Job summary
This is an exciting time to join us in Gloucestershire where
Childrens, Young Peoples and Maternity Services are key priorities. This
pivotal role will support system wide collaborative working to facilitate the
delivery of multi-priority work streams identified specifically by the Local
Maternity & Neonatal System.
Main duties of the job
Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) is the collective
term for clinicians, managers, service users, Local Authorities, NHS providers
and commissioners, who come together to plan, deliver and evaluate maternity
services within the Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) to meet the
needs of women, birthing people and their families. The role of the
Gloucestershire LMNS is to support transformation to improve the quality and
safety of maternity and neonatal care across the full pathway and more recently,
to maintain oversight and assurance of maternity services.
At the core of the work will be providing project management
and quality improvement support and guidance to a number of projects that form
the deliverables within the LMNS programme plan in line with the national three-year
delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. The post holder will need to
manage frequently tight timeframes to ensure project tasks are completed on
time and budget and provide regular and accurate progress reports, both verbal
and written.
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 work within a small friendly, team who
are enthusiastic about improving maternity and neonatal services and have an
effective, well-established working relationships with our local maternity
provider Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire
Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership.
Gloucestershire ICB have a flexible working policy with a
requirement for hybrid working at Shire Hall, Gloucester and home. Travel
between sites and associated venues to fulfil the role across Gloucestershire
may also be required.
Any queries please contact hayleypayne@nhs.net
Interviews to be held on 25 November 2024
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within a small friendly, team who
are enthusiastic about improving maternity and neonatal services and have an
effective, well-established working relationships with our local maternity
provider Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire
Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership.
Gloucestershire ICB have a flexible working policy with a
requirement for hybrid working at Shire Hall, Gloucester and home. Travel
between sites and associated venues to fulfil the role across Gloucestershire
may also be required.
Any queries please contact hayleypayne@nhs.net
Interviews to be held on 25 November 2024
Person Specification
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.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)
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.
Experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of managing risks and reporting.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
Desirable
- Understanding of the public sector.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
Person Specification
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.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)
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.
Experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of managing risks and reporting.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
Desirable
- Understanding of the public sector.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
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
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
Address
Sanger House
5220 Valiant Court, Gloucester Business Park
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL3 4FE
Employer's website
https://www.nhsglos.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
