Job vacancy: Head of Healthcare Planning, NHS England, National

Job summary

Main area: Healthcare
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8d
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 990-NHP-6829409-E

Employer: NHS England
Employer type: NHS
Site: Any NHSE Office
Town: National
Salary: £88,168 - £101,677 per annum (exclusive of London weighting)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59

Head of Healthcare Planning

NHS AfC: Band 8d

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• A relevant degree in IT, healthcare informatics, or a related field.
• Educated to master’s level and equivalent experience of working at a senior operational level in relevant specialist area.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in healthcare planning and analytics, preferably within the NHS or a similar healthcare setting.
• Experience in infrastructure and major transformation projects
• Involvement in hospital design and responsibility for operational readiness and or cutover.
• Extensive knowledge of quality standards including the KLOE and fundamental standards set out by the CQC and how to translate this into practice and patient environment.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Extensive Health Planning knowledge
• Relationship builder in a complex environment – comfortable building strong relationships at all levels internally and externally
• Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking, and planning with highly developed political skills
• Recognised credible leader who can form and manage high-performance, output-driven teams.
• Knowledge of healthcare databases and patient activity systems.

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

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