Job summary
This is an exciting new role in Surrey Heartlands, the post holder will lead the effective review and implementation of the Perinatal Pelvic Health Services (PPHS) across Surrey Heartlands Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS) in line with the NHS Long Term Plan and Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. This will be a key role working within the LMNS and in wider partnership with the National Team and relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment of the LMNS perinatal pelvic health programme, and ambitions with the wider ICS development and National plans. The post holder will lead organisations and relevant physio, midwifery and obstetric teams across Surrey Heartlands, putting women and birthing people at the centre and ensuring that all services are coproduced. Hybrid working will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide expertise to Surrey Heartlands LMNS and hold the day-to-day responsibility and accountability for leading and delivering the LMNS local and national ambitions for perinatal pelvic health services through collaborative matrix working with all stakeholders. This includes:
- Embedding evidence-based practice in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to prevent and mitigate pelvic floor dysfunction from pregnancy and childbirth.
- Improving the rate of detection of pelvic floor issues antenatally and postnatally.
- Ensuring timely access to NICE recommended treatment for common pelvic health issues antenatally and postnatally and establishing clear pathways.
- Programme managing the development and role out of the new pelvic health service.
About us
Surrey Heartlands is a partnership of organisations working together - with staff, patients, their carers, families, and the public - to support people to live healthier lives. Surrey Heartlands developed into an Integrated Care Board (ICB) since July 2022, working through 4 Integrated, dynamic, and sustainable partnerships (ICP's) , each working together to deliver a shared vision across Surrey. ICP's aim to improve how local services are designed and co-ordinated for efficiency and benefit to the patient and service users. Each partnership is based on co-operation with our component partners, and focusing on local population needs, priorities and decision making.
The 4 ICP's are known as:
- North West Surrey Alliance
- Guildford and Waverley Alliance
- Surrey Downs Health and Care
- East Surrey Place
We have an ambitious vision for transformation and continuous improvement of health and care across our footprint and to deliver our objectives we need a team of capable, collaborative professionals who share the same vision. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome all applications, especially those from under represented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on this role, please refer to the attached job description and other information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on this role, please refer to the attached job description and other information.
Person Specification
Knowledge Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level and/or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area/ project management experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development within service change/ improvement / transformation.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas (Perinatal Pelvic Health), acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- An understanding of the current health policies and national objectives for maternity and neonatal transformation within the NHS / national Perinatal pelvic health service maternity ambitions and local Surrey Heartlands strategy
- Appreciation of the relationship between NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Significant understanding of primary and secondary care and community services as interconnected health care systems
- In depth understanding and experience in clinical transformation/ implementation of systems wide pathways / design and in particular within a health environment to improve care and treatment
Communication Skills
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information and negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues.
- Ability to forge and maintain working relationships with others across organisational boundaries.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications, reports and presentations to senior managers and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex and technical concepts for a non-technical audience
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Planning Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated significant capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Significant experience managing successful projects.
- Significant experience of identifying, assessing, and reporting risk
- Ability to redesign services, lead and manage successful change and service transformation programmes.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
Autonomy
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda
Person Specification
Knowledge Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level and/or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area/ project management experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development within service change/ improvement / transformation.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas (Perinatal Pelvic Health), acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- An understanding of the current health policies and national objectives for maternity and neonatal transformation within the NHS / national Perinatal pelvic health service maternity ambitions and local Surrey Heartlands strategy
- Appreciation of the relationship between NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Significant understanding of primary and secondary care and community services as interconnected health care systems
- In depth understanding and experience in clinical transformation/ implementation of systems wide pathways / design and in particular within a health environment to improve care and treatment
Communication Skills
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information and negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues.
- Ability to forge and maintain working relationships with others across organisational boundaries.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications, reports and presentations to senior managers and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex and technical concepts for a non-technical audience
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Planning Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated significant capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Significant experience managing successful projects.
- Significant experience of identifying, assessing, and reporting risk
- Ability to redesign services, lead and manage successful change and service transformation programmes.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
Autonomy
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey Heartlands ICB
Address
Millmead House Guildford
Guildford
GU2 4BB