Job summary
Are you a visionary leader ready to drive transformation and innovation in healthcare? We're looking for a Clinical Transformation Advisor to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
You'll join our Improvement Team and work with a range and breadth of colleagues and stakeholders across Somerset Foundation Trust and the Somerset system to ensure development and delivery of a broad set of transformative work programmes aligned to our clinical care and support strategy.
You'll work collaboratively with the Associate Director of Clinical Transformation to provide leadership, development, and delivery of the Trust's clinical care and support strategy, ensuring alignment with the overall Trust Strategy. This role involves coaching, directing and delivering a framework for clinical transformation and change programmes, and to build continuous improvement capability across all staff levels throughout the organisation. It is a challenging, impactful and visible senior leadership role.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Transformation Advisor, you'll provide strategic leadership, ensuring the delivery of high-quality programmes. You'll lead multidisciplinary teams, drive efficiency, and foster a culture of excellence.
You'll have responsibility for a specific set of programmes and projects, and will use your clinical experience to advise, challenge and collaborate with clinical colleagues leading and working on those programmes and projects. You'll also work closely with colleagues from within the improvement team such as Improvement Advisors, Data Scientists and Project Managers.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence policy, implement innovative solutions, and make a tangible impact on patients.
About us
At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:
1. Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
2. NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
3. Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
4. A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential
Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.
We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.
The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.
Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Masters degree or masters level knowledge acquired through experience at this level
2. A managerial or professional qualification or formal training in the relevant field i.e. leadership, clinical quality improvement and or project management
3. Extensive experience of working within project, programme or change environment
4. Has practical knowledge and experience in change management
Desirable
1. Current registrant as required by HCPC/NMC
Experience
Essential
1. Ability to lead strategic change and to work effectively across boundaries
2. Ability to demonstrate significant experience of working in the health, social care settings or other relevant settings
3. Evidence of speaking and presenting at regional/national level
4. Experience in working within a project management environment delivering business process/change initiatives across an organisation
5. Experience of writing complex reports and business documents for a wide range of audiences
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
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
County Hall
The Crescent
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4DY
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