Organisational Design and Development

Organisational design and development is fundamental to the NHS’s ability to deliver high quality, efficient and sustainable healthcare.

Having the correct design for your organisation, and ongoing development required to deliver your objectives, provides an opportunity to enhance patient care, improve performance and deliver the agility required to adapt to changes in technology, policy and needs of your population. These processes foster a culture of continuous improvement that can improve staff satisfaction and play a pivotal role in the delivery of your strategic objectives.

Arden & GEM’s Health and Care Transformation team provides a range of specialist support that empowers NHS organisations to establish optimal design and development programmes for their individual operating environment and vision for efficient and sustainable healthcare. We see organisational design as a ‘people change’ process and support you to work together in shaping an approach that will enable you to deliver against your objectives.

Our Organisational Design and Development support works collaboratively with HR colleagues and leaders to understand the demands of their health economy and develop the structure, competencies and capacity to deliver the required results. This includes:

• Organisational transformation initiatives
• Alignment and staff engagement
• Individual and team psychometric tools and feedback
• Workforce planning
• Developing change management competencies.

Building relationships with key stakeholders is central to the transformative nature of our work. Our programmes of work regularly require 2-way and 3-way communication and collaborative environments where all concerned can freely challenge, explore and develop ideas. We also support systems looking to develop multi-organisational approaches, by breaking down barriers, and developing shared understanding and objectives.