Job summary
Due to the internal secondment of the current postholder, an opportunity has arisen to join the Strategy and Partnerships Team at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for 12 months.
This is a particularly exciting time to be joining, as we begin our work to refresh the Trust Strategy in 2025, and take our Clinical Services Strategy into delivery. These two items will be the primary focus for the successful candidate.
Interviews are scheduled for 17 October 2024.
Main duties of the job
The Strategy and Partnerships Team are a high-performing, cross-functional team that provide strategic engagement and support across the organisation and with our partners across Berkshire West and our Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS). The team are fast-paced and are responsible for:o Leadership of Trustwide strategy development including the 2025 Trust Strategy Refresh and supporting the delivery of our Clinical Services Strategy
o Provide strategic guidance and expertise across RBFT
o System and place strategy, partnership development and engagement
o Relationship management and collaboration with academic partners including the University of Reading
o Primary care partnership, engagement, innovation and collaboration
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Rebecca Cullen, Associate Director for Strategy and Performance (rebecca.cullen@royalberkshire.nhs.uk)
About us
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of hospital services for over 600,000 people across Reading, Newbury, Wokingham and West Berkshire and we provide specialist hospital services beyond the county's borders. Rated 'Good' by the CQC and employing more than 7,000 staff from 89 different nationalities we are rated as one of the best acute trusts to work for in England.
As a champion of integration between primary, community, social, mental health, secondary and tertiary health care services, we are committed to working with our partners in the NHS, local government and beyond. We are actively involved in research and development which supports our high-quality work and benefits both patients and staff. We offer great careers for doctors, nurses, midwives and other professions like health care assistants, housekeepers and administrative staff.
Our CARE values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and we hope you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY: The Strategy and Partnerships Manager will support RBFT through a programme of strategic development and planning, which includes (but is not limited to) business and strategic planning, new care models and local integration. This includes our refresh of the Trust Strategy in 2025. To help build effective working relationships and local partnerships that drive the delivery of new ways of working across the Berkshire West Place, the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS), and the wider Thames Valley and South East region. To develop collaborative partnerships across the Thames Valley and provide a key strategic link between external partners and internal departments in establishing a strategic alliance in association with a wide range of organisations, academic and clinical partners with a view to delivering on Our Strategy: Improving Together.
JOB PURPOSE: The Strategy and Partnerships Manager will contribute to the development and implementation of the Trusts overarching sister strategies: our Clinical Services Strategy and our Trust Strategy. The post holder will also strengthen our capacity in partnership working across our local place, system and further afield proactively building relationships, supporting wider strategic developments, and playing an active role in our place and ICS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY: The Strategy and Partnerships Manager will support RBFT through a programme of strategic development and planning, which includes (but is not limited to) business and strategic planning, new care models and local integration. This includes our refresh of the Trust Strategy in 2025. To help build effective working relationships and local partnerships that drive the delivery of new ways of working across the Berkshire West Place, the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS), and the wider Thames Valley and South East region. To develop collaborative partnerships across the Thames Valley and provide a key strategic link between external partners and internal departments in establishing a strategic alliance in association with a wide range of organisations, academic and clinical partners with a view to delivering on Our Strategy: Improving Together.
JOB PURPOSE: The Strategy and Partnerships Manager will contribute to the development and implementation of the Trusts overarching sister strategies: our Clinical Services Strategy and our Trust Strategy. The post holder will also strengthen our capacity in partnership working across our local place, system and further afield proactively building relationships, supporting wider strategic developments, and playing an active role in our place and ICS.
Person Specification
Attitude, Behaviour and Values
Essential
- The applicant must be able to demonstrate that they abide by the Trust CARE Values
- Positive and proactive approach to all tasks and stakeholders, focused on solutions and moving forward
- People-focused, politically sensitive, and emotionally intelligent in their dealings with others
Education/Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of personal development
Desirable
- Postgraduate management qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2) or equivalent experience
- Coaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Strategic planning, or strategic development, within the NHS or a similar organisation
- Analysing data and generating insights to influence strategic decision-making
- Advanced problem-solving skills and creative thinking to establish innovative solutions
- Experience of partnership working and developing relationships across multi-disciplinary groups and across organisational boundaries
- Experience in researching and implementing best practice
Desirable
- Clinical experience
- Experience of implementing new models of care throughout the NHS and social care
- Experience in contributing to large-scale transformation projects within the NHS or other similar organisations
- Experience working in a range of health and/or social care organisations
Skills, Knowledge, and Attributes
Essential
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead, influence, and motivate teams
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal presentation, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels
- Confident facilitator, leading workshops and engagement events to gather relevant outputs and create buy-in with stakeholders
- Strong understanding of the healthcare landscape at a local, regional, and national level
- Ability to analyse complex information (e.g. reports, policy) and draw together key insights to inform strategy and strategic decision making
- Able to gain the confidence and respect of others in order to deliver within a complex function and be able to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues and key stakeholders across organisational boundaries
- Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks, and manage conflicting priorities effectively.
- Able to use the Microsoft Office Suite to an advanced standard to analyse data and present reports (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,)
- Ability to challenge and influence established beliefs and behaviour across staff and partners
- Able to use expert knowledge to evaluate and make recommendations
- Excellent interpersonal skills - influencing, negotiating and communication (written and oral) skills, across all levels internally and externally
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to solve problems and work with multi-disciplinary teams to resolve issues together
Person Specification
Attitude, Behaviour and Values
Essential
- The applicant must be able to demonstrate that they abide by the Trust CARE Values
- Positive and proactive approach to all tasks and stakeholders, focused on solutions and moving forward
- People-focused, politically sensitive, and emotionally intelligent in their dealings with others
Education/Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of personal development
Desirable
- Postgraduate management qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2) or equivalent experience
- Coaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Strategic planning, or strategic development, within the NHS or a similar organisation
- Analysing data and generating insights to influence strategic decision-making
- Advanced problem-solving skills and creative thinking to establish innovative solutions
- Experience of partnership working and developing relationships across multi-disciplinary groups and across organisational boundaries
- Experience in researching and implementing best practice
Desirable
- Clinical experience
- Experience of implementing new models of care throughout the NHS and social care
- Experience in contributing to large-scale transformation projects within the NHS or other similar organisations
- Experience working in a range of health and/or social care organisations
Skills, Knowledge, and Attributes
Essential
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead, influence, and motivate teams
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal presentation, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels
- Confident facilitator, leading workshops and engagement events to gather relevant outputs and create buy-in with stakeholders
- Strong understanding of the healthcare landscape at a local, regional, and national level
- Ability to analyse complex information (e.g. reports, policy) and draw together key insights to inform strategy and strategic decision making
- Able to gain the confidence and respect of others in order to deliver within a complex function and be able to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues and key stakeholders across organisational boundaries
- Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks, and manage conflicting priorities effectively.
- Able to use the Microsoft Office Suite to an advanced standard to analyse data and present reports (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,)
- Ability to challenge and influence established beliefs and behaviour across staff and partners
- Able to use expert knowledge to evaluate and make recommendations
- Excellent interpersonal skills - influencing, negotiating and communication (written and oral) skills, across all levels internally and externally
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to solve problems and work with multi-disciplinary teams to resolve issues together
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.
