Automation Change Manager | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Reading, RG30 2BA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Sept 2026
Closing date:	29 Oct 2026

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Summary

We are recruiting an Automation Change Manager to join Berkshire Healthcare's Intelligent Automation Programme. This senior role will lead the Change and Analytics Team and help clinical and corporate services redesign complex processes and introduce safe, effective and sustainable automation. You will combine business analysis, project delivery and change management, working with services, developers and governance specialists from early discovery through testing, implementation and adoption. The role offers the opportunity to influence digital transformation across the Trust, improve how services work and help ensure that automation delivers measurable benefits for patients, staff and services. The post is based at Bath Road, Reading, with travel between Trust sites and flexible working to meet programme and service requirements.

•Lead the analysis and redesign of complex clinical and administrative pathways,identifyingdelays, duplication, errors,reworkand opportunities for improvement.

•Gather,validateand document clear business requirements and produce high-quality Process Definition Documents for technical delivery.

•Lead or coordinate automation projects from discovery through development, testing,implementationand transition into business-as-usual operation.

•Assess the impact of change on staff, workloads, responsibilities, patientpathwaysand procedures, and develop proportionate engagement, communication,trainingand adoption plans.

•Provide visible leadership to the Change and Analytics Team, setting standards and priorities,allocatingworkand supporting staff development.

•Coordinate user acceptance testing, service readiness, go-live and early-life support, ensuring risks, decisions,approvalsand contingencies are recorded.

•Define andmonitorfinancial, operational, workforce, quality,safetyand staff-experience benefits.

•Ensure workcomplies withprogramme governance and relevant information security, data protection, clinical safety, cyber-security,auditand quality requirements

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority

• Committed to providing good quality, safe services

• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance

• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

• Generous NHS pension scheme

• Excellent learning and career development opportunities

• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles

• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality

• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave

• Free parking across Trust sites

The 'must haves' for this role:

1. Postgraduate-level knowledge in a relevant subject, or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience in business analysis, project delivery, change management or service transformation.

2. Significant experience of analysing complex clinical, administrative or operational pathways and producing clear, quality-assured requirements or Process Definition Documents for technical teams.

3. Proven experience of delivering change,transformationor service improvement, including stakeholder engagement, communication, training, servicereadinessand adoption planning.

4. Line-management experience, with the ability to setobjectives, manage workloads, developstaffandmaintainclear standards for quality and delivery.

5. Strong leadership, communication, facilitation,negotiationand influencing skills, together with sound knowledge of project and change management.

6. Experience of working within governance, risk, qualityassuranceor audit requirements. Experience of intelligent automation, RPA, workflowautomationor Power Platform would beadvantageous.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Your application is your opportunity todemonstrateto us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility,equityand confidence for applicants. However,it’simportant that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. 

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should beevidencedwithin your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

e’recommitted to equal opportunitiesand welcomeapplications fromall sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected inour accreditations:StonewallProudEmployer,Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to call:Jon Burton atJon.Burton@berkshire.nhs.ukor on 0 118 206 5512who’llbe delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Sunday 25 Oct 2026

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