NHS England

Lead Delivery Manager

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Job summary

NHS 111 online helps you find the right care for an urgent health problem. We are a multidisciplinary team of user researchers, designers, clinicians, developers and technical people working to agile principles. Our priorities are set by user needs and our aim is to develop a product that is accessible to all.

We are looking for a Lead Delivery Manager to join our award-winning team. You will gain experience working on a patient-facing product in an exciting and fast-paced environment.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for enabling a team to deliver value acrossrelated products or services.

Ensure that delivery team(s)organise themselves in the most effective way to achieve business outcomes. Motivate their team to learn and innovate, whilst providing coaching and guidance. Blockers are removed, and their interdependencies are addressed, including managing third parties. Manage diverse tasks and conflicting priorities.

Understand behavioursand culture. Manage people and ways of working;adapt team composition to changing needsand respect the self-organising and self-managing nature of the teams. Support Product Managers inbudget managementand monitoring budgets against expenditure.

Create lasting transformation towards agile and lean ways of working. Influence culture change,user-centred design and lean/agile ways of working within NHS England. Contribute to the on-going development of NHS England's Delivery Management capabilities.

Demonstrate significant knowledge and expertise of related disciplines (testing, development, research, design, comms, change management and planning) , support knowledge sharing through communities of practice, make recommendations to the most senior levels of management, and deal with complex challenges. Work with key external stakeholders such as the Department of Health & Social Care.

Will likely have line management responsibilities for a number of NHS England colleagues at Band 8B and below.

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

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year (exclusive of London weighting)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

990-TD-P&P-6776513-E

Job locations

Any NHS England Office

Leeds/London/Exeter/Flexible

LS1 4AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master's degree or equivalent experience

Knowledge/skills

Essential

  • Knowledge of Agile and Lean methods, approaches, practices, tools, techniques and culture
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of applying Agile principles and lean thinking into practice to enable a multi-disciplinary, user-centred development team to successfully deliver value through digital features or a product and service
  • Experience of identifying, challenging and improving processes to increase value delivered
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master's degree or equivalent experience

Knowledge/skills

Essential

  • Knowledge of Agile and Lean methods, approaches, practices, tools, techniques and culture
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of applying Agile principles and lean thinking into practice to enable a multi-disciplinary, user-centred development team to successfully deliver value through digital features or a product and service
  • Experience of identifying, challenging and improving processes to increase value delivered

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.

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

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.

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

Any NHS England Office

Leeds/London/Exeter/Flexible

LS1 4AP


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Any NHS England Office

Leeds/London/Exeter/Flexible

LS1 4AP


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:

Head of Delivery

Ste Nelson

ste.nelson1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year (exclusive of London weighting)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

990-TD-P&P-6776513-E

Job locations

Any NHS England Office

Leeds/London/Exeter/Flexible

LS1 4AP


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