Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Senate
- Grade
- NHS AFC : Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-SE-6402119-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- York House
- Town
- Horley
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senate Programme Manager
NHS AFC : Band 8a
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Clinical Senates support decision making concerning major service re-design to achieve optimal use of resources for the health of their populations by providing early patient-focussed ‘critical friend’ advice on one or more occasion to inform developing plans, and final clinical assurance to ICS/ICBs and NHS England (and by extension patients and the public) on completed proposals.
The South East Clinical Senate works collaboratively to provide a source of strategic and objective advice and leadership to support systems to deliver the best health and care outcomes for patients, their families and communities. We do this by:
• Providing independent clinical advice on major service change to support the NHSE assurance process
• Acting as a clinical critical friend across the south east region
• Enabling leadership development
• Supporting learning and sharing across systems regionally and nationally
• Working through our strong patient and public partnership model.
As Clinical Senate Programme Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic small team in supporting high quality, effective and efficient clinical senate activity across the South East region.
The post holder will support the Head of Senate in planning and managing the delivery of work making sure it is executed effectively and to agreed deadlines.
The postholder will deputise as required for the Head of Senate with support of the Senate Chair and Vice Chair.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible to the Head of Senate. Key aspects of the role will be to:
- Support the Head of Senate with delivering the Clinical Senate activities.
- Delivery of agreed areas of the Clinical Senate independent clinical reviews.
- Supporting the writing of clinical senate assurance and non-assurance reports as appropriate.
- Collaborative working with clinical senate chair, vice chair and council members and relevant stakeholders.
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Deputise as required and appropriate for the Head of Senate in planning the delivery of work making and ensuring it is executed effectively and to agreed deadlines.
Please see job description and personal specification for a full description.
Working for our organisation
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 visit https://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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details please see job description.
The post holder's responsibilities include:
- To support the delivery of day to day activities, projects and programme.
- To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
- Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend.
- To monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables to NHS England and NHS Improvement that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process.
- To develop business plans and provide expert strategic and policy advice and guidance on all areas of the National Director’s portfolio.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Desirable criteria
- Professional clinical registration
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of working on assurance and/or continuous improvement projects and writing complex reports
Communication and Analytical Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Autonomy and Freedom to Act
Essential criteria
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Values and behaviours
Essential criteria
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Steward
- Job title
- Head of Senate
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07702 427396
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