Job summary
Are you passionate about leading change and making a real difference in people's lives? At Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS), we're looking for an exceptional Transformation Design Project Lead to join our dynamic Strategy team.
This is your chance to step into a senior role where your expertise and creativity will directly shape the future of healthcare services. Together, we'll drive innovation, enhance performance, and deliver meaningful improvements for the communities we serve.
Main duties of the job
As a self-starter with a proactive mindset, you'll take ownership of high-impact projects, starting with the delivery of the Integrated Quality Performance and Assurance Matrix (IQPAM). Working closely with operational services, you'll develop tools to monitor and enhance the measures that matter, directly influencing the quality of care we provide.
Beyond IQPAM, you'll lead and manage a portfolio of transformation initiatives, driving organisational change aligned with our strategic goal to "Focus on the Future". From streamlining processes to implementing innovative practices, your work will ensure DCHS continues to deliver outstanding care while adapting to a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
At DCHS, we value leadership, collaboration, and creativity. Join us and be part of an organisation committed to professional growth, innovation, and making a real difference in the communities we serve. If you're motivated by challenge and inspired to lead change, this is the role for you. Apply now to make a lasting impact.
About us
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree Level Education in a relevant subject (or equivalent experience)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Leadership development training
- Quality improvement training
- Professional certifications such as QSIR, PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile certifications
- Master's Level Education in a relevant subject (or equivalent experience)
Experience and Knowledge Required
Essential
- Proven experience in transformation management or similar roles.
- Strong understanding of change management principles and methodologies.
- Excellent project management skills and proficiency in project management tools.
- Report writing, presentation and information analysis experience
- Strong understanding of the opportunities of artificial intelligence and large language models
Desirable
- Experience of use of QSIR or other improvement methodologies
- Experience of using code-based languages/tools for analytical or automation purposes (e.g. python)
Experience and Knowledge Required
Essential
- Experience of achieving outcomes and change through others via influencing
Desirable
- Good knowledge of NHS environment and current issues
- Significant exposure to, and experience of, dealing with very senior management
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrable competence in presenting and explaining complex information
- Able to lead and motivate others using influencing skills rather than line management
- Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes
- Effective networker
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Negotiating skills
- IT literacy - word processing, spreadsheets and the use of performance dashboards etc
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to handle, interpret and assimilate complex and contentious information
- Numerical and analytical skills
Desirable
- Demonstrable understanding of the value of qualitative and quantitative data, leading and lagging indicators, and the use of AI and Large Language Models
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree Level Education in a relevant subject (or equivalent experience)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Leadership development training
- Quality improvement training
- Professional certifications such as QSIR, PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile certifications
- Master's Level Education in a relevant subject (or equivalent experience)
Experience and Knowledge Required
Essential
- Proven experience in transformation management or similar roles.
- Strong understanding of change management principles and methodologies.
- Excellent project management skills and proficiency in project management tools.
- Report writing, presentation and information analysis experience
- Strong understanding of the opportunities of artificial intelligence and large language models
Desirable
- Experience of use of QSIR or other improvement methodologies
- Experience of using code-based languages/tools for analytical or automation purposes (e.g. python)
Experience and Knowledge Required
Essential
- Experience of achieving outcomes and change through others via influencing
Desirable
- Good knowledge of NHS environment and current issues
- Significant exposure to, and experience of, dealing with very senior management
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrable competence in presenting and explaining complex information
- Able to lead and motivate others using influencing skills rather than line management
- Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes
- Effective networker
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Negotiating skills
- IT literacy - word processing, spreadsheets and the use of performance dashboards etc
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to handle, interpret and assimilate complex and contentious information
- Numerical and analytical skills
Desirable
- Demonstrable understanding of the value of qualitative and quantitative data, leading and lagging indicators, and the use of AI and Large Language Models
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.
