Job summary
UCLH is looking for a senior programme leader to play a key role in taking forward its Improving Value Programme.
To enable UCLH to deliver its five-year strategy in the current challenging financial environment, the organisation has established a Financial Improvement and Recovery Board, with a view to strengthening the governance structure to enable financial improvement across the Trust and to ensure delivery of the Trust's Improving Value Programme.
The Improving Value Programme comprises fourteen component programmes, which touch every part of our operation. The post holder will play an instrumental role in leading and delivering the Programme, supporting delivery of the Trust-wide schemes and providing targeted support to local divisions and corporate directorates to identify savings opportunities through data analysis and close working with the local divisional teams.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of UCLH and support the Executive Board in delivering its vision for a world class hospital. This role will:
- Work closely with FIRB, the Finance team, Transformation and local divisions to define, develop and deliver the comprehensive programme of improving value across the organisation
- Work collaboratively across the Trust to develop detailed local delivery plans for delivering productivity and value, seeing these through the project lifecycle, i.e. project initiation, delivery, mobilisation and review
- Support senior UCLH leaders to ensure the programme delivers financial improvements to the time and pace required
- Work within a multi-disciplinary programme team with skill and kindness
We are looking for a dynamic individual who displays a passion for excellence in NHS services and has strong experience in a large, complex secondary care environment. You will have experience delivering programmes of productivity, change and transformation. Strong financial experience is also desirable for this role.
For further details / informal discussion please contact: Henry Wilson, henry.wilson @nhs.net
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level and/or demonstrable experience in this level
- Highly specialist and expert programme management knowledge acquired through a programme-management qualification or relevant experience
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Significant and demonstrable experience of managing programmes of improving value and / transformation in a complex organisation
- Substantial experience of managing and delivering across a range of acute hospital activity
- Ability to present complex information in an understandable and concise manner, drawing on different writing styles including reports and presenting plans, procedures and strategies
- Experience of developing network relationships and working collaboratively effectively
- Substantial experience of staff leadership and management across programme and / or operational management
- Significant experience of service improvement delivery
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to motivate and engage with individuals and teams and to challenge current ways of working and produce innovative solutions and ideas
- Strong grasp of managing project finances and budgets
- Work well in highly sensitive and high-pressure environments
- Ability to work flexibly in a fast changing environment
- Ability to assimilate information quickly and make reasoned judgements whilst under pressure and working to strict deadlines
- Use of IT packages - advanced use of outlook, excel and word
Communication
Essential
- Excellent strategic communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to manage conflict
- Ability to communicate clearly through both verbal and the written media, at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong report writing skills, with the ability to provide clear and concise management information
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Well organised, methodical and analytical
- Ability to plan and organise a varied workload effectively to meet deadlines in the short and long term and react to changing demands and work priorities
- Full understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues
- Creative, lateral thinker with an ability to generate solutions
- A flexible approach to the job with the ability to listen to ideas and respond in order to develop the approach to transformation
- High level understanding of Equality and Diversity
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level and/or demonstrable experience in this level
- Highly specialist and expert programme management knowledge acquired through a programme-management qualification or relevant experience
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Significant and demonstrable experience of managing programmes of improving value and / transformation in a complex organisation
- Substantial experience of managing and delivering across a range of acute hospital activity
- Ability to present complex information in an understandable and concise manner, drawing on different writing styles including reports and presenting plans, procedures and strategies
- Experience of developing network relationships and working collaboratively effectively
- Substantial experience of staff leadership and management across programme and / or operational management
- Significant experience of service improvement delivery
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to motivate and engage with individuals and teams and to challenge current ways of working and produce innovative solutions and ideas
- Strong grasp of managing project finances and budgets
- Work well in highly sensitive and high-pressure environments
- Ability to work flexibly in a fast changing environment
- Ability to assimilate information quickly and make reasoned judgements whilst under pressure and working to strict deadlines
- Use of IT packages - advanced use of outlook, excel and word
Communication
Essential
- Excellent strategic communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to manage conflict
- Ability to communicate clearly through both verbal and the written media, at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong report writing skills, with the ability to provide clear and concise management information
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Well organised, methodical and analytical
- Ability to plan and organise a varied workload effectively to meet deadlines in the short and long term and react to changing demands and work priorities
- Full understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues
- Creative, lateral thinker with an ability to generate solutions
- A flexible approach to the job with the ability to listen to ideas and respond in order to develop the approach to transformation
- High level understanding of Equality and Diversity
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).
