Job summary
- Main area
- Programme Management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-SW-6748244-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Flexible across South West Geography
- Town
- Taunton/Plymouth/Bristol
- Salary
- £74,290 - £85,601 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Programme 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
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy and dynamic team, supporting ICSs in their development and to deliver the best outcomes for their populations. The post holder will be responsible for a portfolio of projects aimed at developing and supporting integrated care systems in the region. It will require close working with, ICSs across the region, other regional colleagues and national NHSE teams. You will need to lead and deliver work, creating momentum to move systems forward, delivering on phase 2 of the ICS development programme. The postholder will be skilled in building trusting relationships quickly and working closely to ascertain and deliver support needs for systems. The following skills and experience will be key;
- Coordinating subject matter expertise to bring systems the best knowledge and facilitate the sharing of best practice
- Ability to work flexibly, responding rapidly to changing priorities: designing, implementing and supporting projects.
- Ability to draft Board-level presentations, policy briefings and reports - and feeding into discussions to take these forward.
- A good knowledge of policies existing and emerging and ability to apply this knowledge in the support of system implementation.
- Ability to lead and work to deliver multiple concurrent streams of work, both independently and through the team, working alongside senior leaders.
Main duties of the job
This role is a high profile one working closely with the 7 ICSs in the South West region, supporting them in the delivery of phase 2 of the ICS Development Programme – this builds on supporting ICSs in establishment leading up to and during 2022, and moving into further system maturity and consolidation. This includes supporting systems to deliver their strategic priorities, as set out in the Joint Forward Plans, alongside operational and financial plans. The role involves close working not just with the ICBs but the wider ICS as well. The senior programme lead has line management responsibility for the programme manager, will deputise for the Deputy Director of System Co-ordination as required and has responsibility for maintaining close links with the national system architecture team. This role sits within the System Oversight and Co-ordination Directorate of the regional team and as such, close working with directorate colleagues to support the delivery of system priorities and support system co-ordination intelligence and activities is key.
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.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ICS development programme includes supporting systems with the development of their JFPs and the ICS Strategy that feeds into this, the implementation of national policy and guidance relating to the development of ICSs, ICP development, Board Development, ICB governance, Provider Collaborative development, Place, VCSE development across the region and system organisational design. The ICS development portfolio can change dependant on the development of national guidance and policy. The development of close working relationships with both ICS and national colleagues across a range of workstreams is key, as well as the ability to take a team of teams approach to delivery with regional colleagues. In particular the post holder is likely to have a focus on the delivery of the place, board development, JFP and organisational design workstreams as well as holding responsibility for links with specific systems.
Please note this vacancy can be based across the South West Geography, and can be based in:
- South West House, Taunton, TA1 2PX
- 100 Temple Street, Bristol, BS1 6AG
- Plumer House, Plymouth, PL6 5DH
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge & experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of stakeholder engagement and managing stakeholder relationships.
- Experience of formulating regional and / or national policy strategy
- Specific experience of working in the NHS, Social Services or service industry and an understanding of the levers and dynamics of change both at an individual and organisational level.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda
- Member of relevant professional body. Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment
- Experience of other sectors and / or international healthcare experience
- Awareness of relevant public and private sector business management best practice
Skills, capabilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to manage complex relationships within a changing environment.
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
- Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
- Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Interpreting national policy for implementation.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
Values and behaviours
Essential criteria
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites where required
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential criteria
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ellie Devine
- Job title
- Deputy Director of System Coordination
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07918 368421
- Additional information
Tuesday - Friday
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