Job summary
The postholder will be joining us at an exciting time as we develop our collaborative partnership, ABCAS, between Airedale NHS FT and Bradford teaching hospitals NHS FT.
ABCAS is the Airedale and Bradford Collaboration of Acute Services and one of three operational delivery programmes in our Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership with responsibility for delivering integrated acute care. The programme has responsibility in ensuring both trusts deliver sustainable, integrated, safe and effective care that meets the health needs of all the communities we serve. The programme also is a fundamental component in ensuring our clinical strategy meets the requirements of Airedale's New Hospital Programme (NHP).
Main duties of the job
The ABCAS programme manager will be the nominated programme lead for Airedale NHS FT and will work closely with the Director of Collaboration and senior leaders across AFT, BTHFT, and partners in the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership on the development and implementation of the strategy, supporting the objectives of the Trust and ensuring that changes are embedded at all levels of the organisation.
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Airedale and Bradford Collaboration of Acute Services (ABCAS) is a joint initiative between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (AFT) and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT).Please see attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Airedale and Bradford Collaboration of Acute Services (ABCAS) is a joint initiative between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (AFT) and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT).Please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution, NHS policy agenda &'Understanding the New NHS'
- Proven knowledge of designing and managing programmes
- Excellent problem solving and high level negotiation skills
- Knowledge and experience of healthcare operations within an acute and community setting
skills
Essential
- Commitment to working within a values-led, learning environment to support change and transformation
- Adopting a positive review and challenge role with senior management and clinicians.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Able to identify interdependencies and recognise risk within Directorates and Trust wide
- Able to maintain high standards of diplomacy and confidentiality
- Advanced computer skills
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrable evidence of supporting complex programmes of change.
- The ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrable track record of supporting successful collaborative and partnership working
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree/post graduate qualification or significant relevant experience in a complex NHS organisation
- Evidence of continuing professional and/or personal self-development
- Programme management qualification or relevant experience (for example PRINCE2 or similar)
Experience
Essential
- Successful track record of delivering a programme of substantial and sustained improvement in business operations linked to digital systems.
- Experience in actively supporting teams with quality improvement activities, including leading and creating process mapping activities.
- Documentation of clinical pathways to support optimisation activities
- Experience of benefits realisation and development of a benefits strategy
- Experience of managing risks and reporting across large scale programmes
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
- Significant experience of analysing complex financial and performance data and draw appropriate conclusions
- Producing reports for director level meetings
- Working at a strategic and operational level within an acute NHS Trust.
- Experience of clinical/hospital systems
- Experience in developing and implementing business plans built on sound informatics strategy and financial information.
- A track record of delivery within budgets and to deadlines in emergent situations where change is a constant characteristic
- High level understanding of NHS information requirements.
- Experience of managing and developing a team without direct line management
- Considerable experience gained in an information -rich environment, where the information has been used to drive and empower decision making in a commissioning environment (or equivalent)
- Track record of innovation with an ability to inspire and lead the implementation of change.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution, NHS policy agenda &'Understanding the New NHS'
- Proven knowledge of designing and managing programmes
- Excellent problem solving and high level negotiation skills
- Knowledge and experience of healthcare operations within an acute and community setting
skills
Essential
- Commitment to working within a values-led, learning environment to support change and transformation
- Adopting a positive review and challenge role with senior management and clinicians.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Able to identify interdependencies and recognise risk within Directorates and Trust wide
- Able to maintain high standards of diplomacy and confidentiality
- Advanced computer skills
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrable evidence of supporting complex programmes of change.
- The ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrable track record of supporting successful collaborative and partnership working
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree/post graduate qualification or significant relevant experience in a complex NHS organisation
- Evidence of continuing professional and/or personal self-development
- Programme management qualification or relevant experience (for example PRINCE2 or similar)
Experience
Essential
- Successful track record of delivering a programme of substantial and sustained improvement in business operations linked to digital systems.
- Experience in actively supporting teams with quality improvement activities, including leading and creating process mapping activities.
- Documentation of clinical pathways to support optimisation activities
- Experience of benefits realisation and development of a benefits strategy
- Experience of managing risks and reporting across large scale programmes
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
- Significant experience of analysing complex financial and performance data and draw appropriate conclusions
- Producing reports for director level meetings
- Working at a strategic and operational level within an acute NHS Trust.
- Experience of clinical/hospital systems
- Experience in developing and implementing business plans built on sound informatics strategy and financial information.
- A track record of delivery within budgets and to deadlines in emergent situations where change is a constant characteristic
- High level understanding of NHS information requirements.
- Experience of managing and developing a team without direct line management
- Considerable experience gained in an information -rich environment, where the information has been used to drive and empower decision making in a commissioning environment (or equivalent)
- Track record of innovation with an ability to inspire and lead the implementation of change.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
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).
