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Job overview

The post holder will work for the Screening Sub-Directorate in the Vaccination and Screening Directorate. The Directorate is responsible for discharging the NHS public health functions agreement, under which the Secretary of State delegates responsibility to NHS England for certain public health services, known as Section 7A services. This includes responsibility for around 20 immunisation programmes, 11 screening programmes and other services such as child health information services (CHIS). 

The post holder will be responsible for leading a defined set of interdependent projects and the associated business change activities. Primary responsibility for successful delivery of the required outcomes, including the establishment of appropriate governance and assurance, monitoring progress, managing risks and issues and ensuring the business readiness for change.

Main duties of the job

Programme Management 

• Deliver and manage significant programmes or projects supporting the successful delivery of Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes
• Support organisational change and the uptake of initiative that support and embed excellence within the health system.
• Ensure realisation of benefits for customers through planning and designing and that project outputs meet programme requirements.
• Demonstrate flexibility and support new programmes and projects where necessary.

 Service Improvement

• Responsible for the delivery of, robust, information systems to ensure that all project documentation is stored and used effectively (PID, dashboards, highlight reports, risk and issues logs etc). 
• As part of the ANNB team, contribute to the project and programme management including approaches and way of working across the organisation(s).
• To embed patient and public involvement at all levels of decision making.
• Be a champion for best practice, learning from experience and from others, supporting the spread of innovation within the organisation.

 People Management

• Management within the ANNB team.
• Matrix management of people working within a specific project as required.

Financial Management

• Manage, track and monitor specified budgets associated with the specific projects being managed.

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.

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.