Job summary
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit a Head of Volunteering.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to develop and manage the relaunched volunteering services at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The successful post holder will build in the work undertaken in the last year to enhance the service. Linking in with our community, colleagues and patients, the successful candidate will deliver the new volunteering service that supports the trusts vision.
Main duties of the job
The volunteering service has been redesigned and the Head of Volunteering will continue to build on this great work and implement an outstanding volunteer service which adds benefits to patients, staff and volunteers.
If you are excited by Volunteering services, quality improvement and leadership, this might be the role for you.
About us
At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we're passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We're keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.
We're a renowned teaching hospital trust at the forefront of research, education and development, with a state-of-the-art simulation and skills training centre on site.
In short, we can help you lift your career to the next level. We've received huge investment to improve patient care which means we have truly world-class facilities including a brand-new neonatal suite, state-of-the-art intensive care unit, a newly refurbished A&E department, new children's unit and a welcoming, modern atrium and reception area for staff and visitors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading complex change as a manager, including the application of improvement methods to deliver tangible benefits to quality and productivity.
- Operational management in a complex environment
- NHS Volunteers Experience (eg working in Maternity Services Transformation)
- Experience in a similar role
- Experience in Recruitment and Retention
- Able to benchmark and interpret NHS publications for the benefit of service design
Desirable
- Private sector / Commercial experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to successfully manage complex change programmes through to delivery of benefits
- Ability to collect, manipulate and analyse complex data to identify trends and opportunities, and communicate these back to stakeholders
- Excellent communication, listening, negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to plan, organise and deliver training and facilitation to multi-disciplinary teams
- Effective people management
- Developing high performing teams
- Flexible leadership style
Desirable
- Systems and process thinking
- Commercial awareness and the ability to identify and develop potential business opportunities
- Confident in using key IT packages, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Coaching
- Marketing
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent understanding of the principles of service improvement tools and techniques
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Knowledge of innovation tools and techniques
- Effective service user engagement in service improvement/development
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Formal training in improvement methods/approaches
- MSP Practitioner Qualification
- PRINCE2 practitioner or project management
- Qualified facilitator in team development tools, e.g. Myers Briggs
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading complex change as a manager, including the application of improvement methods to deliver tangible benefits to quality and productivity.
- Operational management in a complex environment
- NHS Volunteers Experience (eg working in Maternity Services Transformation)
- Experience in a similar role
- Experience in Recruitment and Retention
- Able to benchmark and interpret NHS publications for the benefit of service design
Desirable
- Private sector / Commercial experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to successfully manage complex change programmes through to delivery of benefits
- Ability to collect, manipulate and analyse complex data to identify trends and opportunities, and communicate these back to stakeholders
- Excellent communication, listening, negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to plan, organise and deliver training and facilitation to multi-disciplinary teams
- Effective people management
- Developing high performing teams
- Flexible leadership style
Desirable
- Systems and process thinking
- Commercial awareness and the ability to identify and develop potential business opportunities
- Confident in using key IT packages, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Coaching
- Marketing
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent understanding of the principles of service improvement tools and techniques
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Knowledge of innovation tools and techniques
- Effective service user engagement in service improvement/development
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Formal training in improvement methods/approaches
- MSP Practitioner Qualification
- PRINCE2 practitioner or project management
- Qualified facilitator in team development tools, e.g. Myers Briggs
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).
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).
