BtLW Strategic Workforce & Cultural Change Practitioner
Job summary
Do you want to join a once-in-a-lifetime transformational Programme at one of the largest UK NHS Health Trusts?
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trusts plans to build new hospitals. With an award-winning, multi-disciplinary Programme Team and as one of the largest new hospital projects in the UK, the Trusts Programme Team combines clinical and design expertise, construction/project management excellence, and specialist roles. It works in a fast-paced and collaborative environment with responsibility for the planning, design, construction and delivery of the new hospital.
We are looking for new talent with workforce planning and organisation and cultural change management experience. You will support the development of effective Change Management Plans focused on cultural change to support the successful transition to the new healthcare facilities. You will also provide support to the development and implementation of workforce plans to support the new hospitals project. You will work with key stakeholders and will play a key role in supporting the project meet its objectives on time and on budget.
The role should be considered an on-site role with the opportunity to take advantage from the Trusts flexible working policies. The role shall be required to work from any of the Trusts premises, although is expected to be predominantly based at the LGI site or nearby premises.
Main duties of the job
You will support the BtLW Strategic Workforce and Cultural Change Lead by supporting the development, implementation and management of the overarching Organisational Cultural Change & Engagement Strategy/plan and an aligned Management and Implementation Plan.
You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team including members of the BtLW team such as Senior Project Managers and BtLW Workstream Leads along with colleagues across the Trust in Clinical Service Units (CSUs) and Corporate Teams.
About us
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusts award-winning Building the Leeds Way Programme Team who have responsibility for leading the planning and delivery of the Trusts new hospitals.
This is a complex and evolving Programme that will see you working on one of the largest transformation and capital investment Programmes in the City. Working in a supportive team that will enable you to maximise the impact of your role providing you with significant opportunities in a role that will be changing, fast-paced and dynamic - no day will be the same! Youll be encouraged to collaborate with colleagues and key stakeholders, be empowered to make decisions and youll have training, mentoring and professional support to enable you to maximise your contribution and impact to delivering the Trusts new hospital plans.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Reporting to the BtLW Strategic Workforce and Cultural Change Lead the role involves supporting and facilitating senior operational and clinical managers to identify the change required, align to service and workforce plans, plan and deliver workforce education and training, and ensuring that all other relevant Programme Workstreams are actively involved and considered to include Digital and Innovation, Workforce, Architectural Design, Equipment and Strategic Fit.
The post holder will have excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiating skills and will work with Clinical and non-Clinical Service Units to support the implementation and effective administration of change management plans and activities (relating to workspace, workforce education, training and transformation aligned to new systems and technologies; and the cultural and human factors of change aligned to service and workforce integration and new ways of working) in accordance with approved change management methodologies, the Leeds Improvement Method and the Programme Plan.
Banding subject to review
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
- Demonstration of effective stakeholder management, with an on-going commitment to building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and collaborations.
- Strong management skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams and have them understand the Trusts performance expectations.
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
- High level of organisation, self-motivation and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- A preparedness to take responsibility and work autonomously demonstrating a commitment to delivering results, a quality service and delivery at pace.
- Commitment to supporting change and continuous improvement and deliver change objectives.
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
- Postgraduate qualification to Masters level or equivalent experience.
- Change Management Qualification or similar.
Experience
- Experience of being involved in the development and implementation of complex change management programmes involving multiple stakeholders.
- Leading change management workstreams/sub-projects within wider change management projects/programmes.
- Proven ability to support and deliver change management initiatives and support clinical services transition to new facilities and new ways of working.
- NHS experience in a Change Management Environment
- Experience of leading and developing workforce plans across an organisation.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to work under pressure within an area which is developing and fast moving, where the direction of travel is not always well-defined.
- Ability to secure engagement and confident communication skills, willing to challenge and be challenged.
- Ability to support decision making processes through the preparation of information involving highly complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of
- Ability to identify and coordinate any inputs required from others, developing programme plans and managing performance against plan to ensure that tasks are allocated, performed in accordance with
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/
- Company
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom LS1 3EX
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom LS1 3EX
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year
- Posted