Change Partner

Secondment Opportunity - open to NHS Scotland employees only

NHS Orkney is committed to delivering excellent care to our 22,000 residents. Whether you’re new to the NHS or bringing experience from elsewhere, your skills will make a real difference.

Our modern healthcare facility, The Balfour, brings together inpatient care, emergency services, outpatient clinics, diagnostics, GP practices and the Scottish Ambulance Service. We’re also investing in services across our outer isles, ensuring high-quality care reaches every corner of Orkney.

We are guided by our core values that shape everything we do Open and honest, Respect and Kindness from how we care for our patients to how we support each other as colleagues.

About Orkney

With over 70 islands 20 of them inhabited Orkney offers a unique blend of natural beauty, close-knit community and an opportunity for adventure. From dramatic coastlines and rare wildlife to rich cultural traditions and active lifestyles, it’s a place where compassion thrives and every day brings something new. Regularly named one of the UK’s best places to live, Orkney offers a lifestyle that’s both fulfilling and inspiring.

The Position

An exciting opportunity has arisen within NHS Orkney’s People and Culture Directorate for an experienced and motivated Change Partner to join our team on a fixed-term basis for 12 months.

This newly established role has been created to support a significant programme of organisational change, workforce transformation and service redesign across NHS Orkney. Working closely with Directors, senior leaders, managers and staff side representatives, you will play a key role in helping services deliver sustainable change that improves services for patients, supports our workforce and contributes to the delivery of our strategic priorities.

As the lead People and Culture adviser for organisational change across designated services, you will provide expert consultancy, advice and support on workforce redesign, organisational development, strategic workforce planning and transformation programmes. You will work in partnership with senior leaders to assess workforce implications, identify risks and opportunities, develop practical solutions and support the successful implementation of change.

The successful candidate will lead and coordinate People and Culture input into organisational change initiatives, service redesign programmes and workforce planning activity, ensuring that change is delivered in line with NHS Scotland policy, employment legislation, partnership principles and best practice.

Location, Working Pattern and Contract Duration:

This post will be based at The Balfour we are open to discussing flexible working

• The successful candidate will work: 36 hours per week
• This post is a Secondment for 12 months
• It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NHS Orkney.

Benefits And Salary

Did you know NHS Scotland salaries are higher than those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland?

• The salary for this post is Band 7 £52,845 £61,466 and if residing on Orkney, you’ll also receive a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,719 pro rata per annum, adding extra value to your rewarding career with us.
• NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.

Further Information

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application.

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.

NHS Orkney is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies.

Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Please note this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.