CX job vacancy of the week: NHS England

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This week: Head of Customer Experience & Change at NHS England (based in London, UK)

NHS England and NHS Improvement came together on 1 April 2019 as a new single organisation. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to patients at the local level and it can best support the NHS to deliver this as a single integrated organisation.

The new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by its integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.

The OD and Talent Team are about to embark on a programme of work that will significantly improve the NHS' customer service and product offering. It is looking for a Head of Customer Experience and Change to lead and play a pivotal role in that.

As a key member of the team, you’ll report to the Head of Deployment Strategy and Programme Delivery and be responsible for leading a team to deliver outstanding outcomes for customers.

Main responsibilities:

• Fostering a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and ensuring this is embedded in your team and processes, so that the wider organisation can realise the benefits.
• Significantly and positively transforming the customer experience of all products and service.
• Promoting and supporting the positive engagement with, and representation of, a diverse workforce at all levels of the organisation.
• Leading the development, utilising data, insight and research, and delivery of an effective People Strategy & Plan, which has health, wellbeing, inclusion and culture as its foundation.
• Developing excellent relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, to improve everything in your area of responsibility.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement to support the development of a best-in-class offering, including looking to other organisations for best practice.
• Devise and deliver on a wide-range of projects and programmes and will realise significant benefit to the wider organisation.
• Identifying opportunities for development within your team, and building on existing Learning and Development offers.
• Ensuring you’re developing and actioning a strategy that delivers on the NHS People Plan.
• Continue work to deliver on a flexible resource model, ensuring that the NHS has the correct skills in the right place at the right time.

Requirements:

• A clear commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and customer service excellence.
• Significant leadership experience in complex environments, ideally in the NHS or other healthcare environments.
• An ability to prioritise and deliver on competing priorities.
• Outstanding communication skills across multiple channels and able to communicate ideas effectively and inclusively.
• Able to take complex information and present in a simple, effective way.
• Excellent relationship building and management skills, including in politicised environments.

For further information and to submit an application visit the NHS jobs board.