Deputy Director of Transformation and Improvement

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 91,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Deputy Director of Transformation and Improvement, where you'll lead strategic initiatives to enhance the quality of patient care. Your leadership will directly contribute to the organisation's transformation goals, ensuring effective partnerships within the local healthcare system, whilst maintaining a strong focus on staff and patients. This key role is designed for an experienced leader with a strong background in managing complex improvement strategies in the NHS.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to advise senior managers and Board Directors.
• Experience in leading complex transformations in healthcare settings.
• Knowledge of NHS policies and drivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for clinical transformation and improvement.
• Establish a programme of transformation within NHS divisions.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to improve care quality.

Skills

Political awareness

Strategic awareness

Relational leadership skills

Planning expertise

Person-centred approach

Education

Degree level qualification in relevant professional specialty

Management Qualification or equivalent

Specialist training to Doctorate or senior equivalent level

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Director of Transformation and Improvement

The closing date is 26 June 2025

Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals FT

We are looking for a Deputy Director to join our team to provide strategic and operational leadership to deliver the Trust's clinical transformation and improvement priorities in the new Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Trust.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Transformation and Improvement, this post holder will provide strong, professional and empowering leadership, supporting the co-design, implementation and delivery of a resilient and impactful Trust-wide Clinical Transformation and Improvement programme, ensuring effective collaborative working with Research and Improvement and Lived Experience and Engagement functions of the Quality Improvement and Engagement Directorate.

The post-holder will work with Improvement Directors, Programme Directors, and with the Divisions to establish a programme of transformation and improvement within Divisions and across the Trust and wider system.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will play an active role in achieving sustained improvements in the quality of care for people using our services, high organisation performance and on-going development of the Trust with respect to establishing a culture of learning and improvement. They will take a lead role as required in the planning, development and implementation of the Trust's strategies, improvement and performance metrics, key objectives and efficient use of resources, working closely with executive and senior clinical and management personnel staff.

As this role has been created at the launch of a new organisation a key responsibility will be to lead the co-design of the new organisation's approach to transformation and improvement, and the implementation and delivery of the agreed approach.

The post holder will work closely with ICB partners to ensure the Trust and ICB are aligned in their prioritisation and approach to transformation and improvement. They will promote partnerships at all levels with people who are using our services, their families and carers, communities and partner organisations (including acute trusts, local authorities, primary care and VCSEs).

The post holder will represent the Trust locally and nationally, linking it with best evidence and practice. They will represent the Deputy Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer on specified meetings committees and deputise as and when required.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in relevant professional specialtyManagement Qualification or equivalent experience.Specialist training to Doctorate or senior equivalent level qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

• High level of political and strategic awareness, including ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues, including national and local policy drivers.Able to take a strategic approach, with clarity on objectives and expectationsEvidence of continued learning and professional development to senior manager level.Experience of operating as a senior leader In the NHS or public sectorDeveloped and delivered highly complex comprehensive transformation and improvement strategy in an organisation, including transforming vision into real action.Effective relational leadership skills and the ability to work with people at all levels, and an approach that builds and nurtures collaborative working and coproductionAble to interpret and analyse highly complex information where there may be barriers to understanding within emotional situations.Ability to cope with highly complex organisational issues and manage competing agendas.Good presentation skills, able to present highly complex, sensitive and contentious data and information to large audiences and multi-disciplinary teams in a formal setting.Planning and commissioning expertise in complex healthcare environments or similar experienceExtensive experience providing specialist advice to very senior managers, up to and including Board Directors which may materially affect strategic decision making. This will include advising a range of professionals and specialists in a range of environmentsAbility to demonstrate the NHS values and behaviours in all aspects of work and interactions with colleagues, stakeholders, patients and service users.Skilled in taking a person-centred approachAble to achieve positive change, through the development of staff, creation of a learning and improvement culture, empower staff and respecting diversityKnowledge of MS Office and ability to interpret highly complex data and present using Excel and Word.Postholder will need to hold a full UK driving licence and be able to travel between sites on a regular basis.

Additional Criteria

• Service users expect this postholder to be a skilled transformation and improvement leader who:
• Puts the needs of people at the centre of all they doIs values-ledIs able to build a culture of learning and improvementIs passionate about what they do and can inspire othersEngages with staff, people who use services, communities and partnersIs aspiring to excellence

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.

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£91,342 to £105,337 a yearper annum (based on 2025/26 pay scales)