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Job overview

The Finance and Planning Directorate in NHS England is looking for talented, diverse, highly motivated people to join the Planning team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of shaping the priorities of the NHS. The team collaborates with colleagues across NHS England and the NHS to:

• agree and set out the priorities for the NHS, to best meet the needs of patients and deliver value for taxpayers
• develop NHS England’s business plan in response to its mandate from government
• implement and continuously improve the national planning framework for the NHS

As a Deputy Director - Integrated Planning, you will work with senior leaders across NHS England and with government to agree the priorities and performance ambition for the NHS and lead the development of NHS planning guidance. This role also leads the development of NHS England’s Business Plan and supports directorates and programmes to develop detailed delivery plans aligned to their budgets and the agreed priorities of the organisation.

Main duties of the job

You will build relationships with national, regional and external stakeholders and provide expert planning advice to senior leaders across NHS England.

The key skills and experience that we are looking for are: 

• The ability to lead the design and development of NHS planning guidance based on an in-depth understanding of the NHS, its operating context, priorities and challenges.
• The experience to work with and influence senior colleagues across NHS England to prioritise and translate key national ambitions and policies into specific objectives and deliverables
• The ability to lead the development of a joined-up planning leadership community across NHS England’s national directorates and work with finance and planning business partners to continuously improve NHS England’s integrated planning processes
• Experience of joining up strategic, financial and operational planning, including demand and capacity planning.
• Experience of presenting, interpreting, and explaining complex and technical information and concepts to senior leaders in a clear and concise format.

The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting develop

Working for our organisation

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new 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.

Within Finance and Planning, we put the Equality Diversity and Inclusion commitment into practice with our staff led delivery group.

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.