The OD Consultant is a key role within Women's and Children's (W& C) service at UHB, who will support the team to drive and deliver improvements in culture, behaviours, engagement and leadership. The focus will initially be with Maternity and Neonates located across three hospital sites.

We are looking for someone who will lead, deliver and embrace innovation, embed a high-performance culture and embody the values of UHB. You will work with a dedicated team of professionals within W& C.

You will be an expert on human behaviour and what is affecting culture and advise on what support is required to strengthen patient safety culture.

Most importantly, the role is to work and support the team as an impartial coach, mentor, a subject matter expert, sounding block, and a confidential ear.

Contact: Katy Hogan, Operational Director W& C

katy.hogan@uhb.nhs.uk

Contact: 0121 424 3722 or 0121 424 3620

Main duties of the job

Working as a core member of the Women's and Children's clinical and management team, the post holder will provide leadership, direction, professional curiosity, and direct support within maternity and neonatal services.

The post holder will work with key stakeholders and interdependent projects and programmes, to foster greater wellbeing, develop leadership capacity, develop a safety culture, a culture of civility and embed a sense of shared ownership/responsibility and accountability across the services. This will set the foundations for long term sustainable change and improvement that will support the development of clinical excellence across maternity and neonatal pathways.

Applying a 'whole system' perspective, the post holder will utilise a combination of OD improvement skills to support the delivery of sustainable cultural and transformational change.

The post holder will quickly establish credibility, build, and maintain excellent working relationships at all levels of the organisation, ensuring partnership working and effectively bringing together programmes of work.

The post holder will work flexibly, across all hospital sites and external locations as required.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behavioural Framework.
• * Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

Experience

Essential

• * Professional and specialised knowledge acquired through master's degree in OD or similar teaching.
• * If similar teaching, specialist training in Organisational Development.
• * Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to OD and QI e.g. NHSI QSIR Practitioner.
• * Accredited facilitator of one or more OD tools e.g. MBTI, WAVE.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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