This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

The Senior OD & Improvement Partner role provides an exciting opportunity to shape, deliver and evolve the organisational development and service improvement strategy for STFT.

The post holder will be a member of a small, expert Organisational Development and Service Improvement resource within the Trust, assisting in developing and delivering training and interventions which support continous service improvement, alongside the ongoing development of culture and team-based working.

The post holder will work closely with a range of teams to deliver the continous service improvement agenda for South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide an informed understanding of service improvement and OD principles, supported by strong leadership, management coordination and a strategic awareness.

In particular, the post holder will liaise across the organisation, and wider healthcare system, in order to ensure that training and interventional support is fit for purpose, serving as an 'internal-consultancy' support service for those services requiring ongoing improvement.

The post holder will be required to identify, build and manage strong and influential relationships on behalf of the Trust with key stakeholders and to deliver training on service improvement.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust values and behaviours

Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Significant experience of working with or within Organisational Development (OD)
• Knowledge of multiple quality improvement methodologies
• A solid understanding of the importance learning and development makes to the delivery of patient care
• Experience of developing and delivering OD interventions
• Recent evidence and experience of working collaboratively and influentially across multiple disciplines.

Desirable

• Staff and Project Management experience and/or qualification in a related area (management, education or training)
• Experience of leading and managing change
• Strong team leadership and communication skills, with experience of managing people, conflict and negotiating change

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters-degree (or demonstrable equivalent in field of Organisational Development and / or Service Improvement
• First level degree (or demonstrable equivalent in relevant field)

Desirable

• ILM 5 training
• Affina OD Coach

Experience

Essential

• Extensive training delivery experience
• Team-based working to achieve objectives
• Experience of making complex formal presentations to varied audiences
• Experience in implementing major developments in large organisations

Desirable

• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications especially MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills and strategic thinking

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

328-CP-6318386-LJ