Job summary
NHS
Sussex ICB ambition is to create an inclusive working environment which
reflects our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity for all groups. We
are particularly under-represented in staff from Black, Asian, and Minority
Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities and actively encourage and welcome
applications from these communities. Furthermore, we welcome applications
from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values,
skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
We
encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us
confidentially during the application process so that we can statistically
monitor how fair and equitable our recruitment process is and how well we are
reaching applicants from diverse communities and identify where we need to
improve. This information is removed before shortlisting.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting
opportunity to join the Planned Care, Cancer and Diagnostic team at NHS Sussex
ICB as a Senior Manager. The postholder will demonstrate excellent
skills and knowledge in the commissioning and transformation of pathways and
services across planned care, cancer, and diagnostics, managing programmes
which deliver improvement and excellence in outcomes, performance, and value.
Working with providers, the
postholder will develop effective relationships to enable a collaborative
approach to be taken in the delivery and transformation of services/pathways
through effective strategic commissioning and contract management.
The postholder will lead
programmes and projects to deliver specific change agendas and improvements,
designing, documenting, and taking responsibility for delivering these
programmes within prescribed timeframes.
The job description is an
outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role, and
the job specification is an outline of the skills, experience and qualities
needed. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be
required by their line manager.
There are x2 roles available
About us
NHS Sussex ICB are
committed to enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We
adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to
work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their
wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and
delivery.
We celebrate
diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating
racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality
of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive
environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be
treated with dignity and respect.
Flexible working
requests will be considered for all roles.
Agile working is
not just related to working from different locations or at different times. It
is about effectively utilising technology to improve work practices and to work
differently to increase our overall effectiveness to improve health outcomes for
our population.
Should you require
a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the
Recruitment Team at scw.peopleresource@nhs.net to ensure that measures can be
put in place to support you.
NHS Sussex has
committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff
you will be encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working that will
help us achieve that goal.
Working for us -
Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Strategy, Commissioning, and Integration Directorate (SCI) has been established to enable NHS Sussex to:
Strengthen its approach to strategic commissioning, focusing on outcomes and joining up pathways of care across organisational boundaries.
Focus on reducing unwarranted variation in healthcare and address health inequalities.
Develop integrated community teams, with system partners including local authorities.
Lead the strategic development of the system to enable the establishment of clinically led provider collaboratives to improve pathways, deliver service transformation and deliver best value within available resources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Strategy, Commissioning, and Integration Directorate (SCI) has been established to enable NHS Sussex to:
Strengthen its approach to strategic commissioning, focusing on outcomes and joining up pathways of care across organisational boundaries.
Focus on reducing unwarranted variation in healthcare and address health inequalities.
Develop integrated community teams, with system partners including local authorities.
Lead the strategic development of the system to enable the establishment of clinically led provider collaboratives to improve pathways, deliver service transformation and deliver best value within available resources.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Qualifications
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 masters level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must understand 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 NHS England, provider, and commissioning organisations.
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Qualifications
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 masters level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must understand 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 NHS England, provider, and commissioning organisations.
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
