Head of Business & Transformation (XN10)
Weare seeking to recruit a motivated Head of Business & Transformation tojoin the Commercial Services team within Estates & Facilities, workingacross the five Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust sites.
Youwill work at a senior management level working closely with the E&Fsenior leadership team and clinical teams to lead on Transformation andInnovation across Estates & Facilities as well as having responsibilityfor your services portfolio ensuring that the business, workforce andfinancial planning achieve determined KPIs.
Inthis role, you will be in a unique position to drive change and improvementon a large scale, leading on implementing enhancements to our provision andservices in one of the countrys most complex Trusts. The work you do will influence income,promote savings and impact on patients and staff alike.
Youwill need a strong focus on improving patient care and achieving large scaletransformation driving through efficiencies.
Expected ShortlistingDate
24/02/2026
Planned InterviewDate
03/03/2026
Main duties of the job
Inthis role, you will:
Manage the performance of theservices including Technical Development, Nurseries, Contracts, E&F Hub,Residences, Performance/QA and Communications against key targets andmeasures.
Ensure that resources are deployedeffectively and that robust processes are in place to support the provisionof efficient, high quality services
Responsible for relevant strategicprogrammes and associated budgets and service operational plans
Developing and sustaining capacityand capability within your services
Ensure that service activities areappropriately recorded in order to maximise income opportunities related toservice provision
Engaging with internal/externalstakeholders; promoting partnerships and co-operative working
Ensure business continuity and riskmanagement arrangements are in place in the unit
Contribute to the delivery of bothlocal & organisational objectives
Lead on innovation andtransformation across E & F services supporting the delivery of WRPs
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About us
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. TheEstates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one ofthe largest estate portfolios across the NHS. With over 2,300 staff, weprovide a range of Estates & Facilities management services and ensureour buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe.
Whetherwe're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact,providing staff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients, or patrollingour sites, we support the delivery of patient care. Guided by our Leeds WayValues, we are committed to creating the best place to work and being theemployer of choice for estates and facilities in the region.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
Job responsibilities
Pleasesee the attached job description "Head of Business &Transformation" that is attached for this advertised role
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification.
* Masters Degree or equivalent management qualification or post graduate diploma.
Other Criteria
* Ability to lead highly complex multidisciplinary teams based on different sites across the organisation.
* Manage clinical and business risks developing action plans to improve performance.
Experience
* Experience of successful operational management at a middle/senior management level
* Operational and business planning and implementation and options appraisal.
* Management of staff from a range of professional and occupational backgrounds
* Demonstrates ability to develop and utilise effective professional networks
* Preparing strategic plans
* Demonstrates evidence of innovation in the provision of services
Skills and Behaviours
* Knowledge of workforce planning principles and practice
* Excellent change management skills including service reconfiguration.
* Capacity planning, managing service activity and developing business cases.
* Sound understanding of the NHS plan and modernisation agenda.
* Strong negotiation and influencing skills with ability to anticipate problems, appraise risks and make effective decisions
* Working well under pressure of time and resources
* Knowledge and application of key policies and procedures to include E&F related targets/ data sets and KPIss
* NHS policies and best practice guidance relevant to EFM
* Fair, honest and consistent in approach
* Excellent presentation skills using a range of techniques, software and equipment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Associate Director of E&F Commercial Services
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