Job summary
CCS Programme Manager
The role is a fixed term contract ending on 31st October 2024.
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Care Coordination Solution (CCS) and Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients Programme (IECCPP)
The Covid pandemic has caused the elective waiting list to grow, with around 7m patients nationally now waiting for treatment. This is further exacerbated that referrals are down by c40% which means that waiting lists are likely to increase when people return to healthcare for their outstanding health issues. Barts Health Group (Barts Health) is directly impacted by this situation given its size and significance within England.
To meet this challenge, productivity is therefore a key aim of the Trust's Financial Plan in 23/24, and integral to our system Sustainability & Improvement Plan. Activity recognised through Elective Recovery Fund (ERF) and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) in recovering the backlog, streamlined scheduling to reduce theatre cancellations and delivering GIRFT HVLC & theatre metrics (day case rates, capped utilisation and cases per list) would all contribute toward a better productivity. Good pathway oversight is in turn critical to all three of these ambitions.
**Interviews will be held on Tuesday, 17th October 2023**
Main duties of the job
The Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients Programme (IECCPP) is part of an NHS-wide effort to better use data to reshape health and care by giving clinicians and hospital staff the tools they need to make sure patients are treated faster. It supports Trusts and ICSs to strengthen elective care recovery.
The CCS Programme is an operationally led transformation programme working with operational and clinical stakeholders and is conceived as an integrated approach across a wide range of specialties, all with challenges and complexity in their own right. The CCS Programme works with unified management, governance and reporting mechanisms, supported by the different Trust hospitals.
The Trust is now looking to scale up the resources for this programme and supporting initiatives, bringing a Programme Manager to join our recently formed Barts CCS delivery team, to provide leadership, management and direction for the roll-out of CCS across Barts Health.The Improvement and Transformation Directorate is a vibrant and intellectually stimulating place of work where complex and demanding projects are developed and delivered for the Trust. We are looking for energetic, committed and bright individuals to join our team leading this exciting work across the Group.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager with a commitment to and passion for improving services and outcomes for patients and their families. The role requires an individual who can provide leadership, the ability to work flexibly to tight timescales and across multiple workstreams. Working with minimal supervision, the post holder will work within the Improvement and Transformation team, and across the Group Hospital sites with senior operational leads and clinical teams across the Trust. This will also include teams within ICT, Business Intelligence, Clinical Systems and Workforce Directorate.Travel to different hospital sites within the Barts Health Group and to other partner providers will be necessary.
The CCS Programme Manager will lead the implementation of the Trusts Care Coordination Solution (CCS) across the Group. This means the individual needs extensive experience of project management as well as an expert understanding of operational and theatres scheduling improvement to ensure that adoption of the CCS system is appropriately embedded for operational and clinical cohorts at each hospital site.As a senior member of the Improvement and Transformation team, the post holder will need to have science of improvement knowledge and excellent stakeholder engagement.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager with a commitment to and passion for improving services and outcomes for patients and their families. The role requires an individual who can provide leadership, the ability to work flexibly to tight timescales and across multiple workstreams. Working with minimal supervision, the post holder will work within the Improvement and Transformation team, and across the Group Hospital sites with senior operational leads and clinical teams across the Trust. This will also include teams within ICT, Business Intelligence, Clinical Systems and Workforce Directorate.Travel to different hospital sites within the Barts Health Group and to other partner providers will be necessary.
The CCS Programme Manager will lead the implementation of the Trusts Care Coordination Solution (CCS) across the Group. This means the individual needs extensive experience of project management as well as an expert understanding of operational and theatres scheduling improvement to ensure that adoption of the CCS system is appropriately embedded for operational and clinical cohorts at each hospital site.As a senior member of the Improvement and Transformation team, the post holder will need to have science of improvement knowledge and excellent stakeholder engagement.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant leadership experience in delivery of transformation programmes in a large, complex organisation
- Recent and relevant experience of delivering successful change programmes in the NHS
Desirable
- Experience delivering digital transformation programmes in the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate political awareness and experience of working with directors and senior leaders in politically sensitive and unpredictable environments
Skills
Essential
- Effective management of large complex projects with multiple stakeholders
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills which need to overcome significant barriers to acceptance.
- To manage workload effectively in light of competing priorities and tight deadlines, including team leadership
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant leadership experience in delivery of transformation programmes in a large, complex organisation
- Recent and relevant experience of delivering successful change programmes in the NHS
Desirable
- Experience delivering digital transformation programmes in the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate political awareness and experience of working with directors and senior leaders in politically sensitive and unpredictable environments
Skills
Essential
- Effective management of large complex projects with multiple stakeholders
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills which need to overcome significant barriers to acceptance.
- To manage workload effectively in light of competing priorities and tight deadlines, including team leadership
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).
