Job summary

A great opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Senior OD Consultant to join our OD team at UHN.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in undertaking strategic responsibilities as well as interventional work to support us at UHN to continue to develop and build our collaborative and implement a robust programme of Organisational Development and Design.

In line with the overarching UHN priorities, contribute to the development of the UHN OD and Inclusion strategy and lead the local implementation to secure improvements in performance, behaviour and engagement.

Responsible for supporting managers and leaders in implementing effective change management processes and support an ethos of continuous improvement.

Provide diagnostics to services and teams, including taking actions through to delivery and ensuring appropriate measurement of interventions, to enable leaders to create the environment and culture in which individual and team performance is enhanced and valued.

Contribute to the development and embedding of the UHN values and lead local delivery of work to embed organisational values and shape a culture where these are authentic and observed.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to the development and implementation of the UHN Organisational Development and inclusion strategy that improves business performance.

Identify and implement initiatives to support the delivery of the UHN People Plan, ensuring consistency across UHN.

Contribute to the development and embedding of the UHN values and their local implementation.

Facilitate teams and coach individuals to support delivery of the UHN transformation, quality improvement and efficiency programme.

Leads the OD support to clinical and non-clinical collaboration

Provide support to teams and individuals experiencing difficulties behavioural / teamwork / conflict resolution.

In conjunction with the HRBP team and the H&WB team to highlight to the Head of OD & Inclusion areas of concern and identify appropriate interventions to resolve the issues.

Monitor progress and identifies new interventions where appropriate.

Design, develop and deliver training programmes and give presentations on organisational development interventions, skills, methodology and outcomes.

Ensure that vision, values and leadership behaviours are effectively communicated and embedded into the organisation culture and ways of working.

Consult stakeholders on organisational development plans and lead implementation as appropriate.

To participate in committees and act on behalf of the Head of OD & Inclusion as and when required.

About us

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group is made up of Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and Kettering General NHS Foundation Trust.

Both hospitals are separate hospitals / employers with hospital board and leadership. We share a group executive team leading on a shared vision, mission, priorities, strategies and Dedicated to Excellence Values.

Our Excellence Values : CompassionRespectIntegrityCourageousAccountableWe want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

Staff Engagement

Work with the relevant Head of Communications and Engagement to implement the Trust employee engagement strategy ensuring outcomes deliver for staff and for patients.

To communicate and directly engage with staff to seek their participation and involvement with trust wide organisational development and staff engagement strategies.

Provide specialist staff engagement expertise service areas the people / human dimensions of change.

Support the effective implementation of the national staff survey by suggesting the best methods for maximising completion, driving the same and responding as needed.

Identify appropriate responses to the staff survey and enable the implementation through local management.

Work with the communications and engagement team to develop and implement ways to stay in touch with staff pulse surveys, listening events.

Contribute to the development and implementation of recognition plans based on intelligence gathered during the course of activities.

Leadership and Management Development Identify the needs for leadership and management development, assess the appropriate response, design the relevant programmes, deliver the programmes where appropriate or work in partnership with the Learning and Education team / external suppliers

Assess the effectiveness of programmes, identify improvements and amend accordingly.

Design and deliver bespoke development interventions to teams and individuals.

Support the design of the UHN talent management programme and be responsible for its local implementation liaising where appropriate with Group colleagues, UHL partners, system partners or regional bodies

External Represent UHN on system OD groups as and when require

Personal and Professional Development Ensure that all mandatory training is up to date.

Partake in all specialist workshops offered internally.

Keep up to date on HR best practice and statutory regulations / guidance.

Continuously improve own knowledge of OD practice.

For further details / informal visits contact : Name Brad Scott

Job title Head of OD & ED&I

Email address

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree or equivalent demonstrable experience ( in an OD / Practitioner role)
• Specific OD practitioner accreditation MBTI, Insights, DISC, Hogan, Sova, 360 facilitation
• ILM Coaching accreditation / equivalent experience in Coaching at a senior level
• Evidence of CIPD development activity undertaken in areas relevant to the remit of this role

Desirable

• Occupational / Psychometric qualification
• Project Management experience

Skills

Essential

• Experience of supporting or leading change and service transformation to deliver improved outcomes
• Ability to influence across a broad range of stakeholders including Trade Unions and within challenging environment politically astute
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate both direct reports and colleagues from across the organisation
• Ability to coach others (teams and individuals) to find their own solutions
• Innovative, with the ability to "think differently" and challenge current behaviours and mind sets
• Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to facilitate groups of all sizes to achieve agreed outcomes
• Highly effective communication skills : verbal, written, presentation
• IT Skills MS Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the ability to manipulate and present complex information

Desirable

Experience of working in the NHS across multiple sites, different organisational culture and developing a system network

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Compassionate and inclusive leader, team player and responsive to the needs of colleagues. Behaviours which align to our Values
• Open to new ideas and change and actively promotes new ways of working
• Resilience to keep focused and positive for others
• Self motivated and confident (understands and manages own emotions / is attuned to the emotions of others, knowing how to respond)
• Driven to deliver on organisational objectives and have a strong drive for improving performance

Last updated : 2024-06-23