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Job summary

Main area
Directory of Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
996-ICB-5115-24
Employer
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Council House
Town
Derby
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 pa, pro-rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/12/2024 23:59
Interview date
16/12/2024

Employer heading

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB logo

Directory of Services (DoS) Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 5

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the health statutory body for the Derby City and Derbyshire population. ICSs are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Serving a total population of 1,053,000 with a budget of over £1.6 billion the ICB has a staff base of approximately 500 people.

At DDICB we are passionate about making diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We have staff engagement forums, a diversity and inclusion network run by and for our people and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. Together, we are building an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated and people feel able to bring their whole self to work.

We are a disability confident employer and offer a range of family friendly, flexible working arrangements and inclusive employment policies, to support our people in the workplace.'

Job overview

Are you excited about making a difference and helping the people of Derbyshire receive exceptional care?

Are you motivated and well organised?

If so, an opportunity has arisen for a DoS (Directory of Services) Co-ordinator in Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board. The successful candidate will be working within a dynamic team of people working with various NHS Service Providers to meet patient outcomes and assure that patients are directed to the most appropriate service first time.

The team works within the Urgent Care Team to ensure high quality and safe care is provided to our population.

The Directory of Services (DoS) is a central directory which is integrated within NHS Pathways and provides NHS 111 call handlers with real time information about all services available when patients make contact.

Accuracy of the DoS is fundamental to the effectiveness of the NHS 111 Service. As well as the functional aspects, the system also has the ability to inform commissioning by generating detailed reports on service demand and utilisation.

Interviews will be held on 16th December

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the DoS Team as a DoS Co-ordinator.

You will be required to support the team and play a central role in the planning of the Directory of Services and engaging with multiple NHS Service Providers.

This role will also include day to day management of the DoS and supporting the team with the DoS management of agreed projects and where indicated gathering information and data, undertaking enquires and producing written reports as and when necessary.

The successful candidate will possess the ability to communicate with others on complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills.

The DoS team are often required to respond to sudden unexpected demands so the ability to problem solve and work effectively and in collaboration with ICB teams and NHS Service Providers will be very important.

You will need to demonstrate excellent analytical and time management skills as well as the ability to work on your own initiative and organise your own workload with minimal supervision.

Working for our organisation

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.  Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Providing high quality coordination work to ensure actions of the team are completed and delivered against demanding deadlines and timescales;
  • The post holder is a key member of the team whose overarching focus is on transformational delivery, they will enable, promote and support team to deliver;
  • The post holder will support the day-to-day operational and strategic system management of the Derbyshire Directory of Services (DoS), ensuring that robust governance arrangements are in place;
  • Supporting the operational management of the Derbyshire DoS working with the DoS Lead to ensure it is maintained and updated to accurately reflect commissioned services across Derbyshire;
  • Working to the governance processes across Derbyshire and providing a point of contact for over border Commissioners and Provider;
  • Working with and representing the DoS on workstreamsLiaising with workstreams to provide high quality support, and ensuring all processes are in place and widely communicated;
  • Communicating information by providing reports from the DoS to support commissioning intelligence on the appropriate use of services;
  • Working with the DOS Lead to further develop the DoS to cover a wider range of services, including other Health and Social Care Services provided by partner organisations e.g., Third Sector, Local Authority that are integrated with NHS Pathway developments and local referral protocols to enable direct referrals from the 111 Service;
  • A point of contact to ensure that key stakeholders are informed of the key developments of the DoS and strategic system changes;
  • Informing Commissioning Leads of the developments of the DoS and any key strategic system changes;
  • Undertaking other appropriate delegated duties as required;
  • Working with Clinicians and Service Leads to maintain existing and create new service profiles to reflect new versions within DoS and NHS Pathways;
  • Undertaking service profile updates with provider and/or commissioner requests for change;
  • Participating and supporting the team with the management of projects, gathering information and undertaking enquires as and when is necessary for the head of department, teams and the department;
  • Represent Derbyshire on DoS User Groups and ensure that the local perspective is fully represented;
  • Liaising with relevant Teams so that service changes being undertaken is not in isolation to 111/999 and considered early on and included in the DoS from the outset;
  • Supporting the DoS Lead to continually promote the importance of DoS with other Teams within the ICB, in order to ensure that DoS can be planned in as part of any developments at an early stage;
  • The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the DoS Lead;
  • The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.

Person specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area;
  • Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis;
Desirable criteria
  • Previously worked in similar position within the public sector;
  • Knowledge and experience of managing the Directory of Services database.

Communication skills

Essential criteria
  • Skills for communication on complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/ written communication skills and ensuring this is accurate;
  • Experience of managing databases and inputting data accurately

Analytical

Essential criteria
  • Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands;

Planning Skills

Essential criteria
  • Skills for supporting project management.

Autonomy

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales.

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary;

Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team'

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Catherine Bainbridge
Job title
Head of Urgent Care
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07500762897

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE22 3LZ
Telephone
07900 135638
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