Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Transformation Team supporting our acute and community services with a variety of productivity, efficiency, quality and safety improvement programmes. We are looking for a dynamic Band 8a Transformation Manager who is highly motivated and innovative to join a dynamic team and lead on several improvement projects concurrently across the Trust. It is a site based role with a maximum of 1 day per week working from home.
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants are required to have experience of projects and change management. They will need to be organised, show enthusiasm, demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills to ensure high standards are continuously met. They will be leading on up to four programmes of work at any one time.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have a strong commitment to support all staff members with CPD opportunities. We offer regular supervision and annual appraisal with a regular in-service training and opportunities through personal development plans.
Are you passionate about making improvements to services to provide the best possible patient care through delivering wide scale improvements and changes to services? If yes, you will find the role of our Transformation Manager fulfilling, challenging and rewarding.
Please note if there is a high volume of applicants, we may close this advert early.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have a strong commitment to support all staff members with CPD opportunities. We offer regular supervision and annual appraisal with a regular in-service training and opportunities through personal development plans.
Are you passionate about making improvements to services to provide the best possible patient care through delivering wide scale improvements and changes to services? If yes, you will find the role of our Transformation Manager fulfilling, challenging and rewarding.
Please note if there is a high volume of applicants, we may close this advert early.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to degree, masters level or equivalent diploma level or equivalent experience.
- oChange/Improvement/ project management qualifications or demonstratable knowledge and experience of methodologies.
Desirable
- oPost graduate qualification
- oClinical Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist continuous improvement and change management practices
- Experience using QI methodologies and approaches
- Knowledge of a range of recognised programme and project management methodologies and approaches.
- Experience of working in a change management service improvement role at a senior level
- Track record and successful delivery of large-scale complex projects, organisational change and implementation of sustained improvement and realisation of benefits
- Demonstrable evidence of previous experience of cultural and behavioural change management
- Experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships, aligning different stakeholder priorities throughout an end-to-end transformation process
- Experience of developing positive working relationships, collaboration and partnerships within and across organisations
- Experience of facilitating learning, public speaking, delivering presentations, e.g. Trust / system wide meetings
- Experience of the collation, analysis and interpretation of complex information or data
- Experience of using software packages to support change (eg. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and Visio)
- Able to hold people to account to deliver objectives
Desirable
- Experience working within Secondary Care
- Experience of facilitating and managing change within and across healthcare organisations / system wide
- Experience of promoting and influencing change at senior clinical and operational leadership levels
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Root Cause Analysis - ability to see beyond the immediate problem to identify root causes, critical issues and develop clear aims and outcomes
- Continuous improvement and transformation skills - confidence and knowledge of emerging best practice of continuous improvement and change management
- Demonstration of a wide range of management, programme and/or project management skills to plan, manage and facilitate delivery of often complex projects and improvement
- Creativity - to develop concept ideas into innovative solutions, and put these into practice
- Planning and coordination of multiple complex transformation and improvement programmes
- Ability to drive change, implement and support solutions to deliver sustainable improvement
- Ability to interpret and distil complex data, both quantitative and qualitative, to inform improvement
- Ability to develop and maintain strong governance processes throughout a project life cycle
- Excellent interpersonal, written, oral communication and decision making skills
- Able to influence, motivate and persuade others, a credible leader of change
- Able to build positive strategic relationships and work in partnership at all levels and collaboration to achieve shared aims
- Influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to hold people to account on the delivery of their programmes
- Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
- Resilient and able to balance competing priorities and deadlines
- Demonstrates adaptability, flexibility and a positive attitude to change
- Shares knowledge / experience to enable continuous learning and improvement
- Demonstrates political, strategic and operational awareness
Other
Essential
- Promote a positive image; retaining enthusiasm at all times to motivate staff involved change
- Self-motivated and pro-active
- Embodies NHS values and be flexible to the needs of the service/staff and role
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to degree, masters level or equivalent diploma level or equivalent experience.
- oChange/Improvement/ project management qualifications or demonstratable knowledge and experience of methodologies.
Desirable
- oPost graduate qualification
- oClinical Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist continuous improvement and change management practices
- Experience using QI methodologies and approaches
- Knowledge of a range of recognised programme and project management methodologies and approaches.
- Experience of working in a change management service improvement role at a senior level
- Track record and successful delivery of large-scale complex projects, organisational change and implementation of sustained improvement and realisation of benefits
- Demonstrable evidence of previous experience of cultural and behavioural change management
- Experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships, aligning different stakeholder priorities throughout an end-to-end transformation process
- Experience of developing positive working relationships, collaboration and partnerships within and across organisations
- Experience of facilitating learning, public speaking, delivering presentations, e.g. Trust / system wide meetings
- Experience of the collation, analysis and interpretation of complex information or data
- Experience of using software packages to support change (eg. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and Visio)
- Able to hold people to account to deliver objectives
Desirable
- Experience working within Secondary Care
- Experience of facilitating and managing change within and across healthcare organisations / system wide
- Experience of promoting and influencing change at senior clinical and operational leadership levels
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Root Cause Analysis - ability to see beyond the immediate problem to identify root causes, critical issues and develop clear aims and outcomes
- Continuous improvement and transformation skills - confidence and knowledge of emerging best practice of continuous improvement and change management
- Demonstration of a wide range of management, programme and/or project management skills to plan, manage and facilitate delivery of often complex projects and improvement
- Creativity - to develop concept ideas into innovative solutions, and put these into practice
- Planning and coordination of multiple complex transformation and improvement programmes
- Ability to drive change, implement and support solutions to deliver sustainable improvement
- Ability to interpret and distil complex data, both quantitative and qualitative, to inform improvement
- Ability to develop and maintain strong governance processes throughout a project life cycle
- Excellent interpersonal, written, oral communication and decision making skills
- Able to influence, motivate and persuade others, a credible leader of change
- Able to build positive strategic relationships and work in partnership at all levels and collaboration to achieve shared aims
- Influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to hold people to account on the delivery of their programmes
- Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
- Resilient and able to balance competing priorities and deadlines
- Demonstrates adaptability, flexibility and a positive attitude to change
- Shares knowledge / experience to enable continuous learning and improvement
- Demonstrates political, strategic and operational awareness
Other
Essential
- Promote a positive image; retaining enthusiasm at all times to motivate staff involved change
- Self-motivated and pro-active
- Embodies NHS values and be flexible to the needs of the service/staff and role
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
