Senior OD Practitioner

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Carlisle

Remote

GBP 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including le

Cycle to Work program

Vivup counselling service

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior OD Practitioner to provide expert advice on organisational development and change management. You will support senior leaders with culture, engagement, and leadership development initiatives across our health system.

You will plan and deliver complex OD activities, including dashboards, team development, and service improvements, working within a diverse NHS environment.

Qualifications

Master's level OD knowledge and experience
Coaching and mentoring qualification preferred
Chartered membership of CIPD or equivalent professional body

Responsibilities

Provide expert OD advice to organisational stakeholders
Implement OD theories to support culture and team performance
Plan and deliver complex OD activities aligning with strategic objectives

Skills

Interpersonal communication

IT proficiency

Analytical skills

Project management

Diversity and inclusion

Under pressure

Leadership influence

Education

Master's degree in Organisational Development or equivalent

Coaching qualification (e.g. ILM 5)

CIPD membership

Tools

IT systems and software applications

Job description

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Senior OD Practitioner

The closing date is 18 October 2026

The Learning and Organisational Development function supports a wide range of learning and development opportunities to meet identified training and development needs and strategic OD interventions to improve organisational performance and effectiveness. Our focus is on ensuring the provision of high quality learning and development opportunities and people centric interventions to enable our staff to deliver outstanding patient care and maintain safe working practices.

The postholder will provide expert advice, guidance and support, directly to key organisational stakeholders at all levels in relation to strategic interventions and solutions on all Organisational Development components eg engagement, leadership & management, team development and supporting transformational and organisational change practice.

Main duties of the job

Provide, receive and communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require obtaining agreement and or co-operation.

Implement a range of current Organisational Development Theories and Models to support cultural improvements and team performance. For example, leadership and management approaches, effective team working approaches, organisational change, service improvement techniques and tools.

Plan and deliver a range of complex OD activities that support strategic objectives. This could include NSS People Improvement Plans, Team Engagement activities, Leadership Development, Change Management and Service Improvement.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Demonstrate highly specialised knowledge to master's degree level or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience within Organisational Development (OD) practice
Coaching qualification e.g. ILM Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring
oChartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Knowledge and Experience

Evidence of continual professional and/or managerial development
Experience of diagnosing, designing and delivering a range of Organisational Development (OD) interventions to improve organisational effectiveness
Experience of working with Leaders & Managers at all levels on solutions to significant change processes and other Service/Continuous Improvement issues
Experience of working collaboratively with all staff groups and Multi-disciplinary Teams across boundaries to motivate, develop and deliver shared objectives
Experience & up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging OD Strategies, theories and models with the ability to transpose into practice
Experience of leading and managing teams
Experience of managing people centric change
Experience of significant complex Organisational Change and Service/ Continuous Improvement programmes
OD experience within the NHS
Experience of advising and working across the medical workforce
Knowledge of Policies, Procedures and the Terms and Conditions Handbook

Skills and Aptitudes

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to network and influence others Demonstrates professionalism and leadership qualities skills and behaviours to a high standard, setting example to all
Proficient user of IT equipment and software applications.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to work on a number of projects simultaneously and deliver to agreed timescales
Committed to developing a culture that promotes, learning, equality and values diversity
Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and meet deadlines
oDemonstrates professionalism and leadership qualities skills and behaviours to a high standard, setting example to all
Able to inspire confidence and gain engagement from senior leaders
Self-management and motivation

Other Requirements