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Job overview

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Director of Improvement and Change to lead our improvement and change agenda. This pivotal role requires a leader with the expertise, insight, and innovative drive to advance our clinical processes, enhance organisational culture, and deliver a transformation that is both impactful and sustainable.

As the Director of Improvement and Change, you will apply your expertise to assess and understand the services we provide, not only from an organisational standpoint but also through the perspectives of our patients and service users. With a focus on driving innovation and evidence-based improvement methodologies, you will be key to shaping a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence within the Trust.

This is a unique opportunity to make a significant and lasting impact at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will have the support of a committed executive team, a culture that values inclusivity and progressiveness, and the opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare for our patients and communities.

Join us in making a difference—apply now to lead the improvement and change agenda for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and contribute to our mission of delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Improvement and Change will apply expert insight and technological vision to understand services provided not only from an organisational perspective but also through the lens of patients and service users. You will be expected to drive innovation to improve clinical processes and organisational culture by applying evidence-based improvement methodologies. 

Establishing direct links between delivery of the improvement strategies, performance, quality and safety, efficiency and productivity is a principal feature of the role. 

You will also act as a role model, providing expertise on the appropriate skills, methods and tools leaders and clinicians require to improve services and outcomes for patients. In effect have a clear strategy deployment plan grounded in engagement which helps to build Trust improvement capability and expertise. 

The Director of Improvement and Change is expected to foster productive relationships with stakeholders to help ensure the improvement agenda remains contemporary and future proof. 

Working for our organisation

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, 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 anywhere in the Midlands for six 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’ NHSrun hospital in the East Midlands.