Organisational Development (OD) Consultant

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Organisational Development (OD) Consultant to lead and shape our OD consultancy approach and support delivery of our Trust People Strategy.
This is a senior, influential role within the People Directorate, working closely with Executive leaders, Care Groups and Corporate Divisions to drive cultural improvement, organisational effectiveness and compassionate leadership. You will play a key role in designing and delivering OD and organisational design interventions that support transformation, improve workforce experience and enable high-quality patient care.
The postholder will act as a trusted OD expert and strategic partner, leading a small team of OD Consultants and deputising for the Assistant Director of OD, Culture & Inclusion as required. This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished OD professional to have real impact across a large, complex NHS organisation., + Lead the Trust's OD consultancy approach, providing expert advice, coaching and guidance to senior leaders on complex people, culture and organisational challenges.
+ Build strong, credible relationships with Executive Directors, senior leadership teams and key stakeholders to support service delivery, transformation and cultural improvement.
+ Design, deliver and evaluate organisation-wide OD and organisational design interventions, ensuring they are evidence-based, outcome-focused and aligned to Trust and national priorities.
+ Use workforce intelligence, people metrics, staff survey data and qualitative insight to diagnose challenges, identify opportunities and inform OD recommendations.
+ Oversee key OD portfolio areas including leadership development, employee experience, wellbeing, talent and mandatory learning.
+ Support senior leaders to improve team culture, leadership capability, wellbeing and effectiveness, contributing to a positive staff experience and safe, high-quality care.
+ Provide effective leadership and line management to the OD Consultancy team, supporting performance, development and wellbeing, 1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.
If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of your start date to ensure sufficient time for the operational and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.
In line with the change of Immigration rules on 8th January 2026 if you require Sponsorship through the Skilled Worker Visa you must be able to provide B2 English evidence before a Certificate of Sponsorship can be issued.
Visa eligibility notice:
The UK Home Office has imposed an emergency brake on specific visa routes.
1. Skilled Worker visas cannot currently be issued to Afghan nationals.
2. Study visas cannot currently be issued to nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar or Sudan.
As a result, we are unable to progress applications requiring sponsorship under these routes.
UHNM supports the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist in preparing your supporting statement. However, we reserve the right to reject applications where AI has been used in a misleading manner, for example, by implying experience or understanding that the applicant does not possess or where its use is excessive or unfair. If AI has been used to support your application, you must declare this within your submission.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.