Job summary
Since 2020 the responsibility for the commissioning of Adult Secure Care mental health, learning disability and autism services has transferred from NHS England (NHSE) Specialised Commissioning to Provider Collaboratives (PCs).
Fifteen PC's nationally coordinate and deliver care for adult patients requiring low and medium secure care. The East Midlands area PC is called IMPACT.
IMPACT is a partnership of 9 NHS and independent sector providers and is led by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as the Lead Provider.
The other organisations in the collaborative are:
Cygnet Healthcare
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS FT
Elysium Healthcare, Leicestershire Partnerships NHS Trust
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Lincolnshire Partnerships NHS FT
Northamptonshire NHS FT
Priory Healthcare
St Andrews Healthcare
In order to preserve integrity and avoid conflicts of interest, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS FT as the Lead Provider developed an arms-length commissioning and clinical oversight function (the IMPACT commissioning hub). IMPACT's commissioning hub's role involves understanding the local population and empowering local clinicians and Experts by Experience to design improved pathways of care. Through the Lead Provider arrangements IMPACT also sub-contracts other providers e.g. to support discharges from secure care, assure the quality of services and lead the necessary reporting regionally and nationally to NHS England.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will implement the delivery of the Coproduction Strategy across the IMPACT Provider Collaborative providers and its wider stakeholders and will coordinate and project manage activities that build partnerships between service users, carers and service providers to bring about transformative changes to adult secure services, organisational culture and individual lives.
The postholder will ensure coproduction is informing all stages of our commissioning cycle and outcomes-based commissioning strategies with patients/service users and carers views being at the heart of what we do.
The post holder will support the IMPACT Lead for Improvement, Managing Director and Clinical Lead in specific projects across the coproduction and communications strategies.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead on the delivery of IMPACTs coproduction strategy across the Collaborative.
To strengthen a network across the Provider Collaborative partners and wider partners to facilitate the implementation of coproduction activities.
To co-ordinate work with the providers to ensure service users and carers can plan, review, shape and contribute to the IMPACT commissioning strategy, values and objectives.
To lead on supporting, advising and guiding providers to collaborate with each other to coproduce and involve service users and carers.
To liaise with all providers communications leads to coproduce relevant content and messaging on collaborative work/projects/good practice.
To produce regular written reports on the evidenced development of coproduction and its impact on our commissioning decisions to relevant partnership working groups and boards.
To be a confident and articulate presenter at formal meetings, committees, large scale events and able to tailor delivery to different audiences taking into account any communication barriers which may hinder this process when dealing with difficult or complex issues.
To plan and organise events and meetings that engage and inspire service users, carers, members, staff and other organisations to work in partnership to change services, culture and lives.
To be confident and articulate engaging and coproducing with all service users of secure care services.
To communicate and produce information in a variety of formats and ways that are accessible, engaging and inspiring. Communicate the aims, plans, opportunities and achievements of involvement. This will include presentations, articles, reports, analysis/presentation of data and the use of social media.
To support the development of outcome measures and targets for the activity the post is responsible for.
To plan and ensure the effective implementation of coproduction champions across the collaborative and the necessary support, training and personal development of volunteers to enable them to play an effective role in involvement and through this take up training, education and employment opportunities.
Keep accurate record keeping of all activity with people who use services and family members.
Comply with the Trust and Provider Collaboratives relevant code of conduct, standards of professional practice and values.
Fully participate in annual appraisal and appraisal reviews.
If you would like to know more and to speak to a member of our team, please contact Emma Gray emma.gray@nottshc.nhs.uk
Key dates:
Advertising: Wednesday 13 August Tuesday 16 September
Webinar: Wednesday 10 September 2025
Closing Date:Midnight Tuesday 16 September 2025
Shortlisting Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 24 September 2025
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead on the delivery of IMPACTs coproduction strategy across the Collaborative.
To strengthen a network across the Provider Collaborative partners and wider partners to facilitate the implementation of coproduction activities.
To co-ordinate work with the providers to ensure service users and carers can plan, review, shape and contribute to the IMPACT commissioning strategy, values and objectives.
To lead on supporting, advising and guiding providers to collaborate with each other to coproduce and involve service users and carers.
To liaise with all providers communications leads to coproduce relevant content and messaging on collaborative work/projects/good practice.
To produce regular written reports on the evidenced development of coproduction and its impact on our commissioning decisions to relevant partnership working groups and boards.
To be a confident and articulate presenter at formal meetings, committees, large scale events and able to tailor delivery to different audiences taking into account any communication barriers which may hinder this process when dealing with difficult or complex issues.
To plan and organise events and meetings that engage and inspire service users, carers, members, staff and other organisations to work in partnership to change services, culture and lives.
To be confident and articulate engaging and coproducing with all service users of secure care services.
To communicate and produce information in a variety of formats and ways that are accessible, engaging and inspiring. Communicate the aims, plans, opportunities and achievements of involvement. This will include presentations, articles, reports, analysis/presentation of data and the use of social media.
To support the development of outcome measures and targets for the activity the post is responsible for.
To plan and ensure the effective implementation of coproduction champions across the collaborative and the necessary support, training and personal development of volunteers to enable them to play an effective role in involvement and through this take up training, education and employment opportunities.
Keep accurate record keeping of all activity with people who use services and family members.
Comply with the Trust and Provider Collaboratives relevant code of conduct, standards of professional practice and values.
Fully participate in annual appraisal and appraisal reviews.
If you would like to know more and to speak to a member of our team, please contact Emma Gray emma.gray@nottshc.nhs.uk
Key dates:
Advertising: Wednesday 13 August Tuesday 16 September
Webinar: Wednesday 10 September 2025
Closing Date:Midnight Tuesday 16 September 2025
Shortlisting Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 24 September 2025
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- Good knowledge of the IMPACT Provider Collaborative's values.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Excellent understanding and practical competence in IT and communication techniques/platforms (all aspects of Microsoft Office/working on MS Teams, websites etc).
- Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Leadership Qualifications/Training e.g. NHS Leadership Academy courses.
- Project management or programme management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with service users, carers and the public in health or care services to deliver coproduction opportunities.
- Experience of leading on co-production projects/experience of supporting and facilitating group sessions to deliver set strategic outcomes.
- Experience of building stakeholder partnerships to involve people in bringing about change and delivery of work objectives.
- Experience of analysing views and opinions from a variety of sources (people or written) and presenting a balanced summary of these views in a written or verbal format.
- Experience of presenting at formal governance meetings.
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health, learning disability or autism care settings (secure/or non-secure).
- Proven experience of working on quality improvement projects.
- Proven experience of working on a programme of strategic change in a large organisation.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and proven understanding importance/principles of involvement, coproduction and facilitating patient experience in decision making.
- Knowledge of national healthcare policy for mental health, learning disability and autism services.
- Understanding of the IMPACT Provider Collaborative vision, values and objectives.
- Knowledge of statutory equality, cultural diversity and of equal opportunity requirements
- Understanding of the impact of health inequalities.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of forensic care pathways and services.
Skills
Essential
- Proactive and excellent inter-personal skills (being an active listener) and able to communicate confidently with different audiences.
- To be able to plan and prioritise workload in a role that has many competing demands/working to tight timescales and deadlines.
- To be able to inspire, challenge and persuade people to bring about changes to services and culture in an accessible, persuasive and sensitive manner.
- Able to analyse complex information and data from service user experience feedback and other sources.
- To produce information in a variety of communication formats (face to face, digital) to communicate the progress, achievements and outcomes of the Provider Collaborative and coproduction outcomes.
- Able to interpret policies and strategies and to make decisions based on these that impact on service users, carers and staff at all levels of the organisation.
- Able to discuss, present and listen to emotionally difficult or distressing material raised by service users, carers or staff. Maintain own wellbeing with the support of the wider team and provide leadership where needed.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Shows respect and understanding of diversity. Values individual difference. Treats all people fairly and appropriately and without prejudice.
- Proactively seeks to reduces inequalities of disadvantaged groups and acts to raise awareness of the benefits of diversity and build active commitment to ensure equality of opportunity.
- Demonstration of a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
- Ability to travel independently to secure units around the East Midlands and occasionally beyond - A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
- Occasional need to work outside of normal working hours.
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- Good knowledge of the IMPACT Provider Collaborative's values.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Excellent understanding and practical competence in IT and communication techniques/platforms (all aspects of Microsoft Office/working on MS Teams, websites etc).
- Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Leadership Qualifications/Training e.g. NHS Leadership Academy courses.
- Project management or programme management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with service users, carers and the public in health or care services to deliver coproduction opportunities.
- Experience of leading on co-production projects/experience of supporting and facilitating group sessions to deliver set strategic outcomes.
- Experience of building stakeholder partnerships to involve people in bringing about change and delivery of work objectives.
- Experience of analysing views and opinions from a variety of sources (people or written) and presenting a balanced summary of these views in a written or verbal format.
- Experience of presenting at formal governance meetings.
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health, learning disability or autism care settings (secure/or non-secure).
- Proven experience of working on quality improvement projects.
- Proven experience of working on a programme of strategic change in a large organisation.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and proven understanding importance/principles of involvement, coproduction and facilitating patient experience in decision making.
- Knowledge of national healthcare policy for mental health, learning disability and autism services.
- Understanding of the IMPACT Provider Collaborative vision, values and objectives.
- Knowledge of statutory equality, cultural diversity and of equal opportunity requirements
- Understanding of the impact of health inequalities.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of forensic care pathways and services.
Skills
Essential
- Proactive and excellent inter-personal skills (being an active listener) and able to communicate confidently with different audiences.
- To be able to plan and prioritise workload in a role that has many competing demands/working to tight timescales and deadlines.
- To be able to inspire, challenge and persuade people to bring about changes to services and culture in an accessible, persuasive and sensitive manner.
- Able to analyse complex information and data from service user experience feedback and other sources.
- To produce information in a variety of communication formats (face to face, digital) to communicate the progress, achievements and outcomes of the Provider Collaborative and coproduction outcomes.
- Able to interpret policies and strategies and to make decisions based on these that impact on service users, carers and staff at all levels of the organisation.
- Able to discuss, present and listen to emotionally difficult or distressing material raised by service users, carers or staff. Maintain own wellbeing with the support of the wider team and provide leadership where needed.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Shows respect and understanding of diversity. Values individual difference. Treats all people fairly and appropriately and without prejudice.
- Proactively seeks to reduces inequalities of disadvantaged groups and acts to raise awareness of the benefits of diversity and build active commitment to ensure equality of opportunity.
- Demonstration of a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
- Ability to travel independently to secure units around the East Midlands and occasionally beyond - A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
- Occasional need to work outside of normal working hours.
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).
