OD&L Practitioner

The post holder will work as part of the Organisational Development & Learning Team (OD&L), designing and facilitating a range of learning and organisational development (OD) interventions and workshops across the organisation, which supports the Trust Strategy.

They will work across the full cycle of learning and OD work; from scoping and contracting, data gathering and designing appropriate and impactful solutions to delivering engaging interventions, as well as evaluating impact.

The post holder will lead on developing a coaching culture across the Trust in line with our Trust Values and NHS People Plan priorities.

• Work on own initiative to scope, design, deliver and evaluate a range of learning and development interventions to support Trust, regional and national strategy and policies.
• Support the Head of OD&L in embedding the Trust Values and behavioural framework through a range of learning and OD interventions, including those relating to appraisal and career conversations, management development and team effectiveness.
• Support OD initiatives in collaboration with the Head of OD&L and other learning and OD colleagues, relating to Trust culture and staff engagement.
• Support change programmes at a departmental/local level, providing OD expertise in relation to change management and design and delivery of interventions.
• Coordinate and undertake the Trusts trainer quality-monitoring programme to ensure all trainers are evaluated regularly and that all programmes are delivered to a suitable standard. Supporting trainers to meet the required training standard as necessary.
• Lead on developing a coaching culture within the Trust, creating capacity to offer a broader range of coaching within the Trust. Develop and deliver a range of coaching skills workshops for managers and provide CPD coaching for internal coaches.
• Act as a coach for staff as required, undertaking contracting, delivery and evaluation of coaching offered.
• Support the Head of OD&L to engage with managers and departments to support action planning from the annual staff survey.

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise. Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services. Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Annette Byers Job title: Head of OD&L Email address: annette.byers@nhs.net