Job summary
- Main area
- Transformation
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 249-6568782
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £74,290 - £85,601 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/09/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/09/2024
Employer heading
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Head of Transformation and Improvement Hub
Band 8c
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
Head of Transformation & Improvement Hub
Do you enjoy making a difference and leading improvements? This job is an excellent opportunity to transform services for and with patients, their families and the staff who provide care every day. You will be at the heart of our lean based, Improving Together management system at an exciting time as we move into our third year of deployment.
You will be a leader who is passionate about supporting others and delivering transformation and change well. You will be skilled in programme and change management and have a track record of leading and delivering demonstrable large scale change. You will be an inspiring leader will a coaching and collaborative style.
Your will lead a team of project and programme practitioners who are motivated to make a difference and support a wide ranging portfolio of transformation. You will be a subject matter expert in transformation and help lead a centre of excellence which trains and coaches teams Trust wide. You will be passionate about empowering others and able to set high standards for our work. In return you will have a diverse scope of work in which you can make a material difference and be supported to learn, develop and thrive.
As a Foundation Trust, the Great Western Hospitals services a population in excess of 300,000, providing Acute and Community Services.
Main duties of the job
This is a high profile post integral to the success of the organisation. The post holder will work at a high level in the organisation demonstrating credibility with Trust Directors, the Senior Management Team, Clinical and frontline teams as well as with external bodies including system partners and regulators. The post holder will support the Deputy Director of Improvement who is responsible for the overall delivery of the ‘Improving Together’ approach and a range of improvement programmes to drive efficiency, productivity and quality within the organisation.
The post holder has the following key areas of responsibility:
- To provide strategic and operational leadership to drive the delivery of transformational change programmes that enable the Trust to achieve our vision.
- To be accountable for the governance and development, monitoring and oversight of the transformational and change management elements of the Trust’s Improvement and Efficiency programmes, ensuring both a short and medium term savings programme is properly planned, implemented and monitored.
- To be an exemplary ambassador for our Improving Together approach (the Trust’s approach to improvement) leading on elements of the Operational Management System and supporting the overall success of our implementation roadmap.
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
- Service We will put our patients first
- Teamwork We will work together
- Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
- Respect We will act with integrity
Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
This role is suitable for hybrid working but we would expect the post holder to be onsite a minimum of three days a week and flexible to the needs of the organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide management and leadership of the Transformation & Improvement Hub including the leadership of our programme management office to develop and maintain a balanced and resourced portfolio of transformation aligned to our strategic priorities. This includes leading delivery of cross divisional transformation projects and programmes. The team supports transformation and improvements across all trust departments with out partnership in Swindon and across the Acute Hospital Alliance and Integrated Care System.
Please see attached Full Job Description
Interview Date: 12th September 2024
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level education
- Project/Programme Management qualification e.g. PRINCE 2, MSP or equivalent
- Evidence of on-going development and continuous learning
- Evidence of awareness of improvement approaches and their application
- Post-graduate Masters level qualification in relevant professional field
Desirable criteria
- Improvement qualification e.g. QSIR or lean accreditation
- General Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven track record at a senior level within a health or care environment.
- Demonstrate experience in driving large-scale change that has involved managing people, technology and process
- Able to work at senior level both within GWH and ICS
- Experience of the delivery of cost improvement programmes within a complex organisation
- Experience of delivering cross organisational change and improvement
- Experience of working with Executive teams and boards
- Able to provide concise clear reports and present at Board and executive committee level
- Working in complex cultural environments and have examples of how to improve ways of working between teams
- Able to show experience in creating and maintaining highly performing teams
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the wider NHS agenda and current issues and guidance
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Davies
- Job title
- Efficiencies Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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