Job summary
The East of England Health and Justice Team is responsible for commissioning healthcare in prisons, Secure Children's Homes, Immigration Removal Centres, Sexual Assault Referral Centres and Liaison & Diversion services in police custody and courts in the area. There is also a responsibility for liaising with the national team on services for people in the East of England who have formerly served in the armed forces.
As the Head of Health and Justice for the East of England Region, the post holder will lead and work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service and supporting managers and staff across the East of England. They will provide strategic and operational leadership to the Health and Justice sector and provide advice and support to lead Directors at national and regional level.
Main duties of the job
Key objectives of the role are commissioning oversight to ensure that quality assurance and patient safety remains at the heart of the commissioning functioning and that delivery of key national programmes of work for Health and Justice are achieved. The postholder will work with the national NHS England team, UK Health Security Agency, the Ministry of Justice, Youth Justice Board, HM Prisons and Probation Service and the Home Office to secure the delivery of high quality, effective and efficient integrated services locally.
The post holder will have accountability and responsibility for the strategic and operational development of the Health and Justice Sector and for liaising with the national team on the Armed Forces sector. Plans to achieve the strategy will be underpinned by the delivery of short to medium term objectives.
About us
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through ourseven regional teams, NHS England supports localintegrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care - NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector - to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key aspects of this role will be to: -
- Ensure the strategy is formulated, understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
- Ensure the development and management of relevant strategic plans, within the Sector.
- Ensure appropriate system and processes are in place to enable the implementation of the strategy plans in the new organisations.
- Proactively manage the key risks and issues associated with ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond.
- Monitoring and establishing accountability on the overall progress of the strategy to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
- Manage the whole budgetary implications of activity.
- Avoid the destabilisation of business as usual.
- Manage and actively promote the relationships with key stakeholder s
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Salary Progression Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 9 with a full-time starting salary of £99,891, with a pay step increase after 5 years service. These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the HEE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key aspects of this role will be to: -
- Ensure the strategy is formulated, understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
- Ensure the development and management of relevant strategic plans, within the Sector.
- Ensure appropriate system and processes are in place to enable the implementation of the strategy plans in the new organisations.
- Proactively manage the key risks and issues associated with ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond.
- Monitoring and establishing accountability on the overall progress of the strategy to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
- Manage the whole budgetary implications of activity.
- Avoid the destabilisation of business as usual.
- Manage and actively promote the relationships with key stakeholder s
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Salary Progression Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 9 with a full-time starting salary of £99,891, with a pay step increase after 5 years service. These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the HEE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Evidence of expertise and knowledge in the commissioning of Health and Justice, SARC and Armed Forces services and in the Health and Justice sector
- Evidence of expertise, experience and knowledge of working with local and national stakeholders (eg ICBs, HM Prison and Probation Service, Youth Justice Board) to promote the development of integrated care delivery models that put the needs of patients and clients at the heart of service commissioning.
- Demonstrable ability to use autonomy to undertake actions and set direction as a result of own interpretation of Health & Justice commissioning policy and guidance, providing a source of expert advice and strategic leadership to NHSE and partner agencies
- Significant experience of managing and prioritising a large commissioning budget with solid knowledge of financial process requirements
- Proven and significant leadership and management experience in Health and Justice services, including development of the team and delivery of major projects.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Project
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following areas
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to Health and Justice and Armed Forces Commissioning
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.
- Significant evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment.
- Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies or a Prince 2 or managing successful projects practitioner
- Experience and/or understanding of the UK Health Economy Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
- Experience of leading major change initiatives with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
- Significant experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid knowledge of financial process requirements
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments.
- Member of a relevant professional body.
Desirable
- Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Evidence of expertise and knowledge in the commissioning of Health and Justice, SARC and Armed Forces services and in the Health and Justice sector
- Evidence of expertise, experience and knowledge of working with local and national stakeholders (eg ICBs, HM Prison and Probation Service, Youth Justice Board) to promote the development of integrated care delivery models that put the needs of patients and clients at the heart of service commissioning.
- Demonstrable ability to use autonomy to undertake actions and set direction as a result of own interpretation of Health & Justice commissioning policy and guidance, providing a source of expert advice and strategic leadership to NHSE and partner agencies
- Significant experience of managing and prioritising a large commissioning budget with solid knowledge of financial process requirements
- Proven and significant leadership and management experience in Health and Justice services, including development of the team and delivery of major projects.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Project
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following areas
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to Health and Justice and Armed Forces Commissioning
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.
- Significant evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment.
- Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies or a Prince 2 or managing successful projects practitioner
- Experience and/or understanding of the UK Health Economy Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
- Experience of leading major change initiatives with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
- Significant experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid knowledge of financial process requirements
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments.
- Member of a relevant professional body.
Desirable
- Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Additional information
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 the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
