My part in Midland Met – Meet Max Newbould
July 10, 2024
The next in our My Part in Midland Met series, is with MMUH Programme Delivery Manager, Max Newbould. Having joined the Trust 5 years ago, you may have seen Max at City or Midland Met. He started as an apprentice in business administration, involving simulation-based medical education as a Simulation Technician. With a desire to work on projects, he later became the Improvement PMO Coordinator in the Improvement Team for the Midland Met project. Now, Max is the Programme Delivery Manager for the Fundamentals of Care Programme.
Max explains more about his role. “I support the 16 main project areas within the Fundamentals of Care programme. This involves assisting the triumvirate leads in achieving the agreed objectives before we move into Midland Met, this October. I also work on mitigating risks, hospital standardisation, Rhythm of the Day and implementing digital dashboards to display ward-level metrics.”
Naturally, there are many things that project members can do to prepare for the move. For Max this primarily involves collaborating with his team and key stakeholders. “We want to ensure we are all aligned with working towards shared common goals and prioritising the right work at the right time.”
Max continues and acknowledges the support of his colleagues. “In addition to the hard work of our Comms team and Induction team, I have shared my knowledge with colleagues to spread the word about the new hospital, to reassure and ready people for the new ways of working.”
Midland Met has shaped Max’s role through the array of workstreams involved. “As the Fundamentals of Care Programme is a five-year plan, my role is shaped through working on the many different areas it covers. This includes environments that are clinically optimised, delivering harm-free care and digitally transforming the current way of working so it is more technologically advanced.”
Unsurprisingly, a new hospital brings an enormous amount of benefit to colleagues and patients. Max explains what he feels is the biggest benefit. “Collaboration and synergy are essential for the wealth of experience and talent within our organisation. Merging our emergency services and other teams under one roof, will allow us to work together to care for our local community, break any outstanding cultural divide, align towards achieving the Trust’s strategy, and become the best-integrated care organisation for both our patients and colleagues.”
Max praises the hospital since visiting. “I have been lucky enough to visit Midland Met a handful of times and I’m massively impressed with the progress. From a grey building site to a colourful and modern hospital, Midland Met will provide so much potential as an exciting opportunity for our Trust. It will most definitely be an inspiring workplace.”