Job summary
**Join Our Dynamic Primary Care Team!**Are you a dedicated and detail-oriented professional with a passion for healthcare? We are excited to offer a 12 month secondment opportunity for a Senior Officer to become an integral part of our vibrant Primary Care Team. This role allows you to utilise your skills and make a meaningful impact on healthcare services.In this position, you will be at the forefront of initiatives that enhance primary care, working within a supportive and collaborative team environment that values your expertise and encourages professional growth. You will engage in a variety of tasks that will challenge and expand your skill set, making this a dynamic and fulfilling role.Your key responsibilities will include analysing and reporting on healthcare data to support decision-making processes, managing queries efficiently, and supporting processes related to access, resilience, and contractual challenges. You will also prepare detailed reports and recommendations for senior management review, collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to drive project success.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with experience in data management and reporting. Being highly organised, you should be adept at juggling multiple tasks and meeting deadlines. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will need to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels. While experience in a healthcare or project-based environment is advantageous, it is not essential.If you are passionate about making a difference in primary care and are eager to work in a supportive and dynamic team, we would love to hear from you. This is your chance to contribute to important healthcare initiatives and take the next step in your career. Apply today and make a difference!
About us
NHS Devon Integrated Care System
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.
Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
About NHS Devon
As part of the Devon ICS, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is responsible for the majority of county's NHS budget, and develops a plan to improve peoples health, deliver high-quality care and better value for money. The organisation is led by a diverse board, with an aim to improve peoples lives in Devon wherever they live, to reduce health inequalities and make sure we can deliver these services for the long term.
For more information, visit ourwebsite www.onedevon.org.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis.
- Basic knowledge of project principles.
- Expert knowledge of MS packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Good understanding of General Practice models and contracting.
- Experience of supporting projects within primary care commissioning.
- Able to interpret complex guidance including General Practice contractual guidance.
- Experience and ability to respond quickly to unexpected demands and to prioritise effectively.
Desirable
- Previously worked in similar position within the public sector
- Knowledge of NHS issues
- Understanding of Data Protection Act
Communication Skills
Essential
- Skilled communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering complex information/ instructions to staff and service users.
- Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters.
- Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Equality & Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Analytical Skills
Essential
- Strong problem solving skills with the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Skills for supporting project management.
Management Skills
Essential
- Skills for managing aspects of projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
Desirable
- Training or experience of direct line management
Physical Skills
Essential
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software.
Autonomy / Freedom to Act
Essential
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales.
Other
Essential
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Positive, flexible and pro-active approach to work.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Effective organiser.
Person Specification
Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis.
- Basic knowledge of project principles.
- Expert knowledge of MS packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Good understanding of General Practice models and contracting.
- Experience of supporting projects within primary care commissioning.
- Able to interpret complex guidance including General Practice contractual guidance.
- Experience and ability to respond quickly to unexpected demands and to prioritise effectively.
Desirable
- Previously worked in similar position within the public sector
- Knowledge of NHS issues
- Understanding of Data Protection Act
Communication Skills
Essential
- Skilled communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering complex information/ instructions to staff and service users.
- Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters.
- Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Equality & Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Analytical Skills
Essential
- Strong problem solving skills with the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Skills for supporting project management.
Management Skills
Essential
- Skills for managing aspects of projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
Desirable
- Training or experience of direct line management
Physical Skills
Essential
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software.
Autonomy / Freedom to Act
Essential
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales.
Other
Essential
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Positive, flexible and pro-active approach to work.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Effective organiser.
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.
