Senior Transformation & Change Delivery Lead

Transformation Unit; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career coaching

Annual leave

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Change Delivery Manager to join the Transformation Team, supporting priority recovery, transformation and improvement programmes across Dorset HealthCare, Dorset County Hospital and wider system partners.

You will lead complex programmes from mobilisation through implementation and handover, ensuring change is delivered at pace while embedding sustainable improvement and measurable benefits.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in managing change, with outcomes in complex environments.
• Experience leading transformation, recovery or improvement programmes from planning to delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to influence and provide guidance to delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead programmes/workstreams from mobilisation to BAU handover with clear ownership and benefits.
• Apply transformation methodologies suited to programme complexity and urgency.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable delivery plans with defined ownership.
• Provide senior QA of transformation activity and benefits logic.
• Build relationships with clinical, operational, and system stakeholders to enable collaboration.

Skills

Change management

Programme delivery

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Influencing skills

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Change Delivery Manager to join the Transformation Team, supporting priority recovery, transformation and improvement programmes across Dorset HealthCare, Dorset County Hospital and wider system partners.

You will lead complex programmes from mobilisation through implementation and handover, ensuring change is delivered at pace while embedding sustainable improvement and measurable benefits.