Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Organisational Development Practitioner and Trainer

The closing date is 24 March 2026

Job summary

Are you passionate about helping people, teams, and organisations thrive?

Do you have a talent for designing impactful learning experiences and facilitating change that really sticks?

If so, we'd love you to join our friendly and forward-thinking Learning & Organisational Development (L&OD) team at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the culture, leadership capability and development of our amazing workforce -- and to do it within an organisation that lives its values and puts people at the heart of everything we do.

As an OD Practitioner & Trainer, you will be part of a supportive team that is continuously improving, caring together, excelling together, and learning together. You'll have the freedom to innovate, try new approaches, and develop your expertise in OD within a culture that genuinely values personal and professional development.

This role is based on site, as you will be delivering face to face training sessions, as a majority part of your role.

Main duties of the job

In this varied and rewarding role, you will:

  • Lead and deliver organisational development programmes
  • Co-create blended learning content
  • Work with SMEs and our Digital Project Manager to design and quality-assure engaging courses on our My Learning platform.
  • Design and facilitate interventions including coaching and mentoring programmes, 360 feedback, MBTI/psychometrics, Affina Team Journey and more.
  • Drive the talent, leadership & career development agenda
  • Co-deliver workshops, development centres, rising star processes, and career development conversations aligned with the NHS Long Term Plan
  • Evaluate impact and shape future strategy
  • Use data, research and feedback to continuously improve our OD offerings and contribute to Trust-wide L&OD strategies.
  • Lead and line-manage L&OD Administrators
  • Supporting an efficient, responsive and high-quality service across our portfolio.
  • Be the face of L&OD across the Trust
  • Represent the team at meetings, promote opportunities, and proactively engage with services to understand their workforce needs.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year Pro Rata per annum inc.HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-RD-EMF20095

Job locations

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Youll be a confident facilitator, a relationship-builder, and someone who is excited by the challenge of supporting people and organisational change.

Wed love to hear from you if you demonstrate:

  • A postgraduate qualification in training, OD or similar, or equivalent experience
  • Experience designing, delivering and evaluating development programmes
  • Strong organisational skills, able to manage multiple priorities
  • Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
  • A passion for evidence-based practice, innovation and continuous improvement
  • Commitment to our Trust values and inclusive working

Desirable (but not essential) experience includes psychometric accreditation, coaching/mentoring qualifications, NHS OD exposure, Affina accreditation, or experience in talent management.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Youll be a confident facilitator, a relationship-builder, and someone who is excited by the challenge of supporting people and organisational change.

Wed love to hear from you if you demonstrate:

  • A postgraduate qualification in training, OD or similar, or equivalent experience
  • Experience designing, delivering and evaluating development programmes
  • Strong organisational skills, able to manage multiple priorities
  • Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
  • A passion for evidence-based practice, innovation and continuous improvement
  • Commitment to our Trust values and inclusive working

Desirable (but not essential) experience includes psychometric accreditation, coaching/mentoring qualifications, NHS OD exposure, Affina accreditation, or experience in talent management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Post graduate qualification e.g. training qualification such as Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Cert Ed) as or CIPD Certificate in Training Practice or equivalent experience
  • Organisational Development qualification or CIPD Certificate in Organisational Development or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Psychometric practitioner
  • Coaching qualification ILM Level 5 or above
  • Mentoring qualification ILM Level 5 or equivalent experience
  • Healthcare Leadership Model Facilitator
  • Affina team coach accreditation

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Facilitation and delivery of training programmes
  • Evaluating programmes
  • Experience of facilitating a range of OD interventions
  • An expert level of knowledge in Organisational development issues generally and in relation to NHS policy, and best practice
  • An expert level of knowledge in leadership & management development issues generally and in relation to NHS policy, and best practice

Desirable

  • Experience in devising programmes specifically to aid in organisational development
  • Experience in devising programmes specifically to aid in leadership/management development
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Post graduate qualification e.g. training qualification such as Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Cert Ed) as or CIPD Certificate in Training Practice or equivalent experience
  • Organisational Development qualification or CIPD Certificate in Organisational Development or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Psychometric practitioner
  • Coaching qualification ILM Level 5 or above
  • Mentoring qualification ILM Level 5 or equivalent experience
  • Healthcare Leadership Model Facilitator
  • Affina team coach accreditation

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Facilitation and delivery of training programmes
  • Evaluating programmes
  • Experience of facilitating a range of OD interventions
  • An expert level of knowledge in Organisational development issues generally and in relation to NHS policy, and best practice
  • An expert level of knowledge in leadership & management development issues generally and in relation to NHS policy, and best practice

Desirable

  • Experience in devising programmes specifically to aid in organisational development
  • Experience in devising programmes specifically to aid in leadership/management development

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

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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

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Learning and Development

Nicola Arnold

nicola.arnold@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year Pro Rata per annum inc.HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-RD-EMF20095

Job locations

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


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