Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to lead and deliver the Next Gen project for the Midlands region. This is a high profile role which contributes to the Regional delivery of key aspects of the NHS Chief Nursing Officers and Chief Midwifery Officers action plans for Nurses and Midwives. You will be pivotal in working to develop a consistent pipeline of future nurses, AHPs and midwives through a cycle of engagement with children and young people, schools, colleges, and universities; in order to attract and recruit our future generation of health care professionals; a future generation of staff that is diverse and more reflective of our local populations.
Main duties of the job
You will lead and be responsible for the day-to-day management and delivery of the Next Gen project for the Midlands region. This post is for 6-months and you will successfully transition from a regional approach to a local approach to embed the NHSE Midlands Next Gen programme. You will provide the necessary leadership and facilitation shape across the 11 Integrated Care Systems to shape local planning, delivery, and governance of the Next Gen programme.
Working in collaboration with the regional widening access and participation lead, Next Gen Midwife leads, and Allied Health Profession workforce leads, you will develop an integrated approach for Next Gen, ensuring best use of resources and value for money. Through liaison and networking with other Next Gen Leads and stakeholders you will identify, collate shared good practice across the region in relation to Next Gen delivery approaches and resources.
Key components of the project management will be to collate system-based progress updates to monitor system delivery against timescales, identifying any risks to programme delivery and systems in need of further support. You will collate data from various sources to monitor the delivery of project key performance indicators, and present regular reports to the Project Steering Group and the Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Board.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Educated to master's level in relevant subject (or willing to work towards master's qualification) or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge
- *Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- *Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
- *Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- *Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- *Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- *Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
Desirable
- *Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- *Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- *Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- *Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- *Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
- *Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- *Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- *Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- *Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Educated to master's level in relevant subject (or willing to work towards master's qualification) or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge
- *Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- *Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
- *Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- *Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- *Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- *Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
Desirable
- *Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- *Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- *Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- *Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- *Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
- *Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- *Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- *Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- *Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
