Senior Leadership and OD Consultant Job Vacancy in South Tyneside, England, UK

Job summary

The last 24 months has been tough for everyone across the NHS coping with the pandemic but that has bought us a lot of learning and great opportunities that we are now maximising here in Croydon. Putting the people who work for Croydon Health Services into the front and centre of all of our current and future activities that will support us on “our road to recovery” is critical. These aspirations have seen us develop an ambitious but exciting people plan for the Trust to focus on throughout 2023-2024 as a priority under pinned by the health and well-being of our staff, leadership development and career and talent management.

Main duties of the job

Organisational Development Consultant – Band 8a

To help us with this journey we are looking for someone to join our expanding and developing HR and OD Directorate into this critical role. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and committed individual to build their career by joining our friendly Learning and Organisational Development team in the role of Organisational Development Consultant leading on the delivery of our newly launched Leadership Development Programmes. This will include supporting the delivery of any of the modules of the programmes as well as developing a manager induction programme and supporting the wider cultural work across CHS.

The successful candidate will have experience of developing and implementing OD practices in a consultancy led way engaging and contracting with individuals as needed. Being the advocate and subject matter expert for all relevant OD practices and leadership and cultural improvement projects this individual will be confident building relationships with all staff and supporting managers to realise the potential of their workforce.

Interview Date – TBC

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.