Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent: (x 2 substantiative roles, x 1 Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-COR8103802
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- County Hall
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £79,504 - £91,609 Gross per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Clinical Transformation
Band 8c
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for two experienced Head of Clinical Transformation professionals to lead and manage a focused programme of work and may also be required to lead on additional programmes of work as agreed under the Trust’s clinical transformation change portfolio of work.
The post holder(s) will have a strong and recognised mental health clinical background required to drive transformation across the organisation, with a responsibility to oversee the clinical transformation programmes that are clearly aligned with the Trust’s Strategic Objectives, and will provide clinical, technical & strong leadership, delivering excellent Transformation and programme results. The post holder/s will work closely with the Trust new clinical and operational Triumvirate leadership framework across the localities to drive the required changes.
Main duties of the job
Responsibility will include leading the designated programme, assuring the programme meets the required timescales and the desired outcomes, managing the project managers (internally and externally) to support the delivery of large, complex and significant transformation Programme/s. The post holder/s will be expected to be flexible and will need to work across programmes as and when required. The post holder will be expected to provide knowledge and input into highly complex operational planning and act as a role model for guiding lasting change across NSFT services.
For further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Mark Ewins: [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the job description / person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
Interview will be held week beginning 3rd August; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Clinical Mental Health qualification, with a current registration to a professional body – NMC, HCPC, Social work England.
- Appropriate Management Qualification or equivalent
- Experience transformation and improvement methodology.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of interpretation of highly complex business data and information to enable service redesign.
- Experience of documenting processes using process mapping, process improvement and change management methodologies.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Negotiating on complex matters of critical organisational importance with directors and senior managers
- Proven ability to receive, analyse and interpret highly complex information such as material requiring strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability.
- Can demonstrate exceptional leadership skills and experience in transformational change and service redesign
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent appreciation of performance improvement and implementation with the NHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Ewins
- Job title
- Director of Transformation
- Email address
- [email protected]
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