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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Transformation Lead

The closing date is 24 March 2026

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Job summary

The post holder is a key member of the Transformation Team at LNWH to lead on and embed the principles of Continuous Improvement, high quality care, productivity and efficiency into practice across all LNWUH sites through their leadership and expertise. The post holder will actively seek opportunities for innovative improvement projects and work with key stakeholders within the specialities across all sites to promote the uptake and delivery of such projects.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to support the transformation team to roll out improvement capability across all London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) sites and to facilitate the integration of these methods into everyday practice in order to provide excellent care as standard. You must have an engaging personality, a belief in the need to continuously improve and the methods to enable this. You will be integral to facilitating and overseeing improvement programmes and projects, working with staff to develop pilot projects, targeted support to enable delivery of programmes, harnessing the triple aim of quality, experience and value at their core. Working across all staff groups, and seniority mentoring and coaching individuals and teams around specific local initiatives.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

o Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

o St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

o Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

o Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Details

Date posted

11 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,631 to £68,623 a year Per Annum Including High Cost Area Supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

337-NP-9467LD

Job locations

Required to work across all LNWH Hospital sites - main base at Northwick Park

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow Road

London

HA1 3UJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • oEducated to Master's level or equivalent experience .

Desirable

  • oProgramme / Project Management or Improvement Qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Evidence of building effective working relationships with clinical, operational, and multi-disciplinary teams
  • Successful track record of working and delivering in complex environments.
  • Experience of delivering successful change initiatives.

Desirable

  • NHS operational experience or general awareness.
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • oEducated to Master's level or equivalent experience .

Desirable

  • oProgramme / Project Management or Improvement Qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Evidence of building effective working relationships with clinical, operational, and multi-disciplinary teams
  • Successful track record of working and delivering in complex environments.
  • Experience of delivering successful change initiatives.

Desirable

  • NHS operational experience or general awareness.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Required to work across all LNWH Hospital sites - main base at Northwick Park

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow Road

London

HA1 3UJ


Employer's website

https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Required to work across all LNWH Hospital sites - main base at Northwick Park

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow Road

London

HA1 3UJ


Employer's website

https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Elective and Digital Transformation

Emma Edwardson

emma.edwardson2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

11 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,631 to £68,623 a year Per Annum Including High Cost Area Supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

337-NP-9467LD

Job locations

Required to work across all LNWH Hospital sites - main base at Northwick Park

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow Road

London

HA1 3UJ


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