have the support of your line manager, organisational mentor, and executive sponsor. 

• Have informed them of the ScIL recruitment timelines. 

• Understand that all sections of the application form require digital signatures. 

You can provide either: 

• An electronic signature, or 

• An image of your handwritten signature inserted into the form. 

Typed names cannot be accepted as signatures. If you do not have an image of your signature, you can use the ‘Pen’ option in the Draw menu at the top of the Word document to sign in the designated space. 

⚠️ Applications without all required electronic signatures cannot be processed. 

QI Knowledge Before You Apply 

Participation in the Scottish Improvement Leader (ScIL) programme requires completion of the QI Essentials pathway (or equivalent learning), but we recommend completing Practical QI and ensuring that people who join ScIL have a shared baseline understanding of quality improvement. 

ScIL builds on the QI Essentials pathway through supported application, deeper systems thinking, data interpretation, and mentored improvement practice. It is not intended to teach QI fundamentals. This means that when you apply for ScIL, you should already be familiar with and have practical experience with: 

• Understanding systems and choosing appropriate tools to explore them 

• Outcome-focused improvement aims and understanding basic change theory 

• Testing change using appropriately scaled PDSA cycles 

• Interpreting run charts and talking about variation over time