Job summary
Thank you for your interest in the opportunity to join our transformation team, we are committed to improving and innovating the way we recruit, retain, train, and develop new ways of working to support the healthcare workforce. Whilst addressing the growing and changing needs of local people living in South West London. What you need Exceptional Communication Skills: The ability to present complex information effectively, in a way that encourages and generates positive change. Programme Management Expertise: Experience in developing, managing, and delivering large-scale programmes. Collaborative Approach: Excellent people skills with the ability to gain credibility and work collaboratively at all levels. Passion for Change: A drive to make a positive impact and change.Join UsBe part of an innovative team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of the South West London community. If you're solutions-oriented, thrive in a challenging environment, and are ready to lead transformative change, we'd love to hear from you!
We welcome flexible working, including part time workers, let us know if you would like to discuss flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
There are 2 posts, and each would be expected to cover various aspects of workforce transformation programmes namely primary care and general workforce. Please indicate in your personal statement which you are interested in applying for SWLW05 (General) / SWLW08 (Primary)
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide expertise and senior leadership in the development, management and delivery of large-scale workforce transformation projects specifically but not limited to retention, primary care, and wellbeing. A key aspect for the role will be to ensure appropriate evaluation and metrics are in place to support impact monitoring and milestone achievement and benefits realisation. A core part of this role is to be able to credibly present complex information that initiates positive change across the ICS.
Provide programme management, inclusive leadership, and workforce transformation expertise to colleagues within the wider project team and ensure that leads have clear responsibilities, priorities and timescales and track delivery.
Design, facilitate and lead project management meetings with stakeholders, ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning and learning.
Please see the detailed job description section for further details of the main duties of the post.
About us
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:o an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care serviceso an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):o to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;o tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;o enhance productivity and value for money and;o help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work strategically with colleagues, collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to strategically align workforce transformation activities across South West London in a way that works towards the overall strategic direction of the ICS to ensure effective management of interdependencies and delivery of transformational objectives and ensuring that programmes are relevant and effective.
Develop and maintain effective programme reporting through the associated programme governance routes within and across South West London ICS, regionally and nationally.Proactively monitor progress to ensure the programme is managed in line with ICS values, standing financial instructions, project management processes, and in compliance with appropriate legislation, statutory approvals, and mandatory standards.
Provide line management and leadership to project team(s), assigning responsibility for individual projects, providing technical support, and balancing the workloads of individual team. This will include ongoing development and support in line with ICS policies on appraisal and staff management.
Manage strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus, and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians.
Use negotiation, persuasion, and motivational skills to gain support for the programme across the breadth of stakeholders, including commissioners, patients, and providers.
Ensure that programme related business plans are underpinned by detailed and robust financial plans through budget planning and negotiation of appropriate budgets for best value for money including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditures and providing budgetary reports.
Acting as the ICBs first point of contact in relation to workforce related data analysis and reporting. Producing regular workforce reports and analysis for the ICBs Board, People Board, and the Integrated Care Partnership.
Ensure the related agendas Primary Care, Staff Health and Wellbeing, Retention and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are considered and supported through all areas of workforce development and transformation.
Design and implement innovative methods to gain patient and public involvement to inform service direction, improvement, user satisfaction, and as a tool for performance management.The post holder will be required to use advanced analytical and judgement skills including understanding and application of complex statistical and numerical data to support workforce transformation.
Please see the attached job description and person specification attached for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.
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: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration
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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work strategically with colleagues, collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to strategically align workforce transformation activities across South West London in a way that works towards the overall strategic direction of the ICS to ensure effective management of interdependencies and delivery of transformational objectives and ensuring that programmes are relevant and effective.
Develop and maintain effective programme reporting through the associated programme governance routes within and across South West London ICS, regionally and nationally.Proactively monitor progress to ensure the programme is managed in line with ICS values, standing financial instructions, project management processes, and in compliance with appropriate legislation, statutory approvals, and mandatory standards.
Provide line management and leadership to project team(s), assigning responsibility for individual projects, providing technical support, and balancing the workloads of individual team. This will include ongoing development and support in line with ICS policies on appraisal and staff management.
Manage strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus, and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians.
Use negotiation, persuasion, and motivational skills to gain support for the programme across the breadth of stakeholders, including commissioners, patients, and providers.
Ensure that programme related business plans are underpinned by detailed and robust financial plans through budget planning and negotiation of appropriate budgets for best value for money including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditures and providing budgetary reports.
Acting as the ICBs first point of contact in relation to workforce related data analysis and reporting. Producing regular workforce reports and analysis for the ICBs Board, People Board, and the Integrated Care Partnership.
Ensure the related agendas Primary Care, Staff Health and Wellbeing, Retention and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are considered and supported through all areas of workforce development and transformation.
Design and implement innovative methods to gain patient and public involvement to inform service direction, improvement, user satisfaction, and as a tool for performance management.The post holder will be required to use advanced analytical and judgement skills including understanding and application of complex statistical and numerical data to support workforce transformation.
Please see the attached job description and person specification attached for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.
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: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration
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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist workforce 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
- Formal qualification in Project management (PRINCE 2) or equivalent.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
- Significant experience of working at a senior level in workforce related specialism with experience of cross organisational/ system working and building relationships with people across organisations, preferably in a healthcare environment.
- 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.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both external (including outside the NHS) and internal (within the organisation), some at very senior level.
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems and to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/ no obvious solution.
- Good presentation skills for conveying complex concepts and use persuasion to influence others
Other
Essential
- Strong compassionate and inclusive leadership with the ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Demonstrable commitment to role model behaviours and actions that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist workforce 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
- Formal qualification in Project management (PRINCE 2) or equivalent.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
- Significant experience of working at a senior level in workforce related specialism with experience of cross organisational/ system working and building relationships with people across organisations, preferably in a healthcare environment.
- 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.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both external (including outside the NHS) and internal (within the organisation), some at very senior level.
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems and to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/ no obvious solution.
- Good presentation skills for conveying complex concepts and use persuasion to influence others
Other
Essential
- Strong compassionate and inclusive leadership with the ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Demonstrable commitment to role model behaviours and actions that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).