Job summary
The post-holder will work as a programme manager within the SEL ICS Respiratory Network with a particular focus on supporting and leading on improvements in key respiratory workstreams covering: Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Community Diagnostics, Medicines Optimisation, Oxygen therapy and Asthma care. The Network is comprised of clinical and commissioning stakeholders from across the health system and are responsible for leading the development and improvement of respiratory care across South East London.
Main duties of the job
The SEL Respiratory Programme Manager will lead on projects and strategies for respiratory care, focusing on improving patient pathways, managing innovation, optimising treatments (like oxygen therapy, pulmonary rehab, medicines), and collaborating across primary/secondary care, requiring strong project management skills and clinical knowledge (respiratory/long-term conditions).
The role will coordinate and support the work of the SEL Respiratory Clinical Network delivering on the following priorities: Accurate and Timely Diagnosis, Medicines optimisation and sustainability, Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) and Evidence based oxygen therapy.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 23,500 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, and neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich - our Places. Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 General Practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description, person specification and functional requirements form for further information on this post
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description, person specification and functional requirements form for further information on this post
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in a specialist area
- Evidence of ongoing personal and Professional development
- Project Management qualification or equivalent experience
Previous experience
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment.
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Knowledge/understanding and interpretation of national and local policies and strategic issues relevant to commissioning and transformation
- Knowledge of organisational structures and key relationships in the NHS and social care
- Experience of supervising staff
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment.
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Knowledge/understanding and interpretation of national and local policies and strategic issues relevant to commissioning and transformation
- Knowledge of organisational structures and key relationships in the NHS and social care
- Experience in strategic planning and managing and leading a team to successfully achieve targets within strict deadlines
- Understanding the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and the individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures.
- Experience of working in an NHS Trust, ICB or other healthcare delivery organisation.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as PRINCE 2
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to develop and interrogate databases and information systems
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Ability to work autonomously while able to deal with an ambiguous and changing environment Ability to communicate a vision and motivate others
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in a specialist area
- Evidence of ongoing personal and Professional development
- Project Management qualification or equivalent experience
Previous experience
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment.
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Knowledge/understanding and interpretation of national and local policies and strategic issues relevant to commissioning and transformation
- Knowledge of organisational structures and key relationships in the NHS and social care
- Experience of supervising staff
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment.
- Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Knowledge/understanding and interpretation of national and local policies and strategic issues relevant to commissioning and transformation
- Knowledge of organisational structures and key relationships in the NHS and social care
- Experience in strategic planning and managing and leading a team to successfully achieve targets within strict deadlines
- Understanding the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and the individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures.
- Experience of working in an NHS Trust, ICB or other healthcare delivery organisation.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as PRINCE 2
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to develop and interrogate databases and information systems
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Ability to work autonomously while able to deal with an ambiguous and changing environment Ability to communicate a vision and motivate others
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
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).
