Are you passionate about driving transformation and improving healthcare services? Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Transformation (Group Operations) to support the development of robust transformation programmes across the elective care pathway. This role is pivotal in delivering productivity improvements and ensuring the sustainable delivery of elective care across the Group
Interview date :4th July 2025
Key Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership, planning, problem-solving, and programme and change management skills. You will have the ability to quickly build credibility across the Trust and with partners, influencing at all levels. You will be adept at identifying and managing challenges and blockages, whether technical or cultural, and dealing sensitively with these while delivering results.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Scott Job title: Portfolio Director Email address: markscott3@nhs.net
Interview date :4th July 2025
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development and implementation of transformation programmes to improve productivity and sustainability in elective care.
- Engage and collaborate with teams to create a vision, culture, and approach that aligns with corporate priorities and trust-wide initiatives.
- Oversee all activities, projects, issues, and risks associated with planned care transformation and improvement plans.
- Lead Group-wide initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance services and processes.
- Develop and oversee transformation priorities as part of the Group Director of Planned Care’s portfolio.
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Integrate programme management, change management, and continuous improvement to deliver large-scale improvements in line with the organisation's long-term strategy.
The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership, planning, problem-solving, and programme and change management skills. You will have the ability to quickly build credibility across the Trust and with partners, influencing at all levels. You will be adept at identifying and managing challenges and blockages, whether technical or cultural, and dealing sensitively with these while delivering results.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Scott Job title: Portfolio Director Email address: markscott3@nhs.net