Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lead of Colleague Health and Wellbeing, Band 8a

The closing date is 17 July 2025

Job summary

This role offers leadership in advancing current initiatives and sustaining the health and wellbeing framework within a developing area of staff support. The successful candidate will play an integral part in the Trust's cultural improvement journey, working across various functions to support the overall workforce.

The postholder will lead the development and implementation of the Colleague Health and Wellbeing strategy in line with GHFT's Trust Strategy, People and OD plan and the NHS People Plan. This includes engaging with staff to co-design and embed wellbeing initiatives, ensuring a comprehensive approach that addresses the holistic wellbeing of all employees. The role will also focus on aligning health and wellbeing activities with key frameworks such as the NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework, NHS People Promise, and NHSE Wellbeing Principles.

A key aspect of the role is conducting needs assessments and evaluating current provisions, building collaborative relationships across the Trust, and working closely with One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) to deliver holistic support for the workforce. The postholder will also work autonomously while building strong working relationships with all Trust staffing groups, People and OD teams, and external stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

The Lead for Colleague Health and Wellbeing is an exciting position at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHFT), responsible for overseeing and enhancing the health and wellbeing provision for all staff. This role is critical in ensuring a collaborative, strategic approach to colleague support, aligned with the Trust's workforce transformation priorities.

The Lead for Colleague Health and Wellbeing will lead and manage the Colleague Wellbeing Hub team and work closely with the Staff Psychology Lead. This role works within Cultural and Organisational Development and works in partnership with HR colleagues, and other leaders within Education, Learning and Culture, EDI, and Freedom to Speak Up team. Under the direction of the Associate Director of Education, Learning and Culture, the postholder will drive initiatives that support the health and wellbeing of colleagues across all specialties, including Nursing, AHP, Midwifery, and Medical staff.

Additionally, the postholder will spearhead key Trust-wide health and wellbeing projects, staying informed about best practices within the NHS and healthcare systems. The role will require the ability to generate and analyse various sources of data to support Trust leaders in meeting the wellbeing agenda and delivering evidence-based recommendations for continuous improvement in colleague health and wellbeing.

About us

We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.

As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

The Wellbeing service sits within the Culture and OD structure of the People and OD Department. The team are passionate about making positive change.

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year (pro rata if part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

318-25-T0492

Job locations

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Key Responsibilities

- Lead the implementation and evaluation of Health and Wellbeing solutions and initiatives for the Trust, in line with national policy, the NHS long-term workforce plan, NHS People Plan, NHS People Promise, NHS Health and Wellbeing framework, ICS and People and OD strategic corporate objectives.

- Design, deliver and evaluate service activity that supports the P&OD Strategy, Trust Strategic Objectives and aligns to the continuing transformation of GHFT and its services.

- To be responsible for engaging a wide range of staff in the co-design, communication and embedding of our Colleague Health and Wellbeing strategy in line with GHFTs P&OD Strategy and NHS People Plan.

- Deliver the in-year health and wellbeing priorities as appropriate to role and agreed with the Associate Director of Education Learning, and Culture.

- Create and build strong working relationships with the Chief Nurse, Chief AHP, Chief Midwife, Medical Education colleagues, Associate Director for Workforce and Resourcing, HR colleagues and wider P&OD service and Trust leaders to lead on the development of wellbeing offerings.

- To be a key stakeholder in the Culture and Retention work of our staff.

- Use an evidence-based approach to ensure that the basic needs of staff are included in wellbeing plans, to support divisions in providing these services.

- Contribute to the development of a learning organisation, learning from the various lenses into the Trust and providing Best Care for Everyone through appropriate interventions that enable safety, compassionate care and personal and organisation growth.

- Work in collaboration with Head of Education Learning and Development, Head of Cultural and OD, EDI Manager, Lead for FTSU and Associate Director for Education Learning and Culture to scope, research and lead solutions into inclusion and diversity of offerings and support required and towards our cultural improvement.

- Engage and collaborate with other local organisations, NHSE WT&E, One Gloucestershire ICS and other relevant regional and national teams to develop neurodiversity support and strategies with a focus to ensure the inclusion of all staff throughout the Trust.

- Work closely with our EDI team to support staff with Neurodiversity, including the development in collaboration with partners as to the wellbeing required for neurodivergent staff.

- Working in collaboration with key stakeholders regarding reasonable adjustments and staff with disabilities and long-term conditions.

- Contribute to GHFT/NHSE WT&E/ICS reporting and recording processes through Board/Committee papers and regular data returns.

- Lead and participate in the self-assessment and needs analysis and delivery within the NHS Health and Wellbeing framework using the NHS Wellbeing Organisational diagnostic tool and Strategic overview document and the seven elements of the NHS Health and Wellbeing model.

- Identify deliverables, measurables and key milestones to provide assurance and governance of wellbeing provision, reporting back to the P&OD Group.

2. Professional Development, Education and Training

- Ensure professional practice is evidence based or peer reviewed best practice

- Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust IT systems, email, social media, ESR and Microsoft Windows.

- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of accountability, responsibility and Duty of Care and work towards the provision of support and education for less experienced and non-registered staff on the implications for practice.

3. Management and Leadership

- Comply with Trust and Departmental policies and procedures e.g. Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Manual Handling, clinical equipment competency, risk management, Data Protection Acts and patient confidentiality at all times. This will include demonstrating compliance with the terms of all safeguarding policies and processes relevant to the safeguarding of adults and children in the care of GHFT and to undergo regular mandatory training concerned with safeguarding matters.

- Report near misses and untoward incidents, complaints, clinical emergencies, injury or medicine administration errors as detailed in the departmental and Trust protocols. Assist lead staff in investigating incidents as required.

- Demonstrate and promote compassionate leadership and lead through the vision, values and behaviours of the Trust.

- Ensure any funding available is spent meaningfully and transparently. Looking to ensure cost savings are undertaken.

- Development of relevant policies and procedures and taken through the required governance routes.

4. Planning and Organisation

- Using relevant and reliable data sources regularly review the service provision to ensure it remains relevant, innovative and underpinned with research in support of our Trusts aspirations to achieve an Outstanding CQC rating and excellence in education learning and development.

- Introduce innovative ways of working to the service that incorporate digital technologies; this with a view to streamlining, simplifying, achieving cost-efficiencies or making the learning process more enjoyable and effective for our workforce.

- Write, maintain and ensure implementation of relevant policies/protocols/ guidelines relevant to health and wellbeing, staff experience and cultural improvement and change.

- Work collaboratively as part of the Senior Service Line Team, of Education Learning and Culture and the wider Directorate.

- Be aware of and identify risks processes and risk management with specific focus of relevant areas within portfolio

5. Research and Development

- Demonstrate a commitment to research-based practice and educational/learning excellence in all service provision with reflections being a continuous process.

- Remain up-to-date and a strong positive role model in all mandatory training and appraisal reviews as required for self and the team.

6. Communications and Working Relationships

Lead for Colleague Health and Wellbeing is required to: -

- Develop highly motivated, skilled and engaged teams committed to delivering the best care for everyone and positioned to succeed in the ever-changing wellbeing landscape.

- Communicate complex messages effectively and productively with a range of staff at all levels in the Trust up to Board and Non-Executive Director level as well as with our partnering organisations in healthcare and the ICB. This includes a wide range of methods to communicate including business cases/reports, formal presentations to large numbers of people and more intense one to one interactions.

- Act as the Subject Matter Expert and use specialist knowledge to advise a range of stakeholders.

- Engage with local diverse communities, identifying opportunities to extend our network of critical friends and gaining feedback to help inform the Health and Wellbeing strategy/agenda.

- Build and maintain positive and productive relationships both in the achievement of objectives and as a wellbeing lead/advisor for Divisional Directors, Senior Clinical leaders/managers at all levels in the Trust.

- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organisations and individuals, NHS England Workforce, Training & Education, NHS England, Professional bodies such as NMC, GMC and HCPC, partner organisations providing wellbeing services.

- Build and sustain successful working relationships with colleagues in other Health and Care agencies to foster a strong ethos of partnership working and support the achievement of Gloucestershires Strategic (Sustainability) Transformation Plan.

- Build strong networks with other Wellbeing colleagues in NHSE, locally, regionally and nationally.

- Work collaboratively with the Staff Psychology Service and Charity.