Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Worthing, West Sussex | United Kingdom
Job description
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join our People Directorate within the newly formed Culture & OD team as an OD Consultant working on the organisational development programme for the Trust.
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Main duties of the job To support the Trust's most strategically important programmes, designing, delivering and evaluating interventions to improve team effectiveness and performance in addition to developing and supporting the organisational strategy through organisational design. This includes structure as well as governance both internally and externally working in collaboration with partners across the health, care and wider systems. In support of the Trust's ambitions to be a high performing organisation, the OD Consultant will deliver a programme of leadership development across the Trust to embed a strong culture of positive, compassionate leadership behaviours.
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Working for our organisation We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
See the attached 'Partnership Perks' document for details about our benefits package.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for full details of the role responsibilities.
Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria - First degree or equivalent level of education / proven experience in the field of OD or related discipline
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, through experience or professional qualification, of Organisational Development, Leadership Development or Talent Management
- Member of CIPD or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience Essential criteria - An understanding of the background and aims of the NHS national people plan
- Experience of working as an internal consultant within an organisation
- Experience of working with leaders to improve staff experience
- Experience of communicating with Board or Executive level colleagues within an organisation and across a network
- Experience of leading and managing complex projects and delivering identified benefits
- Track record of delivering high quality results at pace
- Experience of developing and implementing large scale organisational development interventions
- Ability to develop and deliver change management
- Part of a high performing workforce or OD function which has enabled business transformation
- Experience of working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, able to influence and lead change at the highest level
- Knowledge and experience of methods in qualitative and quantitative review and evaluation of the OD service
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of drafting briefing reports and correspondence at senior management level
- Experienced in developing, writing and launching strategies with supporting implementation and engagement plans
- National NHS Agenda including the People Plan and People Promise including linked national performance targets
- Environmental and political awareness
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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£50.95k - £57.35k per annum
