Job summary
This role will join our small, dynamic, friendly, supportive and energetic OD Team and collaboratively and individually undertake: -
Organisational consulting using applied behavioural science - supporting improvement in team dynamics and leadership.
Taking a systems approach to change and having a clear understanding of how organisational change happens - beyond awareness raising and training.
Providing a comprehensive service to support and enable our staff to deliver our group operating plan and longer-term strategy.
Main duties of the job
You will possess the knowledge, experience and skills to facilitate team change by supporting our managers, and senior leaders using a variety of triage, presentation, facilitation, and psychometric skills combined with leadership models, exercises and programmes, to design and deliver planned and unplanned OD interventions.
We are looking for a team player and an OD Practitioner who is passionate about culture change, to help us, through your expertise and experience to influence, coach, facilitate and educate team organisational change.
Your weeks will be varied in terms of the scope of client OD work involved - from undertaking your own interventions to supporting large established offerings. You would be based in Canary Wharf, attend the office at least one day a week and the rest of the week we split our time working from our 5 hospital sides and from home.
Sound like you? Then you could be just what we are looking for.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Organisational Development
Proactively builds credible and valued relationships with senior leaders to to persuade, inspire and energise sustainable behavioural and cultural change, using appropriate academic and business models, to deliver the OD methodologies leading to sustained continuous improvement.
Encourages an empowering environment to enable managers to manage their services and people compassionately.
Works collaboratively to design and deliver a coherent, high quality and efficient OD work plan that supports the Trust in meeting its objectives and delivering the People Strategy.
Constructively challenges and holds up the mirror to organisational behaviours at the individual, team and system level that are out of alignment with Trust values.
Leads on the co-design, delivery and facilitation of high-quality organisational development interventions for individuals and teams, specifically focusing on areas of culture change, management/leadership development, and individual and team effectiveness.
Integrates the patient voice and patient experience in the design, planning and delivery of any and all OD interventions.
Leadership and management
Promotes, role models and delivers a strong compassionate leadership culture across the Trust embedding our We Care values and behaviours.
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Acts as a role model for transformational leadership demonstrating leadership and expertise, and by maintaining credibility within the Trust, the wider health care community and external agencies.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Organisational Development
Proactively builds credible and valued relationships with senior leaders to to persuade, inspire and energise sustainable behavioural and cultural change, using appropriate academic and business models, to deliver the OD methodologies leading to sustained continuous improvement.
Encourages an empowering environment to enable managers to manage their services and people compassionately.
Works collaboratively to design and deliver a coherent, high quality and efficient OD work plan that supports the Trust in meeting its objectives and delivering the People Strategy.
Constructively challenges and holds up the mirror to organisational behaviours at the individual, team and system level that are out of alignment with Trust values.
Leads on the co-design, delivery and facilitation of high-quality organisational development interventions for individuals and teams, specifically focusing on areas of culture change, management/leadership development, and individual and team effectiveness.
Integrates the patient voice and patient experience in the design, planning and delivery of any and all OD interventions.
Leadership and management
Promotes, role models and delivers a strong compassionate leadership culture across the Trust embedding our We Care values and behaviours.
.
Acts as a role model for transformational leadership demonstrating leadership and expertise, and by maintaining credibility within the Trust, the wider health care community and external agencies.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 1.Experience as an external or internal OD consultant working with service leaders to successfully run interventions focused on behaviour change and leadership from inquiry through design to evaluation that support business goals. (triaging, designing and leading OD)
- 2.Expertise and credibility in working alongside other senior change partners, e.g. QI, service transformation, Wellbeing and Inclusion and Education Academy.
- 3.OD behaviour and leadership experience in complex multi-site and multi-professional and culturally diverse organisations
- 4.Some experiences of cycles of designing and implementing OD interventions applying both diagnostic and dialogic approach (Appreciative Inquiry open space, world caf etc.)
- 5.Knowledge, and evidence based expertise and an understanding of the NHS leadership challenges facing organisations undergoing transformational change to bring credible expertise to the client work.
- 6.Experience of influencing, senior managers, and health care staff to improve people and organisational aspects of their businesses.
Skills
Essential
- 1.Skills in designing and holding safe working space and facilitating small and large group events
- 2.Behavioural coaching/mentoring skills
- 3.Programme leadership skills
- 4.Action Learning Set Leadership Expertise
- 5.360/MBTI/STI
- 6.IT skills (Word, PowerPoint, excel/mentimetre/slido) a.Strong influencing skills to deliver client proposals and evaluation
Qualifications
Essential
- 1.OD behavioural specific/Management qualification at diploma level or equivalent experience in understanding systemic approaches to behavioural change.
- 2.Action learning set facilitation/Group Dynamics
- 3.Evidence of continuing professional development in OD, leadership and culture change
- 4.Coaching qualification
- 5.Psychometrics MBTI/DISC/SDI
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 1.Experience as an external or internal OD consultant working with service leaders to successfully run interventions focused on behaviour change and leadership from inquiry through design to evaluation that support business goals. (triaging, designing and leading OD)
- 2.Expertise and credibility in working alongside other senior change partners, e.g. QI, service transformation, Wellbeing and Inclusion and Education Academy.
- 3.OD behaviour and leadership experience in complex multi-site and multi-professional and culturally diverse organisations
- 4.Some experiences of cycles of designing and implementing OD interventions applying both diagnostic and dialogic approach (Appreciative Inquiry open space, world caf etc.)
- 5.Knowledge, and evidence based expertise and an understanding of the NHS leadership challenges facing organisations undergoing transformational change to bring credible expertise to the client work.
- 6.Experience of influencing, senior managers, and health care staff to improve people and organisational aspects of their businesses.
Skills
Essential
- 1.Skills in designing and holding safe working space and facilitating small and large group events
- 2.Behavioural coaching/mentoring skills
- 3.Programme leadership skills
- 4.Action Learning Set Leadership Expertise
- 5.360/MBTI/STI
- 6.IT skills (Word, PowerPoint, excel/mentimetre/slido) a.Strong influencing skills to deliver client proposals and evaluation
Qualifications
Essential
- 1.OD behavioural specific/Management qualification at diploma level or equivalent experience in understanding systemic approaches to behavioural change.
- 2.Action learning set facilitation/Group Dynamics
- 3.Evidence of continuing professional development in OD, leadership and culture change
- 4.Coaching qualification
- 5.Psychometrics MBTI/DISC/SDI
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).
