Job summary
- Main area
- General Practice
- Grade
- ESM 1
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-COO-6555621-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellington House / Wellington Place
- Town
- London/Leeds
- Salary
- £100,000 - £113,625 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Director General Practice
ESM 1
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 Director of General Practice is a key role in Primary Care and Community Services (PCCS), leading the general practice team and overseeing a significant programme of work across General Practice, and the wider PCCS portfolio.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide strong leadership across a range of significant priorities including:
- GP contracting and legislation
- GP commissioning and oversight
- Development, policy and planning for GP commissioning and contracting
Additionally, the post holder will be responsible for:
- Management, consultation and implementation of the GP contract
- Oversight of national performance and commissioning systems, ensuring that GP commissioning operates effectively to deliver strategic priorities, e.g. access improvement or other manifesto commitments
- Operational support and guidance to commissioners, including in periods of incident response and ongoing support to ICBs in their role as commissioners of primary care services
- Delivery of contract reform and service reform, including delivering more integrated models of care across neighbourhoods and systems
- Oversight of key stakeholder relationships including DHSC and General Practitioners Committee and engagement across NHSE, other national bodies and patient representatives
The post holder will be a credible and energetic leader with a track record of implementing successful change. This role requires extensive experience of managing complex health and care programmes at a senior level and will work across central NHS England directorates, with Regions as well as with the DHSC.
The post holder will work in person in London or Leeds at least 2 days a week.
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 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.
PCCS is responsible for a broad portfolio of programmes, sector oversight and statutory responsibilities which account for over 1bn patient contacts annually, £30.6bn worth of public expenditure annually, of which ~£12bn relates to general practice; and over 100 public commitments.
All roles across PCCS may need to work flexibly across different teams and projects to adapt to emerging priorities and support system working.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information / full details of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree and Post graduate level qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience working at a senior level in a specialist area.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant Senior Management level experience , at or near to Board level operations in the NHSE, Senior Civil Service or a relevant third sector organization.
- Extensive experience of developing and implementing effective systems and process; and managing change programmes in a large high profile organization
- In depth understanding of primary and community care agenda
Skills
Essential criteria
- Intellectual ability to solve complex policy and real work practical challenges.
- Outstanding relationship management skills and ability to build credibility and trust with senior colleagues
- Excellent leadership skills and the ability to build, lead, develop and motivate high performing teams. Able to manage conflict, effective negotiation, feedback, partnership working and coaching
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates application of NHS Values, including valuing diversity, working well with others; and seeking to improve what they do.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Vincent
- Job title
- Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07814229040
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