Job vacancy: Transformation Manager, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Hazel Grove

Job summary

Main area: Transformation
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Maximum 1 day per week working from home)
Job ref: 362-A-25-7374621

Employer: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - Stepping Hill Hospital
Town: Hazel Grove
Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 05/09/2025

Transformation Manager

Band 8a

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.

Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.

Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.

In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.

Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment

As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.

Our Values:

We Care

About each other

Our patients and their families

The communities we serve

The environment

We support them and deliver on their promises

We Respect

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return

We Listen to

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We act and learn from what we hear

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We have a strong commitment to support all staff members with CPD opportunities. We offer regular supervision and annual appraisal with a regular in-service training and opportunities through personal development plans.

Are you passionate about making improvements to services to provide the best possible patient care through delivering wide scale improvements and changes to services? If yes, you will find the role of our Transformation Manager fulfilling, challenging and rewarding.

Please note if there is a high volume of applicants, we may close this advert early.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree, masters level or equivalent diploma level or equivalent experience.
• Change/Improvement/ project management qualifications or demonstratable knowledge and experience of methodologies.

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate qualification
• Clinical Qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive knowledge of specialist continuous improvement and change management practices
Experience using QI methodologies and approaches
Knowledge of a range of recognised programme and project management methodologies and approaches.
Experience of working in a change management service improvement role at a senior level
Track record and successful delivery of large-scale complex projects, organisational change and implementation of sustained improvement and realisation of benefits
Demonstrable evidence of previous experience of cultural and behavioural change management
Experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships, aligning different stakeholder priorities throughout an end-to-end transformation process
Experience of developing positive working relationships, collaboration and partnerships within and across organisations
Experience of facilitating learning, public speaking, delivering presentations, e.g. Trust / system wide meetings
Experience of the collation, analysis and interpretation of complex information or data
Experience of using software packages to support change (eg. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and Visio)
Able to hold people to account to deliver objectives

Desirable criteria

Experience working within Secondary Care
Experience of facilitating and managing change within and across healthcare organisations / system wide
Experience of promoting and influencing change at senior clinical and operational leadership levels

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

Root Cause Analysis – ability to see beyond the immediate problem to identify root causes, critical issues and develop clear aims and outcomes
Continuous improvement and transformation skills – confidence and knowledge of emerging best practice of continuous improvement and change management
Demonstration of a wide range of management, programme and/or project management skills to plan, manage and facilitate delivery of often complex projects and improvement
Creativity - to develop concept ideas into innovative solutions, and put these into practice
Planning and coordination of multiple complex transformation and improvement programmes
Ability to drive change, implement and support solutions to deliver sustainable improvement
Ability to interpret and distil complex data, both quantitative and qualitative, to inform improvement
Ability to develop and maintain strong governance processes throughout a project life cycle
Excellent interpersonal, written, oral communication and decision making skills
Able to influence, motivate and persuade others, a credible leader of change
Able to build positive strategic relationships and work in partnership at all levels and collaboration to achieve shared aims
Influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Ability to hold people to account on the delivery of their programmes
Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
Resilient and able to balance competing priorities and deadlines
Demonstrates adaptability, flexibility and a positive attitude to change
Shares knowledge / experience to enable continuous learning and improvement
Demonstrates political, strategic and operational awareness

Other

Essential criteria

Promote a positive image; retaining enthusiasm at all times to motivate staff involved change
Self-motivated and pro-active
Embodies NHS values and be flexible to the needs of the service/staff and role

Applicants are encouraged to read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description and person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to assist you in completing your application.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note that all correspondence will be via your NHS Jobs account. Unfortunately we are not able to acknowledge each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. Please also note that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are unable to refund Interview expenses or re-location costs.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.