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Organisational Development and Engagement Officer

NHS

Job Description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the People Directorate as an Organisational Development (OD) and Engagement Officer. You will support the design and delivery of colleague engagement,cultureand improvement activity across the Trust--helping teams turn insight (including Staff Survey and pulse results) into practical actions that improve experience at work and, ultimately, patientcare.

What it takes:

  • Strong communicationand facilitation skills, with the confidence to engage and influence a wide range of colleagues.

  • Ability to analyse and present survey and people data clearly, spotting themes and opportunities for improvement.

  • Good organisation and planning skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage deadlines across multiple workstreams.

  • A collaborative, values-led approach with curiosity,initiativeand a commitment to continuous improvement.

Why you should apply

You will help shape the Trust's culture and engagement priorities at pace, working alongside experienced OD and People colleagues. This role offers variety,visibilityand the chance to make a tangible difference--supporting colleagues to feel heard, valued and empowered to

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Up to date knowledge of training, delivery and organisational development
  • Current knowledge of a range of OD theories and methodologies
  • IT literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
  • Demonstrate understanding of acute hospital culture, systems and processes

Desirable

  • Knowledge of quality improvement approaches
  • Knowledge of NHS IT systems eg ESR
  • Knowledge of NHS Staff Surveys
  • Understanding of NHS People Plan

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Training, Teaching and Facilitation qualification or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

  • OD Practitioner qualification or equivalent
  • Coaching qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in developing and delivering training and OD interventions
  • Experience in facilitating focus groups and delivering presentations
  • Experience of managing organisational surveys, data interpretation and quality assurance frameworks
  • Analytical and planning skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels
  • Excellent persuading and influencing skills across all levels
  • Credibility to work with all staff groups
  • Excellent report writing skills, with the ability to present complex and /or sensitive information
  • Ability to use initiative
  • Ability to be creative
  • Self-motivated, flexible 'can-do' team worker
  • Resilient and able to challenge
  • Ability to manage conflicting pressures and to meet deadlines

Desirable

  • Previous NHS experience
  • Experience of working within an OD function
  • Experience of working with clinical and non-clinical teams
  • Experience in managing projects
  • Experience in supporting quality improvement programmes

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Ability to work across the geographical area; travelling to other hospital sites
  • Flexibility to attend meetings outside core working hours
  • Ability to work with clinical staff in clinical settings if required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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