Organisation Development Practitioner in Birmingham

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview

Sandwell and West Birmingham and Dudley Group Foundation Trusts are seeking experienced Organisation Development (OD) Practitioners to help deliver an ambitious programme of improvement across the Group. The roles will strengthen leadership, team effectiveness and organisational culture, supporting a sustainable workforce and better experiences for staff, patients and the communities we serve.

Quality, sustainability and equity are central to our approach. You will design, deliver and evaluate interventions that build capability at individual, team and organisational levels, working closely leaders across both Trusts to translate Group priorities into practical and measurable change.

We welcome applicants with different OD specialisms. What matters most is your ability to build trusted relationships, engage people across professional and organisational boundaries, facilitate challenging conversations and turn insight into action. You will have the confidence to lead complex pieces of work independently while contributing to a collaborative, learning focused team.

We are committed to investing in your development, creating an environment where colleagues can improve their practice and make a meaningful difference

Main duties of the job

Design, deliver and evaluate management development, inclusive leadership and culture change.

Partner with leaders and teams, provide tailored OD support to strengthen collaboration, inclusion and improvement with a particular focus on supporting complex team development requirements.

Use coaching, facilitation, engagement methods to support individual and team development.

Use staff feedback and other evidence to shape interventions, assess impact and adapt the approach.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for specific details of the role and the requirements for applicants.

If you have relevant qualifications & experience, a passion for developing people and want to be part of this opportunity, then we would encourage you to apply.

This role is part of the People & Organisation Development Directorate and is a unique and exciting time to join as we develop and embed our new Group model together with The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, on the journey towards realising our ambitious People Plans.

This role works across all Group and Trust sites and community locations, we support flexible working and are currently operating a hybrid model of home and office based working.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent level of education/equivalent experience
• Higher level degree qualification related to role
• MBTI/psychological testing qualification, accredited to use a range of profiling tools including team profiling tools
• ILM level 5 Coaching qualification or equivalent

Experience

• Experience designing, organising and facilitating/delivering successful training sessions/programmes and OD development interventions including leadership/management development programmes and large, complex, multi-disciplinary OD team support
• Extensive experience of diagnosing, developing/designing, facilitating and evaluating large, complex, multi-disciplinary team development interventions

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current organisational development practice, tools and interventions in the NHS and how this relates to effective performance.

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement

Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and

Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly acrossthefour partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.

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.

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