Deputy Director Delivery & Transformation

Job responsibilities

The Deputy Director CHC/AACC/S117 Delivery and Transformation is a senior strategic leadership role responsible for the delivery, transformation and oversight of Continuing Healthcare, Childrens Continuing Care, Section 117 aftercare, joint funding, personal health budgets and individual packages of care across the ICB cluster. The postholder will lead large-scale service improvement and transformation programmes, ensuring services are efficient, consistent, financially sustainable and compliant with national frameworks and statutory guidance. The role provides expert strategic advice on CHC-related operational, business and financial matters, with responsibility for managing significant budgets, delivering agreed savings and ensuring value for money. The postholder will oversee performance, quality assurance, risk management, appeals, complaints, FOIs and SARs, while developing new models of CHC delivery and care package management.

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent;
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Member of relevant professional body either clinical or non-clinical

Communication Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
• Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
• Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively

Analytical

Essential

• High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
• High level critical thinking skills
• Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
• Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate

Planning Skills

Essential

• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills

Management Skills

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership

Physical Skills

Essential

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.

Autonomy

Essential

• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues

Financial and Physical Resources

Essential

• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).