Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Performance Lead

The closing date is 24 September 2025

Job summary

To support the Business Management Team and Directorate Management Team in delivering the Directorate's core business. The post holder will make use of management information to strengthen business planning and ensure delivery of strategic and service priorities.

The role includes monitoring and reporting on Trust-wide and local performance indicators, and working closely with Informatics, BI and Clinical colleagues. The post holder will lead workstreams to improve data quality and ensure accuracy in reporting.

Main duties of the job

To provide support in the co-ordination of the business planning process:

Assist the Directorate Business Management Team during the annual planning round and in the production of the Local Delivery Plan (LDP). Including:

Responsibility for collating updates of the Directorate Annual Plan with the Directorate Senior Management Team;

Ensuring that the Directorate risk register remains up to date;

Reporting of complex service activity to inform the business planning process.

Provide support to the Directorate Business Management Team in the production of local business plans in line with the Directorate's service priorities.

To draft agendas, collate papers and take minutes of project and service development meetings and follow up action as required.

To support the Directorate Business Management Team in the development of complex project plans for service developments.

To co-ordinate and provide financial management support to the senior management team:

To facilitate the delivery of financial information to support the management of the budget and business planning process of the Directorate. Including:

Regular reporting key performance indicators.

Support to the Business Management Team in developing the local response to reporting.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Details

Date posted

15 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7443419-FOR

Job locations

Bracton Centre

Bracton Lane

Dartford

DA2 7AF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Policy:

The post holder will be working with Informatics, Transformation, Quality and Finance colleagues to propose and implement changes impacting across these areas. Accordingly, the post holder will also have to implement changes within their own area and the team.

General

Respond to non-routine requests for information from key stakeholders including local Commissioning Groups, senior clinical team and senior management team including the Service Director within agreed timescales.

Deputise as required during management absence at internal and external meetings

To assist the Business and Performance Manager with the supervision and provision of effective leadership to the business and admin staff working for the Senior Managers within the Director's office to ensure continuity of working practices across the trust

Regularly present complex data and reports to Senior Clinical Team, Directorate Management Team, local commissioners and to Trust wide groups

Liaise with the local authority and commissioners on key performance areas which may be commercially sensitive and contentious.

Lead and manage the team responses to Freedom of Information Requests (FOIs)

Contribute to the overall work of the Directorate as identified by the Business Management Team and support development programs and projects within the Directorate as required.

Foster close working relationships with staff within the Directorate and across the Trust

Undertake any other duties as required that are consistent with the grade and the nature of the post

Job description

Job responsibilities

Policy:

The post holder will be working with Informatics, Transformation, Quality and Finance colleagues to propose and implement changes impacting across these areas. Accordingly, the post holder will also have to implement changes within their own area and the team.

General

Respond to non-routine requests for information from key stakeholders including local Commissioning Groups, senior clinical team and senior management team including the Service Director within agreed timescales.

Deputise as required during management absence at internal and external meetings

To assist the Business and Performance Manager with the supervision and provision of effective leadership to the business and admin staff working for the Senior Managers within the Director's office to ensure continuity of working practices across the trust

Regularly present complex data and reports to Senior Clinical Team, Directorate Management Team, local commissioners and to Trust wide groups

Liaise with the local authority and commissioners on key performance areas which may be commercially sensitive and contentious.

Lead and manage the team responses to Freedom of Information Requests (FOIs)

Contribute to the overall work of the Directorate as identified by the Business Management Team and support development programs and projects within the Directorate as required.

Foster close working relationships with staff within the Directorate and across the Trust

Undertake any other duties as required that are consistent with the grade and the nature of the post

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualifications
  • Advanced Excel and SQL

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a current System 1 role

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential

  • Communication and relationship skills
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualifications
  • Advanced Excel and SQL

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a current System 1 role

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential

  • Communication and relationship skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bracton Centre

Bracton Lane

Dartford

DA2 7AF


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bracton Centre

Bracton Lane

Dartford

DA2 7AF


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Business & Performance Manager

Waheed Olanigan

waheed.olanigan@nhs.net

07508061307

Details

Date posted

15 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7443419-FOR

Job locations

Bracton Centre

Bracton Lane

Dartford

DA2 7AF


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