Director of Culture

Are you an experienced Organisational Development and culture specialist with an ability to strategically lead major programmes of work as well as being a trusted partner working with Executives and senior leaders from all disciplines? Can you bring your positive leadership approach to support large and ambitious learning, development and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) team. An exciting opportunity has arisen within UHDB for a Director of Culture. The Director of Culture is one of the most senior leadership roles below board level with the remit of developing a compassionate and inclusive culture across UHDB, ensuring all our people and patients experience the very best of the NHS. The post holder will continue to lead positive change and transformation across our sites. They will design and deliver organisational development and change management strategies, processes and initiatives to foster a high-performance culture, where continuous learning, improvement and equality and diversity is embedded throughout. They will lead the delivery of our approach to embedding a compassionate and inclusive leadership throughout the trust. In the remit, but not limited to is the delivery of the Trust People Experience Strategy and delivery plans and associated performance metrics, as well as performance against regional and national strategies and plans.Main duties of the job To work with the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officer to bring together, connect, and align all trust wide change programmes into a coherent strategic framework to build and embed a compassionate and inclusive leadership development and communications programme. To work with the Deputy Chief People Officer to build an employment offer that enables UHDB to be a great place to work, supported by effective Organisational Development interventions. To develop and oversee the trusts approach to staff engagement and involvement. To lead the organisation-wide planning of the annual NHS staff survey and quarterly Staff Friends and Family Tests/Pulse checks to gain maximum response rates from staff. Analyse results of the surveys identifying themes and action plans. Work with the Director of People Services and HR Business Partners to interpret local results and develop local action plans. Embed a compassionate and inclusive leadership approach throughout UHDB. Deliver a leadership development offer that ensures all leaders in UHDB are equipped and able to be their very best. Ensure succession planning and talent management processes create a pipeline of excellent leaders from all health disciplines by helping employees to achieve their potential via focused support and development. Promote employee belonging, decision making, accountability and voice.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.