Job summary
The Children, Young People and
Maternity team is made up of three portfolio areas: Children & Young People
(SEND/LD/Neuro), Children & Young Peoples Mental Health, and Maternity all
working to improve outcomes for families across Gloucestershire. We are a large
team with a range of expertise offering an exciting opportunity for a new team
member to join us as Local
Maternity & Neonatal System (LMNS) Programme Manager (0.8WTE 30hrs).
This is a fantastic opportunity for the
successful candidate to flourish in a fast-moving complex environment, working
with colleagues within our local trusts and wider partnership across the system
with both clinicians and non-clinicians. The post-holder will work within their
specific portfolio area to provide and lead practical support in the
development and execution of programmes and projects of transformational
change, cost improvement and quality service improvement and redesign.
This role is based at Shire Hall in
Gloucester as well as working remotely from home. Various flexible working
options as well as secondments will be considered so please do make contact to
discuss options which might be right for you.
Interviews will take place on
Thursday 10th October 2024
Main duties of the job
The NHS Gloucestershire
Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire) is responsible for planning and
buying services to meet the health needs of local people. It also brings
partners together to ensure the counties NHS provides the best possible care.
Alongside our communities, we want to improve health, improve access to high
quality care and support when needed and make Gloucestershire a better place
for the future.
NHS
Gloucestershire ICB had the best staff survey result in 2023 for proportion of
staff who would recommend it as a place to work.
The ICB is
registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications
from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable
applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know
of any reasonable adjustments you require in order to participate in the
recruitment process.
For further
information please email beth.gibbons@nhs.net or hayleypane@nhs.net
About us
Our NHS Gloucestershire
Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire) is responsible for planning and
buying services to meet the health needs of local people. It also
brings partners together to ensure the counties NHS provides the best possible
care. Alongside our communities, we want to improve health, improve access to
high quality care and support when needed and make Gloucestershire a better
place for the future.
NHS Gloucestershire ICB
had the best staff survey result in 2023 for proportion of staff who would
recommend it as a place to work.
More information about our organisation can be found here: NHS Gloucestershire ICB (nhsglos.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will form part of a dynamic team responsible for developing, directing and delivering the ambitions set out in local strategy as a response to the recommendations within the following national publications:
- NHS Long Term Plan
- The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health
- Governments response to Transforming children and young peoples mental health provision: a green paper.
- The Ockenden Review
The post holder will work with an extensive network of senior clinicians, managers and staff across health care providers within Gloucestershire, NHS England, education and other key partner organisations within the voluntary and community sector. This is a challenging role and there is a real opportunity for the post-holder to shape and influence the design and delivery of the work programme, by working with colleagues to provide dedicated programme management advice and support.
The role has a key responsibility in enabling the transformation of mental health and/or maternity services to deliver improved access to evidence-based care and improved outcomes. Both portfolios are exciting and highly complex work programmes which will change and improve services for women and families accessing maternity care and children and young people with mental health difficulties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will form part of a dynamic team responsible for developing, directing and delivering the ambitions set out in local strategy as a response to the recommendations within the following national publications:
- NHS Long Term Plan
- The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health
- Governments response to Transforming children and young peoples mental health provision: a green paper.
- The Ockenden Review
The post holder will work with an extensive network of senior clinicians, managers and staff across health care providers within Gloucestershire, NHS England, education and other key partner organisations within the voluntary and community sector. This is a challenging role and there is a real opportunity for the post-holder to shape and influence the design and delivery of the work programme, by working with colleagues to provide dedicated programme management advice and support.
The role has a key responsibility in enabling the transformation of mental health and/or maternity services to deliver improved access to evidence-based care and improved outcomes. Both portfolios are exciting and highly complex work programmes which will change and improve services for women and families accessing maternity care and children and young people with mental health difficulties.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Good knowledge of public health.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
- Good knowledge of social care, (education (in the case of children and young people) as well as health care.
- Ability to analyse policy and research findings.
- Ability to evaluate service provision and quality.
- Ability to produce high quality written reports and papers.
- Good presentation and facilitation skills to a range of audiences.
- IT skills.
- Ability to think strategically to plan integrated care and pathways across a range of providers.
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to work to challenging deadlines.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of specific project areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist project management knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
- Experience of managing significant health service development projects.
- Excellent knowledge of best practice in relation to the specific service area and ability to command respect of other clinicians of all disciplines.
- Good knowledge and understanding of local authority processes and political context.
- Experience of managing complex operational and strategic workforce programmes.
Desirable
- At least 3 years management experience.
- Experience of leading and motivating a team.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Good knowledge of public health.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
- Good knowledge of social care, (education (in the case of children and young people) as well as health care.
- Ability to analyse policy and research findings.
- Ability to evaluate service provision and quality.
- Ability to produce high quality written reports and papers.
- Good presentation and facilitation skills to a range of audiences.
- IT skills.
- Ability to think strategically to plan integrated care and pathways across a range of providers.
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to work to challenging deadlines.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of specific project areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist project management knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
- Experience of managing significant health service development projects.
- Excellent knowledge of best practice in relation to the specific service area and ability to command respect of other clinicians of all disciplines.
- Good knowledge and understanding of local authority processes and political context.
- Experience of managing complex operational and strategic workforce programmes.
Desirable
- At least 3 years management experience.
- Experience of leading and motivating a team.
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.
