Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Band 8a BSOL AHP Faculty Project Lead

The closing date is 15 May 2025

Job summary

***Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible***

The post holder will utilise their specialist skills to support achievement the BSOL AHP Council and work streams including Faculty. Strategic objectives through the delivery of a range of prioritised service improvement and business development programmes. These will include undertaking quality, efficiency and developing proposals in response to national procurement where applicable support with applications and bids to secure investment and undertaking service redesign.

The post holder will work in partnership with a range of key stakeholders, both internally and externally, e.g. HEE and will be expected to actively work with local communities and to ensure that our services are inclusive and reflect the diversity of the local population.

A key aspect of the role will be to act as a credible ambassador and role model for transformation, workforce developments and improvements in quality and safety, engage and influence new and innovative solutions and ways of working, providing expert capacity and capability to organise.

Main duties of the job

For full detail of main duties, please see the attached the Job Description.

  • Engaging at the front line of service delivery with staff to ensure that they can identify opportunities for service improvement and transformation.
  • Lead on the design, development and deployment of service improvement projects and programmes at System wide level reporting at AHP Council level through a combination of attendance at appropriate forums and interaction with operational leads and staff.
  • Support the Chair of AHP council and Chairs of AHP faculty for the project or programme in the planning and design of all improvement programme activity, including developing robust business cases, tenders response documentation and all project documentation.
  • Assess the impact of any service improvement programmes, including robust processes for measuring the delivery of benefits, quality impacts and risks associated with each project.
  • Support services in the identification of improvement opportunities through benchmarking and in depth process analysis using best practice service improvement tools.
  • To act as the key point of contact between the AHP Council and Faculty, building relationships with senior colleagues in the system and attending the monthly AHP council and Faculty meetings.
  • Assist with the preparation of papers for appropriate AHP Council and Faculty meetings.

About us

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

820-7093752-COR

Job locations

Birmingham Community Healthcare

3 Priestley Wharf

Birmingham

B7 4BN


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the role, please see the attached full Job Description.

Visit our websitehttps://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about our Trust

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the role, please see the attached full Job Description.

Visit our websitehttps://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about our Trust

Person Specification

Qualifications / training

Essential

  • Degree level education or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of management qualification/ Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

  • Prince2 Foundation Level or equivalent
  • Prince2 Project Management Practitioner or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in process-mapping and leading service improvement/ development
  • Extensive experience in Project Management
  • Extensive experience in delivering projects successfully
  • Experience of making complex presentations to clinicians and managers
  • Experience of preparing Board level reports
  • Extensive use of PC tools to manipulate, analyse and present information
  • Experience of working with senior managers and external bodies

Desirable

  • Experience of supporting successful bid management
  • Experience of partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholder organisations

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • Influencing and negotiating skills at operational and senior management level
  • Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent organisation skills, ability to work under own initiative without frequent supervision
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills
  • Ability to express oneself clearly in writing
  • Excellent Project/ Programme management skills
  • Excellent presentational skills with the ability to market proposals and overcome barriers to success
  • Process mapping skills

Desirable

  • Detailed understanding of commissioning
  • Knowledge of NHS commercial procurement processes
  • Ability to debate highly complex issues with peers and senior colleagues and staff.

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Self motivated
  • A team player
  • Able to work with and through ambiguity
  • Willingness to learn and share knowledge
  • Confident and innovative Strong influencing and persuasion skills
  • Discreet, honest and reliable Commitment to work openly with others
  • Confidence and ability to challenge analysis and exercise sound judgment
  • Self-confident and resilient
  • Able to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work accordingly
  • Ability to manage under pressure.
  • Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
  • Ability to work flexibly
Person Specification

Qualifications / training

Essential

  • Degree level education or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of management qualification/ Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

  • Prince2 Foundation Level or equivalent
  • Prince2 Project Management Practitioner or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in process-mapping and leading service improvement/ development
  • Extensive experience in Project Management
  • Extensive experience in delivering projects successfully
  • Experience of making complex presentations to clinicians and managers
  • Experience of preparing Board level reports
  • Extensive use of PC tools to manipulate, analyse and present information
  • Experience of working with senior managers and external bodies

Desirable

  • Experience of supporting successful bid management
  • Experience of partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholder organisations

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • Influencing and negotiating skills at operational and senior management level
  • Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent organisation skills, ability to work under own initiative without frequent supervision
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills
  • Ability to express oneself clearly in writing
  • Excellent Project/ Programme management skills
  • Excellent presentational skills with the ability to market proposals and overcome barriers to success
  • Process mapping skills

Desirable

  • Detailed understanding of commissioning
  • Knowledge of NHS commercial procurement processes
  • Ability to debate highly complex issues with peers and senior colleagues and staff.

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Self motivated
  • A team player
  • Able to work with and through ambiguity
  • Willingness to learn and share knowledge
  • Confident and innovative Strong influencing and persuasion skills
  • Discreet, honest and reliable Commitment to work openly with others
  • Confidence and ability to challenge analysis and exercise sound judgment
  • Self-confident and resilient
  • Able to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work accordingly
  • Ability to manage under pressure.
  • Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
  • Ability to work flexibly

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

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Birmingham Community Healthcare

3 Priestley Wharf

Birmingham

B7 4BN


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Birmingham Community Healthcare

3 Priestley Wharf

Birmingham

B7 4BN


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Interim Associate Director of Therapies

Jane Clarke

jane.clark48@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

820-7093752-COR

Job locations

Birmingham Community Healthcare

3 Priestley Wharf

Birmingham

B7 4BN


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