Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead role in the transformation and development of maternity, neonatal and women'shealth services across Kent and Medway, working in a dynamic and supportive team within the Integrated Care Board. The rolewill act as deputy to the director of maternity, neonatal and women's health services, with strategic leadership of a diverseportfolio of work including the commissioning of a range of services and pathways, oversight of the safety and quality servicesand implementation of a transformation programme including workstreams focussed on workforce and education, addressinginequality of outcomes and improving digital technology. The role requires close partnership working with a wide range ofstakeholders across multiple organisations including senior clinical and strategic leaders, with a strong focus on consistentlyhearing the voices of women and families across local communities to co-design and coproduce solutions to continually improve the quality of services for better outcomes and experience
Main duties of the job
- Lead on the delivery of the Kent and Medway LMNS plan incorporating the key deliverables of the Three-year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services and other guidance, ensuring that transformation priorities are embedded into services, andmonitored to ensure sustained improvement.
- Oversee the application of robust governance structures and processes to ensure appropriate reporting to boards and committees and escalating identified risks.
- Oversee the quality assurance processes including the sustained implementation of the Perinatal Quality Surveillance Model and the delivery of LMNS/ICB responsibilities for oversight of national improvement schemes for maternity providers.
- Oversee the processes related to operational pressures escalations in collaboration with the ICB Operational Command Centre.
- Support improvements to the culture of services by ensuring that coproduction and listening to the voices of women and families from across our communities are embedded into all aspects of service improvement and delivery.
- Take a lead role in the commissioning of the team's women's health services portfolio, offering leadership and oversight for commissioning, procurement and contract management and influencing system wide planning and commissioningarrangements for women's health services.
- Lead, manage and motivate by providing appropriate and compassionate leadership and direction to the team ensuring their continued professional development.
About us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Desirable
- Current professional clinical registration
Experience
Essential
- Proven and significant leadership experience at senior level
- Experience of effective working with other senior leaders, including clinicians, across multiple organisations to achieve improved experience and outcomes for local populations
- Understanding and experience of coproduction approaches with service users
- Understanding and experience of health inequalities and how to address them.
- Advanced level of understanding of the services within the portfolio and the national policy surrounding them
Desirable
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Experience of applying project and programme management techniques at a senior level in a large complex environment
Communication
Essential
- Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Desirable
- Current professional clinical registration
Experience
Essential
- Proven and significant leadership experience at senior level
- Experience of effective working with other senior leaders, including clinicians, across multiple organisations to achieve improved experience and outcomes for local populations
- Understanding and experience of coproduction approaches with service users
- Understanding and experience of health inequalities and how to address them.
- Advanced level of understanding of the services within the portfolio and the national policy surrounding them
Desirable
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Experience of applying project and programme management techniques at a senior level in a large complex environment
Communication
Essential
- Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
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).
