# Associate Director of Transformation > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-transformation/e38d72a6-417a-4d82-8ba2-772f10502b4f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-transformation/e38d72a6-417a-4d82-8ba2-772f10502b4f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Chester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-05-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T14:26:44.538Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Chester/Countess_Chester_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Transformation/Transformation-v8013547 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8013547?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.coch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working Full time:  37.5 hours per week Are you an experienced transformation leader ready to lead change at scale? We are looking for an exceptional Associate Director of Transformation & Productivity to drive forward our ambitious transformation agenda at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is a senior leadership role where you will work closely with the Executive Team and senior clinicians to deliver large-scale programmes that improve performance, productivity and patient outcomes. You will lead a complex portfolio of transformation initiatives, ensuring measurable and sustainable improvements across clinical and operational services. As a visible and influential leader, you will operate at Board level, shaping strategic priorities, embedding continuous improvement, and building capability across the organisation. This role offers the opportunity to make a real and lasting impact on the quality of care we provide to our patients and community. If you are a confident, credible and driven leader with a strong track record of delivering transformation in complex environments, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will: - Lead a portfolio of transformation programmes across the full lifecycle, from initiation through to delivery and closure - Provide expert programme and project management support to ensure delivery of the Trust’s Improvement Programme - Establish and maintain robust governance, performance monitoring and reporting arrangements - Work in partnership with executive directors, senior managers and clinicians to deliver agreed programme objectives - Develop and deliver business cases, funding bids and benefit realisation plans - Ensure patients and carers are central to service redesign and pathway improvements - Manage risks, issues and dependencies, ensuring appropriate escalation and resolution - Line manage and support transformation staff and build improvement capability across the workforceDeputise for the Director of Transformation & Productivity as required ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.​ New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.​ ## Job Details Working Full time:  37.5 hours per week ## Job Description The post holder will: ## Responsibilities See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.​ New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.​ ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable experience of leading the delivery of large-scale improvements in quality, cost improvement and organisational capability in a complex, multi-organisational context - Increased the improvement capabilities of a complex workforce - Worked successfully on clinical improvements with senior clinicians - Worked successfully with leaders on the development and delivery of service reconfigurations - Led the delivery of business change and clinical service - Trained senior clinicians and managers in improvement and programme/ project management skills - Participation in the annual planning process within a provider organisation - Developed benchmarking analyses, market analyses, large scale demand and capacity modelling - Adept at delivering results in different organisational cultures, with the ability to adapt leadership and programme delivery styles accordingly - Specialist knowledge of: Programme management, Project management, Service and quality improvement (e.g. lean), Staff Management, Cost improvement and working with PMOs, Business intelligence, Operational management - Skilled in formulating long term strategic improvement plans, that will have major impacts on trust performance and compliance. - Skilled in developing policies and supporting strategy development - Skilled in management of risks across multiple organisations - Specialist knowledge of national, strategic policies for chosen portfolio. - Skilled in nurturing and supporting staff at all levels. **Desirable** - Experience delivering strategic projects across organisational boundaries - Delivered transformational results by working across silos, using expert knowledge of systems thinking - Specialist knowledge of other improvement methodologies ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master’s degree or equivalent experience **Desirable** - PRINCE2 Practitioner - Formal management or leadership development or qualification - Operational management experience/ Clinical Qualification ## Documents - [risk id form (pdf, 208.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10299349) - [how to travel to work (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2810) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2608) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 538.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10299348) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.