NHS England

Deputy Director of Primary Care Transformation & Oversight

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Job summary

Are you an experienced programme management professional with extensive expertise in primary care? We're seeking a dynamic leader to join our team as the Assistant Director for Primary Care Contracting and Oversight.

The Deputy Director for Primary Care Transformation will have a strong interface and line management responsibility for the other Assistant Directors, as the role is a key enabler to many of the transformational projects within the portfolio. The Deputy Director for Primary Care Transformation will have a direct reporting line to the Regional Director for Primary Care and Public Health commissioning. The Deputy Director will need to provide line of sight on programme and project delivery across our portfolio, and will need to think and act strategically and proactively to ensure the broad portfolio of programmes remain aligned and silos in delivery are minimised.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Primary Care Commissioning Assurance.
  • PMO Maturity Development.
  • Data Strategy Development.
  • Team Development and Relationship Management.
  • Financial Management.

Main duties of the job

Primary Care commissioning assurance:

  • Lead the assurance function for Primary Care commissioning activities, both retained and delegated, putting in place effective mitigation and action to address risks, issues and concerns.
  • Build effective relationships with stakeholders in respective ICBs and provide the right-level of information to the Portfolio Director.

Data strategy development:

  • Lead the development of the INP data strategy to improve regional and ICB oversight on project delivery and outcomes, and decision-making capabilities at all levels of the organisation.
  • Work with national and ICB counterparts to ensure that the strategy is part of system, regional and national thinking, avoiding silos and duplication of efforts.

Team development and relationship management:

  • Encourage others and listen to other points of view. Establish a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
  • Act as a role model for other members of the workstream and team as a whole, demonstrating the core values of the organisation and benefits of matrix working.
  • Contribute to the development of the business of NHS Employers and business development opportunities as they arise.
  • Ensure team activity fits within the strategic direction of the organisation and the priorities outlined in the business plan and aligns to the organisational values.

About us

The 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 a great 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.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

Details

Date posted

17 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£105,385 to £121,271 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-SE-6697816-I-E

Job locations

York House Any South East NHSE office

York House, 18-22 Massetts Road

Horley

RH6 7DE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Attached Job Description for more details of the main responsibilities and the Assignment Brief.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Attached Job Description for more details of the main responsibilities and the Assignment Brief.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
  • Additional management or specialist qualifications at post graduate level or equivalent level of experience.

Skills

Essential

  • Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.
  • To have one or more of the below programme /project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience: o Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner. o Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner. o P3O Practitioner. o APM Registered Project Professional. o Major Projects Leadership Academy.

Experience

Essential

  • Able to negotiate on difficult and highly contentious issues including performance and change.

Desirable

  • Significant experience of leading change wider programmes of work across multiple sectors.
  • Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this across the wider health and social care.
  • Experience of delivering long term strategic plans and being able to alter plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
  • Highly developed analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider highly complex information and develop a range of options.
  • Able to draw highly complex qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
  • Additional management or specialist qualifications at post graduate level or equivalent level of experience.

Skills

Essential

  • Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.
  • To have one or more of the below programme /project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience: o Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner. o Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner. o P3O Practitioner. o APM Registered Project Professional. o Major Projects Leadership Academy.

Experience

Essential

  • Able to negotiate on difficult and highly contentious issues including performance and change.

Desirable

  • Significant experience of leading change wider programmes of work across multiple sectors.
  • Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this across the wider health and social care.
  • Experience of delivering long term strategic plans and being able to alter plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
  • Highly developed analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider highly complex information and develop a range of options.
  • Able to draw highly complex qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.

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 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).

Additional information

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 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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

York House Any South East NHSE office

York House, 18-22 Massetts Road

Horley

RH6 7DE


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

York House Any South East NHSE office

York House, 18-22 Massetts Road

Horley

RH6 7DE


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Business Manager

Iain Buchanan

iainbuchanan@nhs.net

07736847691

Details

Date posted

17 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£105,385 to £121,271 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-SE-6697816-I-E

Job locations

York House Any South East NHSE office

York House, 18-22 Massetts Road

Horley

RH6 7DE


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