Following a recent restructure to better align our culture and improvement programmes, an exciting opportunity has risen for a Head of Culture and Strategic Improvement. This critical role involves leading a team dedicated to the programme management and delivery of many of our key refreshed strategic priority focus areas. It uniquely combines the responsibility of driving effective cultural change and embedding a culture of continuous improvement with the application of change management, and organisational development methodologies. We are seeking an individual who is not only passionate about continuous improvement but also deeply committed to developing and delivering programmes of work that address the human factors essential for supporting and sustaining change.

Main duties of the job

As the Head of Culture and Strategic Improvement, you will play a pivotal role in delivering our refreshed strategy by driving cultural transformation and strategic improvement initiatives. Working closely with the Assistant Director of Strategy, Organisational Development and Improvement, you will focus on creating an environment that supports key improvement and change initiatives. Your leadership will ensure that improvement and change methodologies are effectively integrated with a strong cultural emphasis across the Trust's strategic priority areas. You will oversee significant Trust-wide projects, aligning them with organisational priorities and fostering a culture that promotes the successful delivery of our 2024-2027 Strategy. Building effective relationships is crucial in this role due to the collaborative nature and programme management aspects.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Strategically manage programmes aligned with our key strategic priority areas of our organisational strategy, integrating change management, improvement methodologies, and cultural transformation initiatives.
• Set up appropriate programme and workstream plans highlighting key deliverables, milestones, roles and responsibilities required.Lead on the development and implementation of key cultural change areas of working, including the development and integration of psychological safety and team effectiveness programmes aimed at enhancing team effectiveness within the Trust.
• Lead the implementation of the continuous improvement barometer and people promise barometer in partnership with HRBPs and the People Promise Manager.
• Developing actionable insights and driving initiatives to enhance organisational culture and support change efforts.
• Management responsibility of a team ensuring that individuals have clear objectives, regular feedback, formal appraisals and personal development plans and that any performance issues are effectively managed.
• Foster strong matrix management and partnerships with the Quality management team, promoting consistency and sharing best practices to drive continuous improvement.

Person Specification

Programme Management

Essential

• Experience in project or programme management
• Experience of quality improvement methodology

Desirable

• QSIR Training

Culture

Essential

• Experience working with teams to understand issues impacting change
• Experience of designing, developing and implementing interventions that support cultural change

Desirable

• Understanding of employee engagement theory and approaches

Management

Essential

• Experience managing a team
• Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience of analysing complex data with multiple components of information in both qualitative and quantitative formats

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pinewood House

Pinewood Place

Dartford, Bexley

DA2 7WG

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