OD Practitioner

University Hospitals Dorset; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset is seeking an experienced OD Practitioner to lead the organisation's People Strategy through broad OD interventions. You will influence culture, leadership, team effectiveness and staff engagement across multiple sites.

The role requires delivering interventions in a complex healthcare setting, coordinating with internal and external partners, and building capability across the Trust. Interview on 6th October.

Qualifications

• Post graduate or masters in OD or related field; healthcare experience preferred.
• Facilitation within an Acute Hospital environment or similar setting.
• ILM 5 Coaching & Mentoring (or equivalent).
• Experience designing and delivering OD interventions to improve outcomes.
• Ability to work with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead on OD projects and work streams as part of the UHD People Strategy.
• Provide expert advice to design interventions that maximise efficiency and staff value.
• Collaborate with Care Groups, Directorates and teams to build OD capability.
• Develop tools and approaches to embed leadership development and culture change across the Trust.
• Handle confidential information with discretion and act autonomously within guidelines.

Skills

OD consultancy

Facilitation

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Education

Masters in Organisational Development

Job description

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

Job overview

The successful post holder will be an experienced OD generalist and will play a key role in delivering the UHD People Strategy through the design and implementation of a broad range of OD interventions. This will include supporting organisational development, culture, leadership, team effectiveness and engagement initiatives.

You will be responsible for leading on OD projects working with the many stakeholders within our organisation and regional and national partners. The OD Practitioner is a core member of the Organisational Development Team. As a consultant you will provide professional advice and expertise to ensure interventions are designed to maximise organisational efficiency, value staff and improve patient outcomes. The role requires previous experience of co-ordinating and managing OD projects; delivering interventions in a complex organisation and facilitation within an Acute Hospitalenvironment or similar healthcare setting.

You will be a self-motivated, proactive, creative, hands-on and collaborative individual with an interest in building relationships at every level withinthe organisation and with external partners.

Interview: 6th October

Main duties of the job

The OD Practitioner will be the lead for one of the key work streams within the OD Plan as directed by the UHD People Strategy; this will have a whole organisational impact and application, requiring engagement with internal and external stakeholders and forums including; Culture & Engagement, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership , T alent Management and Team Integration.

The OD Practitioner will play a key role in the successful delivery of the trust strategies and key people objectives with the aim to develop a compassionate, inclusive culture at UHD, where staff feel valued, supported, involved, engaged and have a sense of belonging.

The OD Practitioner will be influential in making UHD a great place to work where morale is high, working collaboratively with staff and acting on their feedback.

The OD Practitioner is a core member of the Organisational Development Team. A s a consultant they will provide professional advice and expertise to ensure interventions are designed to maximise organisational efficiency, value staff and improve patient outcomes.

The post holder will be expected to handle highly confidential and sometimes contentious and sensitive information and be free to act on their own initiative .

Working for our organisation

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The OD Practitioner will play a key role in the successful delivery of the trust strategies and key people objectives with the aim to develop a compassionate, inclusive culture at UHD, where staff feel valued, supported, involved, engaged and have a sense of belonging.

• As part of the team, create a culture of organisational development and learning across the Trust by providing expert advice and support for organisational development improvement projects based on national/local best practice, legislation, guidance and recommendations, designed to meet the objectives of the Trust.
• To lead on the research, design and development of training programmes and workshops and other educational approaches in supportof the OD work streams.
• To manage functions such as the Culture Champions, including any new recruitment, development and their on-going role in engagement and decision making in the Trust.To critically observe progress of culture and behaviour strategies in action to provide and influence future change with the Board.
• To work in partnership with Care Groups, Directorates and individual teams to provide a specialist internal OD consultancy and to develop the capacity and capability of managers to undertake OD activities within their area of responsibility.
• To introduce and design a range of tools and methodologies which support OD and leadership development and compliment quality improvement; embedding best practice across the Trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Relevant post graduate or masters level qualification or combination of qualifications and experience or recent relevant experience to masters level
• Notably within an Organisational Development or Leadership & Management discipline
• Facilitation within an Acute Hospital environment or similar healthcare setting
• ILM 5 award in Coaching & Mentoring (or equivalent)
• Programme or project management experience and or qualification

Experience

• Experience of designing and delivering a range of OD interventions to deliver improved outcomes.
• Working in a project management, or change management environment.
• Evidence of successful development and implementation of cultural change initiatives to achieve improved outcomes.
• Experience of writing and presenting Board reports, and designing development activities.
• Experience of working with staff at all levels to communicate, engage with, and listen to views.
• Within an NHS acute hospital or similar environment

Skills

• Proven ability to diagnose and contract using the OD cycle
• Competent team and individual coach
• Ability to source internal and external data sources, analysis of data to support projects and report writing
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent numerical, verbal and critical reasoning
• Facilitation and presentation skills
• Proven team worker with the ability to motivate colleagues and staff
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
• Ability to influence across a broad range of stakeholders.
• Able to deal with conflict proactively
• Ability to coach others to find their own solutions
• Innovative, with the ability to “think differently” and challenge current behaviours and mind-sets
• Open to new ideas & change and actively promotes new ways of working
• Resilience to keep focused and positive for others
• Professional, credible and tactful
• Ability to act autonomously with specific guidelines

Knowledge

• Demonstrable understanding of culture in a complex organisation.
• Up to date knowledge of key current issues in organisational development both at a strategic and local level
• Understanding complexity of culture in an Acute Hospital

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Name Bridie Moore Job title Head of OD Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Other points of contact:

Aimee Smith, Senior OD Practitioner - [e-mail]

Gaynor Hurst, Senior OD Practitioner - [e-mail]