Job summary
- Main area
- Diagnostics and Physiological
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-LDN-6618442-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Welington House
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £82,462 - £93,773 per annum (inclusive of London weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Diagnostic CDC/Physiological Measurements 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
High quality diagnostic services are essential to the delivery of clinical pathways across the NHS and are a key enabler of NHS recovery.
At NHS London we are working with our Integrated Care Systems to transform diagnostic services to maximise efficiency and ensure sufficient capacity. We want to ensure ‘the right test, at the right time, with the right answer.’
Priorities to deliver diagnostic service transformation are identified in Lord Carter’s work on productivity, The Long-Term Plan and The Richards’ Diagnostics Review. These include:
- The establishment of pathology, imaging and physiological science networks to deliver faster results and access to diagnostics.
- Improving connectivity and digitisation to drive efficiency, seamless care across boundaries and facilitate remote reporting.
- Building CDC’s to improve access, capacity and reducing health inequalities.
- Expanding pathology and diagnostic workforce, with an emphasis on skill mix.
NHSL have a regional diagnostics team who support delivery of this agenda. The programme team is supported by Clinical Directors and Clinical Leadership Groups established for different diagnostic modalities.
The role is Diagnostic Programme Lead for the CDC & Physiological Measurement pillars of the diagnostic programme. The diagnostic team works in a matrix way enabling agile response to changing demand. People joining the team will need to be comfortable working flexibly across the full range of programme pillars.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for leading a complex programme of work. They will be responsible for the successful delivery of the required outcomes, including governance and assurance, risk management and ensuring readiness for change.
Some key programmes are not fully established, as such, the post holder will play an important role working with Clinical Leadership (and others) to shape the development of these. They will need to demonstrate prior experience of scoping new programmes and designing delivery mechanisms. They will also need to demonstrate an ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments.
Whilst some of the programmes of work are more strategic in nature, the requirement to deliver system recovery through transformation of diagnostics services means that the role will also require the individual to be able to deliver within an operational fast paced environment.
This post will offer expertise and advice to the systems in the transformation of diagnostic services, ideally through previous experience of working in a diagnostic setting and/or related clinical/operational role in the NHS. Whilst ICS’s and Networks will provide local oversight on delivery, the post will be responsible for oversight of these initiatives and ensuring alignment with regional and national ambitions. The post holder will also be required to provide practical support, with a can-do attitude and creative approaches to resolve issues identified, and deliver transformation.
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.
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
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- To have one or more of the below programme /project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience: • Managing Successful. Programmes Practitioner • Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner. • P3O Practitioner. • APM Registered Project Professional. • Major Projects Leadership Academy
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- A strong understanding of digital and the role digitisation can play in supporting delivery of service transformation
- Demonstrable senior management experience
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
Skills and capabiliites
Essential criteria
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and 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 very complex and detailed issues.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
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.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cyrila Pereira
- Job title
- Business Support Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07710152943
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