Leadership Development Facilitator | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Responsible for the planning, design and delivery of a range of leadership and management staff training programmes as identified by the Trust and aligned to the NHS People Promise including the MTW Exceptional Leaders for All programmes. These programmes are designed in collaboration with wider development programmes, both internally and externally, to support staff with their personal development and career planning. This role will be required to explore the Trust needs and analyse collected insights to inform the design of interventions and deliver regular facilitation on Leadership Development programmes as well as supporting shorter development sessions as required.

This role will work across all MTW sites including Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital as well as training venues in the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells area. The team also work from home as appropriate depending on delivery/ team needs.

The main duties of this role include working collaboratively with colleagues and partners across the organisation, and externally, to understand the leadership development needs of staff and stakeholders. From these insights the Leadership Development Facilitators will be responsible for designing, delivering and evaluating programmes to create a learning culture within MTW with an emphasis on supportive behaviours.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)