Change Management / Horizontal Lead

Overview

In this Change Management Lead role within the transformation team, you drive major improvement programmes across the NHS trust, working with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues to implement sustainable changes that enhance staff experience and patient outcomes. You provide expert guidance on change management, influence stakeholders at all levels, and support adoption of new ways of working. This position sits at the nexus of transformation across South Tees Hospitals and University Hospitals Tees, offering a meaningful impact on healthcare delivery and staff development.

Pay / Benefits

• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Staff benefits
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours
• Permanent contract

Responsibilities

• Lead and support complex change initiatives across services and sites
• Provide expert change management advice and methodologies
• Engage stakeholders at all levels to secure buy-in and collaboration
• Plan, monitor, and adapt change activities to ensure sustainable adoption
• Collaborate with clinical, operational and corporate teams to align with strategic goals
• Support cross-site working across South Tees and University Hospitals Tees

Key requirements

• Significant experience delivering change, transformation or service improvement programmes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to influence and build effective relationships across diverse teams
• Experience applying change management methodologies within complex organisations
• Strong planning, organisational and problem-solving skills
• NHS experience and a recognised change management qualification would be advantageous

• Strong communication
• Stakeholder management
• Relationship building
• Change management methodologies
• Project/change management methodologies
• NHS transformation priorities and service improvement tools

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