Job summary
Currently there are two vacancies: Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE) and Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE)
We are looking for an improvement manager to join our team to help drive NHS England outpatient transformation agenda. The Transformation Delivery partner is responsible for supporting outpatient improvement as part of the elective recovery programme, embedded within an ICS (Integrated Care System) for 80% of the working week.
You will be responsible for managing programmes and projects from concept through to mobilisation working with colleagues at all levels, facilitating collaboration with senior clinicians, executive leads, teams and service users across providers and sectors. You will work within your ICS to develop new models of care, look at service improvement and improved ways of working to better meet patient and clinician needs.
You will build a network of stakeholders across the ICS, the region and with the national team, keeping up to date with best practice and latest developments.
The remaining 20% of your time will be spent regionally, working on East of England initiatives as part of the national Elective Recovery programmes.
For the right individual, this is an exciting role offering the opportunity to work on high profile projects and programmes to benefit patients alongside building your own network across national, regional, system and providers.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for candidates who have an extensive understanding of transformation and a track record of delivering strategic programmes and projects developed either within the NHS, elsewhere in the Public Sector or from the commercial sector including consultancy.
This role requires an individual to work proactively and on their own initiative, with the ability to manage integrated programmes of work, working closely with clinical and operational leads in transforming care and across national, regional and ICSs. You will need to deliver work at pace, be prepared to work to challenging deadlines and be able to prioritise well, juggling multiple competing priorities at any given time.
The postholder will need to have experience and understanding of taking a loose brief and developing it into an implemented programme, aligned to key ICS priorities, national strategic objectives and bringing stakeholders on board.
You will need excellent communications skills, change management skills plus planning and programme management skills to successfully lead on projects from concept through to implementation. The ability to work with analysts and digital leads is necessary. Experience of clinical/service re-design is desirable.
Good working knowledge of elective care based on relevant national programmes including GIRFT (Get It Right First Time), the National Elective recovery programme, improvement approaches and methodologies, and digital is desirable.
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 theGovernment website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
It is essential for this role that the postholder can embed themselves into a new environment, build relationships quickly with key stakeholders across ICB and providers and shape their role to positively contribute.
It is essential the postholder is easily able to travel to the relevant ICB and key providers as and when required. There is also an expectation of attendance at monthly, face to face meetings at Victoria house, Cambridge. Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
You can find further details in the Job Description attached.
Informal conversation before applying is strongly recommended. Please contact Rachel Smyth, AD programmes (Elective) on rachel.smyth1@nhs.net for general information about the role.
If you would like to find out more about the role in context of Hertfordshire and West Essex, please contact Mark Lim, Associate Medical Director and Consultant in Public Healthon mark.lim@nhs.net
If you would like to find out more about the role in context of Suffolk & North East Essex, please contact Liz Moloney, Director of Operations, on elizabeth.moloney@snee.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
It is essential for this role that the postholder can embed themselves into a new environment, build relationships quickly with key stakeholders across ICB and providers and shape their role to positively contribute.
It is essential the postholder is easily able to travel to the relevant ICB and key providers as and when required. There is also an expectation of attendance at monthly, face to face meetings at Victoria house, Cambridge. Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
You can find further details in the Job Description attached.
Informal conversation before applying is strongly recommended. Please contact Rachel Smyth, AD programmes (Elective) on rachel.smyth1@nhs.net for general information about the role.
If you would like to find out more about the role in context of Hertfordshire and West Essex, please contact Mark Lim, Associate Medical Director and Consultant in Public Healthon mark.lim@nhs.net
If you would like to find out more about the role in context of Suffolk & North East Essex, please contact Liz Moloney, Director of Operations, on elizabeth.moloney@snee.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of taking a national 'ask' and developing a programme of work - interpreting it in a way which takes into account local services and population needs, scoping, developing, and implementing with a range of stakeholders which resulted in a tangible change to deadline/ budget.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing, and motivating teams/individuals, including clinical leads, executive leads and operational managers, across organisational boundaries and levels of seniority, to ensure success.
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of understanding a broad range of complex information (including quantitative data), national guidance and quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/ no obvious solution.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of elective care and relevant national programmes (National Elective Recovery Programme, GIRFT, Further Faster)
- Knowledge and understanding of improvement methodologies and approaches.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
- Demonstrable evidence of having transferred skills, knowledge, and experience to a new situation/ environment within the NHS.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of taking a national 'ask' and developing a programme of work - interpreting it in a way which takes into account local services and population needs, scoping, developing, and implementing with a range of stakeholders which resulted in a tangible change to deadline/ budget.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing, and motivating teams/individuals, including clinical leads, executive leads and operational managers, across organisational boundaries and levels of seniority, to ensure success.
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of understanding a broad range of complex information (including quantitative data), national guidance and quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/ no obvious solution.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of elective care and relevant national programmes (National Elective Recovery Programme, GIRFT, Further Faster)
- Knowledge and understanding of improvement methodologies and approaches.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
- Demonstrable evidence of having transferred skills, knowledge, and experience to a new situation/ environment within the NHS.
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).
