Job summary
- Main area
- GIRFT
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-TD-CTDCI-6771323-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellington House/Wellington Place
- Town
- London/Leeds
- Salary
- £74,290 - £85,601 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Implementation Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8c
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
The GIRFT focused support programme was established in 2022 as part of the wider GIRFT National Implementation team to provide on site support to providers and systems in the implementation of best practice surgical pathways. The programme also provides support in delivery of the longest elective waiters across England through establishment of mutual aid, supporting patients to travel for treatment and plays a pivotal role from GIRFT in ensuring specialist networks are functioning effectively. The team provide this specialist support primarily to surgical specialties but as services develop will be placed to expand their offer more widely into medical and specialist service provision. The teamwork in close collaboration with the theatres & periop & elective hub teams as well as providing specialist advice and support to the wider GIRFT implementation pillars.
Main duties of the job
Extensive operational experience in surgical specialities within acute providers.
Provide support to selected providers in implementing sustainable surgical pathways, (Regular travel across England required, including overnight stays)
Work closely with Regional/System/provider colleagues to deliver the objectives of the GIRFT Focussed support programme
Provide subject matter expertise to support development of guidance for providers on implementing surgical pathways and mutual aid
Using available data be able to undertake complex analysis to identify challenges within provider or systems surgical pathways and be able to present this information at board and sub board level with credibility in understanding local processes and pressures
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will:
· Own the implementation activity across the assigned workstreams, ensuring the activity takes place in a timely manner and meets the highest quality standards.
· Provide support to selected providers in implementing sustainable surgical services, (Regular travel across England required, including overnight stays)
· Work closely with Regional/System/provider colleagues to deliver the objectives of the focussed support programme
· Provide subject matter expertise to support development of guidance for providers on improving surgical pathway productivity and opportunities for system, regional and national working through mutual aid.
· Using available data be able to undertake complex analysis to identify challenges within provider or systems surgical pathways and be able to present this information at board and sub board level with credibility in understanding local processes and pressures
· Working with other members of the team keep key documents up to date, e.g., risks and issues log, FAQs, communications grid, stakeholder directory.
· Working with Regional operational and clinical leads to identify areas of best practice and how these can be developed, with the National GIRFT Academy to be adopted more widely
· Using Model Health System and other data systems available to the national team to provide regular updates to regional and system colleagues on their performance, including highlighting where there are areas of concern that may require more intensive support
· Work closely with regional implementation, improvement and transformation teams as they develop plans and support systems with recovery and transformation of elective services
· Provide regular updates to relevant boards and key stakeholders to ensure progress is meeting the wider Elective Recovery plans, this may include developing new programmes work as required.
Person specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to elective surgery.
- Extensive surgical operational experience within an acute provider
- Demonstrable senior management experience.
Skills, capabilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of delivering results through the development and management of teams to ensure success and use a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility
- Ability to build effective cross functional working relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders to drive organisational agenda
Values and behaviours
Essential criteria
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites where required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- chloe scruton
- Job title
- Head of Specialist Implementation
- Email address
- [email protected]
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