Job summary
Job Title: Head of Integrated Services
Hours of work: Fulltime
(37.5 hours per week)
Remuneration: £58k - £68k pa dependent on experience
Contract length: Permanent
Responsible
to: Director of
Operations
Location: F4H offices and any location within Haringey
Main duties of the job
The role
The postholder will play a key role in the delivery of high-quality
clinical services. They will provide the overall strategic leadership to the
Integrated Services Team and the Primary Care Network Support Team. They will represent Haringey GP Federation at
the Live Well Board and be responsible for the development of new areas of work
that support the reduction of Health Inequalities in Haringey. (Health Inequalities is one of Haringey GP
Federations Strategic Priorities.)
This role requires an individual who is innovative, effective
and passionate about reducing health inequalities, working across system
boundaries to improve the quality of care for patients. They will be able to develop strategic
thinking and interpret it into operational development.
They will be able to build confidence across the organisation
as well as with external partners; they will be able to operate in smart and
inventive ways, developing an agile and problem-solving culture. A key
responsibility will be to challenge, support and develop service teams ensuring
robust systems for performance and financial management and quality governance
are in place.
About us
We are the Haringey GP Federation, a young and growing organisation working with 34 member practices and over 200 members of staff in the diverse and vibrant borough of Haringey in North London. Our vision is to support the people of Haringey to be healthier and happier. We do this by strengthening, innovating, and advocating for strong and sustainable General Practice in Haringey.
Our friendly, collaborative team has deservedly earned a strong reputation for providing best practice Primary Care services at scale. We are proud that our teams achievements have won external recognition, including a recent HSJ award for demonstrating professionally diverse clinical leadership in primary care.
We provide a range of services in Haringey, including those which are best delivered by Primary Care at scale, namely; integrated services, working with partners in our local borough partnership, together with support services, including back-office support, workforce and training and some shared staffing clinical teams. We also currently manage two local GP practices and lead the North Central London Training hub.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide senior strategic leadership for the organisation particularly within
Integrated Services and PCN Network Support, ensuring that services are managed
effectively and deliver against contracts meeting qualitative and quantitative
performance targets and within the financial allocations.
Provide
strong and expert professional and business leadership to clinical services,
particularly in service planning, and in ensuring the delivery of high-quality
clinical services.
Create
a culture of strong leadership that nurtures and develops talent within the
Integrated Services and PCN Network Development areas, ensuring that your own
and others behaviours demonstrate our values.
Support the development of a talent pipeline to
ensure that Integrated Service Managers, the Senior Integrated Service Manager
and PCN Network Support Managers are able to develop their skills and be
effective in all they do.
Represent the Federation within the NHS and
wider community, working closely to support the delivery of integrated working
within the local healthcare environment with a particular focus on supporting
the Live Well Priority of the Borough Partnership. Be the strategic lead for the Integrated
Services Team providing oversight and support to the operational delivery of
the services (led by the Senior Integrated Services Manager), ensuring that all
services are effective, achieving against key performance indicators and are providing
a consistently high-quality service.
Take
a leading role in the development and initiation of new integrated clinical
services that work across organisations with a smooth transition at the right
time to standard operational delivery under the appropriate Integrated Services
Manager.
Take
a lead role in the development of the Proactive Integrated Teams supporting
borough wide roll out and effective working across the primary and secondary
care interface. Provide operational support and direction to the locality PITs
and explore opportunities to develop robust clinical pathways using a
population health improvement approach.
Manage
complex projects including service development, as required, improving
capacity, service efficiency, quality, and capability.
Work
closely with the medical directorate to ensure alignment with operational
support to integrated services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide senior strategic leadership for the organisation particularly within
Integrated Services and PCN Network Support, ensuring that services are managed
effectively and deliver against contracts meeting qualitative and quantitative
performance targets and within the financial allocations.
Provide
strong and expert professional and business leadership to clinical services,
particularly in service planning, and in ensuring the delivery of high-quality
clinical services.
Create
a culture of strong leadership that nurtures and develops talent within the
Integrated Services and PCN Network Development areas, ensuring that your own
and others behaviours demonstrate our values.
Support the development of a talent pipeline to
ensure that Integrated Service Managers, the Senior Integrated Service Manager
and PCN Network Support Managers are able to develop their skills and be
effective in all they do.
Represent the Federation within the NHS and
wider community, working closely to support the delivery of integrated working
within the local healthcare environment with a particular focus on supporting
the Live Well Priority of the Borough Partnership. Be the strategic lead for the Integrated
Services Team providing oversight and support to the operational delivery of
the services (led by the Senior Integrated Services Manager), ensuring that all
services are effective, achieving against key performance indicators and are providing
a consistently high-quality service.
Take
a leading role in the development and initiation of new integrated clinical
services that work across organisations with a smooth transition at the right
time to standard operational delivery under the appropriate Integrated Services
Manager.
Take
a lead role in the development of the Proactive Integrated Teams supporting
borough wide roll out and effective working across the primary and secondary
care interface. Provide operational support and direction to the locality PITs
and explore opportunities to develop robust clinical pathways using a
population health improvement approach.
Manage
complex projects including service development, as required, improving
capacity, service efficiency, quality, and capability.
Work
closely with the medical directorate to ensure alignment with operational
support to integrated services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in the NHS, including with close ties to General Practice
- Experience of leading the planning and delivering of programmes involving a range of stakeholders with delivery on time and within budget.
- Experience of managing and successfully delivering projects and services including across organisational boundaries in health and care - improving capacity, service efficiency, quality and capability
- Experience of successful partnership working across different organisations and sectors
- Experience of strategic and business planning and development
- Experience of writing bids and business cases
- Previously responsible for a budget with a working knowledge of financial processes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in the NHS, including with close ties to General Practice
- Experience of leading the planning and delivering of programmes involving a range of stakeholders with delivery on time and within budget.
- Experience of managing and successfully delivering projects and services including across organisational boundaries in health and care - improving capacity, service efficiency, quality and capability
- Experience of successful partnership working across different organisations and sectors
- Experience of strategic and business planning and development
- Experience of writing bids and business cases
- Previously responsible for a budget with a working knowledge of financial processes
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.
