Head of Strategic Transformation in London

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others. There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL. CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job overview

The Head of Strategic Transformation is a Trust wide role which will work across the Operational Divisions of the Trust, and corporate teams. Its key functions are:

• Portfolio Delivery & Execution: Mobilize, lead, and run complex, cross-organisational transformation programmes agreed by Divisional Managing Directors. These include service level change in physical and mental health, and infrastructure changes including benefit realisation frameworks.
• Governance Ownership: Establish, manage, and optimise Trust-wide change frameworks, ensuring consistent reporting, milestone tracking, and risk management.
• Cross Divisional Enablement: Partner with divisional leadership teams to unblock operational barriers, build change capability, and ensure transformation is successfully embedded into daily clinical operations.
• Performance & Benefit Realisation: Implement robust mechanisms to measure, track, and report on the operational benefits and clinical outcomes of transformation schemes.

Main duties of the job

CNWL is in the process of revising our Trust strategy, developing a set of strategic aims we believe maintain the Trusts reputation as a modern health service. These are:

• We will set the standard for neighbourhood care, so people consistently experience seamless, community-based support close to home.
• We will intervene early, and place young people at the centre of our work.
• We will be a leader in our sector for transforming healthcare using Digital, Data and Research.

The postholder will need to be able to lead complex programmes, drive delivery at pace and delegate work to others to enable successful implementation as required. The post will be expected to show clear leadership, reporting to senior leads within and external to the Trusts on high profile work programmes and work streams.

You will be based in a central strategy/ transformation function but work in close partnership with our divisional Business and Transformation structures, to align and embed a joint way of working.

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025.