Job summary
NHS Elect has been delivering support across the health service for more than 20 years, through our membership model, improvement networks and consultancy programmes. We fully understand the challenges faced by our healthcare colleagues and are uniquely positioned within the NHS to work in partnership to deliver cost-effective, sustainable outcomes that make a real difference to patients and staff. We operate across the UK and beyond, with clients at a local, regional and national level.
What we are looking for:
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the organisation for an Associate Director (Band 8B). The post holder will work in the Improvement Network division of NHS Elect. The Associate Director will work in the measurement team, under the director for measurement, responsible for a wide portfolio of work across the organisation, with a focus on measurement for improvement and capacity and demand.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for providing support to organisations within a complex portfolio within the expert areas of expertise across the network ' of multi site systems. Employing a high degree of strategic awareness and an ability to read an work with local organisational cultures is essential.
- Lead the successful co-design, improvement and implementation of support programmes.
- Postholder will be responsible for creating and maintaining a positive working relationship with colleagues within the team, across the organisation and with external stakeholders when relevant.
- Working closely with NHS Elect team colleagues to co-design and deliver support programmes in line with organisational objectives.
- To embed a culture of continuous improvement to attract, develop and retain the best staff to enable the delivery of high quality clinical services.
- The post holder will need to be able to understand the intention so board level sponsors to reflect them in the work NHS Elect does for organisations across the network.
- The role will be highly autonomous and the post holder will have a high level of freedom to act independently, assessing customer needs to design and deliver support programmes that align with the organisational needs with expert knowledge of OD interventions, an ability of diagnose appropriate interventions based on organisational context and an ability to use personal presence and interpersonal skills to maintain an adult learning environment.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development or equivalent experience.
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience.
- Management leadership or research qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Formal training in an adult learning discipline such as coaching or Organisational devilment
- Attained or working towards a Masters level qualification
Experience
Essential
- Leading the measurement and/or capacity and demand components of a national programme.
- Experience in QI coaching at a Senior Management level.
- Experience of presenting at national conferences.
- Demonstrable experience of publishing abstracts
- Ability to lead, engage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams from bands 2-7 in training
- Experience of line management of front line staff in the NHS from bands 2-7
- Experience of using virtual platforms eg Teams, Zoom, for delivery of workshops and meetings online
- Experience of designing and delivering adult learning workshops
- Experience of working across and NHS wide network
- Working at a senior level at band 8b
- Expert in nationally recognised improvement methodology programmes
Desirable
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Expert knowledge of measurement for improvement
- Expert in delivering Capacity and demand workshops
- Expert in working with large datasets
- Expert in MS Access, Excel and Minitab
- Expert in research methods
- Expert knowledge in at least one the NHS Elect membership offer areas of expertise; career Planning, coaching and mentoring, customer care, facilitating groups and teams, leadership development, organisational development, quality and service improvement, staff welling, strategy and systems.
- Service improvement experience
- Analyse complex information to make operational decisions
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development or equivalent experience.
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience.
- Management leadership or research qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Formal training in an adult learning discipline such as coaching or Organisational devilment
- Attained or working towards a Masters level qualification
Experience
Essential
- Leading the measurement and/or capacity and demand components of a national programme.
- Experience in QI coaching at a Senior Management level.
- Experience of presenting at national conferences.
- Demonstrable experience of publishing abstracts
- Ability to lead, engage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams from bands 2-7 in training
- Experience of line management of front line staff in the NHS from bands 2-7
- Experience of using virtual platforms eg Teams, Zoom, for delivery of workshops and meetings online
- Experience of designing and delivering adult learning workshops
- Experience of working across and NHS wide network
- Working at a senior level at band 8b
- Expert in nationally recognised improvement methodology programmes
Desirable
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Expert knowledge of measurement for improvement
- Expert in delivering Capacity and demand workshops
- Expert in working with large datasets
- Expert in MS Access, Excel and Minitab
- Expert in research methods
- Expert knowledge in at least one the NHS Elect membership offer areas of expertise; career Planning, coaching and mentoring, customer care, facilitating groups and teams, leadership development, organisational development, quality and service improvement, staff welling, strategy and systems.
- Service improvement experience
- Analyse complex information to make operational decisions
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).
