Job summary
This exciting role will support ELFT to move on to the next stage of our journey in integrated care, with a particular focus on Bedfordshire and Luton. The postholder will develop and implement new approaches to collaboration and commissioning in an integrated care context. The postholder will lead on key aspects of the Trust's developing responsibilities for system planning and transformation, and a Trust-wide portfolio linked to the refreshed Trust Strategy.
If you are an experienced NHS or care leader, and are looking for an opportunity for the next steps in your career, we would be delighted to hear from you. You will need to have a good understanding of population health and integrated care, and be able to demonstrate extensive skills in system leadership, system planning, transformation in complex systems, provider and system development, and be able to communicate with passion, engaging and enthusing staff, service users and carers, and citizens.
The post is available for six months as a secondment or a fixed term contract.
Main duties of the job
The role will require working across a complex set of partnerships in our ICSs, including the Integrated Care Board, provider collaborative partners, GP confederations, primary care networks, and local authorities, and a number of voluntary sector and other partners in addition to our executive, corporate and directorate leaders and clinical and non-clinical staff.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work as part of a small corporate team responsible for leading the population health strategic objective of the Trust Strategy including integrated care, system planning and the transformation of community and mental health services. The postholder will have a particular focus on developing our vision and strategy for system planning and transformation, which will include extensive partnership working with service users, carers, our community, primary care, social care and mental health care staff and leaders, and a range of Integrated Care System partners both at place and across the ICS: the post-holder will have significant leadership responsibilities into our respective systems.
In summary, the postholder will work with service users and carers and Trust and Integrated Care Board and place-based partner staff including Trust Directorate Management Team leaders to:
Provide visible and present system and programme leadership, modelling a system mindset and value-base
Ensure that system planning approaches and structures are in place to appropriately meet the needs and build on the assets of the populations we serve, and in line with national policy and planning
Leading agreed transformation schemes, including in response to NHS Long Term Plan priorities, e.g. integrated neighbourhood based teams
Working with the Trust Chief Quality Officer and ICB performance and quality teams to optimise system performance and quality
Work with the Commercial Director, Trust Business Development Unit and Compass CIC to develop the Trusts strategy and plans to grow and support the voluntary sector to flourish, in line with the Trust Strategy
To actively develop the system and role, and to be highly flexible in their approach both to developing the role, and in adapting to the role as it changes in response to Trust, ICS, provider collaborative, and place-based system developments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work as part of a small corporate team responsible for leading the population health strategic objective of the Trust Strategy including integrated care, system planning and the transformation of community and mental health services. The postholder will have a particular focus on developing our vision and strategy for system planning and transformation, which will include extensive partnership working with service users, carers, our community, primary care, social care and mental health care staff and leaders, and a range of Integrated Care System partners both at place and across the ICS: the post-holder will have significant leadership responsibilities into our respective systems.
In summary, the postholder will work with service users and carers and Trust and Integrated Care Board and place-based partner staff including Trust Directorate Management Team leaders to:
Provide visible and present system and programme leadership, modelling a system mindset and value-base
Ensure that system planning approaches and structures are in place to appropriately meet the needs and build on the assets of the populations we serve, and in line with national policy and planning
Leading agreed transformation schemes, including in response to NHS Long Term Plan priorities, e.g. integrated neighbourhood based teams
Working with the Trust Chief Quality Officer and ICB performance and quality teams to optimise system performance and quality
Work with the Commercial Director, Trust Business Development Unit and Compass CIC to develop the Trusts strategy and plans to grow and support the voluntary sector to flourish, in line with the Trust Strategy
To actively develop the system and role, and to be highly flexible in their approach both to developing the role, and in adapting to the role as it changes in response to Trust, ICS, provider collaborative, and place-based system developments.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate level or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge and skills in quality improvement
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an NHS policy and/or commissioning setting, including contracting
- Significant experience of managing high profile programmes in large complex organisations
- Experience of working across systems
- Experience of leading change programmes in a complex environment
- Experience of facilitating team development workshops and other organisational development interventions
- Experience of applying quality improvement including triple aim methods
- Experience of business case development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of population health principles, policy and practice
- Knowledge of public/population mental health
- Knowledge of current health and care policy
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methods
- Highly developed analytical skills
- Ability to influence others in a system
- Well developed negotiation, influencing and motivational skills
- Ability to organise a complex programme of work
- Ability to working to regular, tight deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to provide training and guidance to colleagues
- Ability to work collaboratively and in teams
- Ability to understand, evaluate and present complex data
- Ability to challenge orthodoxies and established work patterns in a positive engaging way
Other
Essential
- Commitment to work in accordance with the Trust values
- Willingness to move around the organisation and other locations within the geographical area served by the Trust
- Able to cope with demanding and unpredictable work pattern
- Able to cope with emotional circumstances relating to personal histories of service users, carers and staff
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate level or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge and skills in quality improvement
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an NHS policy and/or commissioning setting, including contracting
- Significant experience of managing high profile programmes in large complex organisations
- Experience of working across systems
- Experience of leading change programmes in a complex environment
- Experience of facilitating team development workshops and other organisational development interventions
- Experience of applying quality improvement including triple aim methods
- Experience of business case development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of population health principles, policy and practice
- Knowledge of public/population mental health
- Knowledge of current health and care policy
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methods
- Highly developed analytical skills
- Ability to influence others in a system
- Well developed negotiation, influencing and motivational skills
- Ability to organise a complex programme of work
- Ability to working to regular, tight deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to provide training and guidance to colleagues
- Ability to work collaboratively and in teams
- Ability to understand, evaluate and present complex data
- Ability to challenge orthodoxies and established work patterns in a positive engaging way
Other
Essential
- Commitment to work in accordance with the Trust values
- Willingness to move around the organisation and other locations within the geographical area served by the Trust
- Able to cope with demanding and unpredictable work pattern
- Able to cope with emotional circumstances relating to personal histories of service users, carers and staff
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).
