Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

About the Company

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning NHS hospital and community services trust providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective, specialist and community care for a population of over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire. Our catchment population stretches as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching areas of North Bradford and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and Pendle in the East of Lancashire.

Our local population is very supportive of the Trust and our level of community engagement is a testament to this. Our communities and location strongly shape the priorities of the Trust.

We employ over 3,000 staff and have over 350 committed volunteers. On an annual basis we treat over 32,000 Inpatients, 31,000 Non-Elective patients and 155,000 Outpatients. Our Emergency Department sees approximately 70,000 patients and over 2,000 babies are born at Airedale Hospital each year.

We provide services from our main hospital site, Airedale Hospital, and at other locations across the community – such as Castleberg Hospital near Settle, Coronation Hospital in Ilkley and Skipton Hospital.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Job Title

Executive Director of Transformation

Job Description

Job Overview

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to establish a new executive portfolio to support the organisation’s ambition to continuously develop our approach to meeting the health needs of our population, through sustainable transformational leadership.

The Director of Transformation, Planning and Improvement is an exciting new position created as a result of the Trust Board’s commitment to ensuring that the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust continues to develop high quality and sustainable services, through embedding a culture of improvement and aligning our plans to strategic delivery for the benefit of the population we serve.

Main duties of the job

As the successful candidate you will have a p roven track record of the delivery of strategic transformation improvement and innovation models at scale. You will be r esponsible for the delivery of a cutting edge and high-quality programme management office approach to deliver Transformation, Planning and Improvement across our services. You will be an innovative, inspiring and transformational leader, who can create a compelling and inclusive vision that creates followership across the organisation.

You will have the drive and ambition to deliver a complex, challenging and exciting agenda whilst promoting an organisational culture in line with the Trust’s Vision and Values. You will positively engage colleagues, service users and other stakeholders within Place and ICB, in sustainable quality improvement and service transformation.

Working for our organisation

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

Cycle to Work
Travel Scheme
Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
Onsite Nursery
Buying and Selling Annual Leave
Car Leasing
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Health and Wellbeing
Extensive Reward Scheme
Counselling Service
Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our Values

We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

Committed to Quality of Care
Compassion
Working together for patients
Improving Lives
Everyone Counts
Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To request a copy of the information pack, or for a confidential call, please contact our recruitment partners at Finegreen - Joe Joyce and Natasha Parmar on: [email protected]

Application is by CV and Covering Letter and should be submitted to: [email protected]

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level
Master’s level degree or post graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience in a similar role
Evidence of continuing professional development.
Relevant accredited improvement methodology training, such as IHI model for improvement, Lean Management, Six, Sigma, etc..

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience at Board level in a healthcare or another large complex public/private organisation
Extensive knowledge and experience of using innovation and improvement methodologies to effect organisational transformation at a senior influencing level.
Proven track record of the delivery of strategic transformation improvement and innovation models at scale.
Significant experience of effectively and compassionately leading and managing high performing teams.
Evidence of successful collaborative working with other health and care partner organisations.
Extensive experience of delivering effective transformation and improvement programmes including through partnerships
Experience of developing strategic plans, both for an organisation and in conjunction with strategic partners
High level of leadership competency with the ability to lead and manage change in a complex and dynamic environment.
Evidence of significant experience in leading and influencing professional groups to secure cross-system change.
Evidence of significant experience in building effective networks across health and social care
Experience in establishing a clear strategic vision and direction, and translating this into successful outcomes for staff and patients.
Demonstrable experience and commitment to Inclusion

Steeton, United Kingdom

On site

02-04-2025