Senior OD Practitioner

Ncic; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

NHS discounts

Salary sacrifice

Cycle to work

Vivup confidential counselling

Job summary

NCIC in North Cumbria is seeking an experienced Organisation Development specialist to advise senior leaders, design and deliver strategic interventions and support transformational change across our NHS services.

You will partner with managers at all levels, apply OD theories, and help create a culture of safety, inclusion and continuous improvement. We offer an NHS environment with professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in OD or related field.
• Proven experience designing and delivering OD interventions for organisational effectiveness.
• Experience working with leaders and managers on major change programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert OD advice to stakeholders at all levels.
• Plan and deliver complex OD activities aligned with regional objectives (engagement, leadership development, change management).
• Support organisational culture improvements and team performance through applied OD theories.

Skills

OD theory

leadership coaching

stakeholder engagement

change management

communication

analytical thinking

teamwork

project management

Education

Master's degree in Organisational Development or related

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 the UK 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 eligiblevacancies.

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.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date

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
• Chartered 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
• Demonstrates 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

• Ability to work flexibly as part of a virtual team
• Access to transport to move freely between organisation sites
• Demonstrable commitment to lifelong learning
• Confident and professional manner
• Ability to occasionally work out-side normal office hours
• Self-aware, understands influence of self on others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.