Job summary
- Main area
- Commissioning
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 942-ICB-6483752
- Employer
- NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Wellington Civic Centre,
- Town
- Wellington, Telford
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/08/2024
Employer heading
Strategic Programme Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Strategic Programme Lead
About Us
This is an exciting opportunity to join our compassionate, inclusive, and values-driven organisation at a time of significant change and opportunity. As a key member of the Commissioning Team you'll have the opportunity to lead and oversee significant programmes of work, working closely with our Local Authority partners with a central focus on improving outcomes for the population that we serve.
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin is going through a period of change as an organisation to ensure that we are fit for purpose and able to respond to the local challenges. As a senior manager in the organisation, you will support putting in place the new Operating Model and driving the creation of a workplace where everyone's unique perspectives and talents are celebrated, and where compassion guides our actions every step of the way.
If you're passionate about making a difference to local people, working in partnership to drive change and want to be part of a team that truly cares, apply now, and join us in shaping a health and care system that we can all be proud of.
Interviews for this role are scheduled for 15th August 2024 and will be held face to face in Wellington Civic Centre, Larkin Way, Tan Bank, Wellington, Telford, TF1 1LX.
For a confidential discussion with Gemma Smith, Director of Commissioning, before applying for this role, please contact Cynthia Fearon via [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The postholder will the development, delivery and oversight of the totality of the statutory commissioning function in line with the ICB Operating Model. The postholder will also be required to work collaboratively across directorates within the ICB, specifically with Planning, Performance and BI, Contracting, Finance, Strategy and Development, Quality, Primary Care, Digital, Workforce, Medicines Optimisation and Service Improvement to ensure that the Commissioning Cycle is embedded across the organisation.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will need to build and maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to:
- Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues, and senior management as appropriate
- National and regional colleagues at NHS England
- ICS partners, including portfolio leads, Local Authorities and Provider and Place Collaboratives
- Non-NHS organisations
- Members of the public and service users as appropriate
- Matrix work across all other teams to address interdependencies and ensure alignment of mutual objectives.
- External consultancy, as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Demonstrate strong commissioning skills with a specific focus on commissioning for person centred care and use of the PHM approach to develop and embed outcome-based commissioning across all speciality areas.
Provide support to the development of coherent and outcome-based Commissioning Intentions founded in the Joint Forward Plan and System Strategies.
Play a supporting role in the formulation, implementation and ongoing review of major system wide commissioning plans that have impact on the wider population working with partners across the ICS including supporting complex and sometime contentious change at significant scale and pace.
Ability to lead and coordinate all elements of a Case for Change and Pre-Consultation Business Case.
Monitor, interpret and qualify assure progress against deliverables.
Provide support to the team in relation to public engagement and Consultation and the legalities that surround this.
Support the team in undertaking the writing a Case for Change and Pre-Consultation Business Case in line with NHSE Guidance on Planning, Assuring and Delivering Service Change for Patients.
Able to evaluate complex information to inform recommendations and decision making.
Able to support and manage the process for complex and sometimes contentious change and to provide programme support to deliver this at significant scale and pace.
Ability to develop and deliver robust presentations to a wide audience.
Solid relationship building skills and ability to work closely with Place and Provider Collaboratives including providing the programme management support to planning for delegation.
Develop and support the delivery successful procurements in line with the NHS Provider Selection Regime.
Provide programme management support to the ICB response to fragile services, ensuring due process is followed and documented.
Support the development of Financial Improvement Plans in relation to commissioning.
Support the successful handover of programmes to the Delivery and Service Redesign team for delivery.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all and appointments made on merit. We particularly welcome applications from people who are from groups which are underrepresented at senior levels in the NHS and wider society, and we are a Disability Confident Employer.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge and expertise of commissioning and programme management.
- Proven and significant leadership experience.
- 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.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Member of a relevant professional body.
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders. on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Analytical
Essential criteria
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Planning Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
Autonomy
Essential criteria
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
- Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals. Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Equality and Diversity
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 in the area.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cynthia Fearon
- Job title
- Corporate Personal Assistant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01952 580315
- Additional information
Gemma Smith - Director of Commissioning: [email protected]
Gemma Smith is the Recruiting Manager for this role.
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