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Hertfordshire County Council

Intermediate Care Programme Manager

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Job summary

Our ambition is providing person centred, coordinated care, enabling our residents to live independently at home for longer through an integrated, seamless continuum of services across primary care, community health services, social care, voluntary sector, and acute hospital care.

Do you have operational, strategic, and commissioning experience in either the NHS, Social Care or Care? We are looking for the ideal candidate to lead a whole system approach to Intermediate Care in Hertfordshire, working collaboratively across key organisations to create and implement an Intermediate Care Strategy.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be highly skilled in leading cross organisational change, confident working autonomously, able to hold presence with senior leaders, and be comfortable with challenging environments or uncertainty.

They will require a strong focus on promoting stronger integration between local authorities, voluntary services, and the health & care system to deliver the Hertfordshire Integrated Care Strategy which makes person centred intermediate care an integrated feature of health and care pathways in Hertfordshire and West Essex.Creating coordinated, proactive services, organised in a way that makes it easier for teams to work together across different organisations and co-ordinate care around the needs of individuals. Critical to the role will be skills in commissioning, service improvement, service redesign and operational and strategic experience.

About us

Benefits of working forus: Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the role) Excellent Career Development Salary Exchange for Additional Benefits Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions Shopping Discounts Support Groups & Wellbeing Schemes

Details

Date posted

31 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£55,916 to £62,589 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

F0020-HCC23578

Job locations

Farnham House

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2ST


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will have commissioning responsibility, provide leadership, and deliver the intermediate care strategy by transforming intermediate care, supporting patient flow, problem solving and providing challenge to system partners. A clinical background would be desirable; however, it is not essential.

Whilst developing the intermediate strategy, and the integrated intermediate care offer the post holder will work closely with other strategic leads, including discharge to assess, prevention of admission, frailty, complex care, and health inequalities. As well as creatively draw on a wide range of resources, learning from existing services and reviews, local and national research, the impending national Intermediate Care Strategy, best practice from other areas, communities and those who use our services to deliver person centred strategic priorities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will have commissioning responsibility, provide leadership, and deliver the intermediate care strategy by transforming intermediate care, supporting patient flow, problem solving and providing challenge to system partners. A clinical background would be desirable; however, it is not essential.

Whilst developing the intermediate strategy, and the integrated intermediate care offer the post holder will work closely with other strategic leads, including discharge to assess, prevention of admission, frailty, complex care, and health inequalities. As well as creatively draw on a wide range of resources, learning from existing services and reviews, local and national research, the impending national Intermediate Care Strategy, best practice from other areas, communities and those who use our services to deliver person centred strategic priorities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

  • Clinical background

Experience

Essential

  • Commissioning
  • Service improvement
  • Service redesign
  • Operational and strategic experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

  • Clinical background

Experience

Essential

  • Commissioning
  • Service improvement
  • Service redesign
  • Operational and strategic experience

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

Hertfordshire County Council

Address

Farnham House

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2ST


Employer's website

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire County Council

Address

Farnham House

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2ST


Employer's website

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Health Integration

Fiona Tearle

Fiona.tearle@hertfordshire.gov.uk

Details

Date posted

31 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£55,916 to £62,589 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

F0020-HCC23578

Job locations

Farnham House

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2ST


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