Job summary
- Main area
- Non Executive Director
- Grade
- NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Non-Executive Member/Director
- Contract
- 3 years (Three year initial fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 1 session per week (Time commitment for this role is approximately half a day a week (3.25 hours))
- Job ref
- 990-CFO-6600417-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS England, Wellington House, London
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £268 a day for approximately 24 days a year
- Closing
- 06/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Chair, Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group
NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Non-Executive Member/Director
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
The Specialised Commissioning Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group (PPVAG) are looking to appoint an Independent Chair.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience as a committee chair or non executive director to play an important role advising NHS England on the commissioning of specialised services and how we are meeting our legal duties to involve patients and the public.
This a fixed term appointment of three years, working approximately 24 days per year.
Main duties of the job
The Chair will be required to provide strong leadership for the PPVAG to enable it to fulfil its strategic purpose and to ensure effective relationships within the group and between the group and partners and stakeholders within and beyond NHS England. The chair will
- Oversee PPVAG, chair meetings and delegate actions as necessary
- Facilitate contributions from members ensuring equity amongst stakeholders
- Provide support and guidance to all PPVAG members and pro-actively address issues and concerns as they arise
- Undertake an annual review for all independent PPVAG members
- Provide representation on behalf of the Group as and when required, including attendance at the NHS England National Commissioning Group and Delegated Commissioning Group (NCG/DCG)
- Have responsibility for escalating key issues and concerns within NHS England
- Maintain pro-active relationships with a range of key stakeholders, including patients, patient groups and interested organisations
- Oversee the production of an Annual Report which will be presented to the NHS England NCG / DCG
- Maintain oversight of the Participation Framework for Specialised Commissioning
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
ABOUT PPVAG
NHS England is accountable commissioner for around 150 specialised services.
Specialised services support people with a range of rare and complex conditions. They often involve treatments provided to patients with rare cancers, genetic disorders or complex medical or surgical conditions. They deliver cutting-edge care and are a catalyst for innovation, supporting pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
NHS England has in place strong patient and public involvement and engagement mechanisms as part of its national governance for the specialised commissioning function, providing advice on securing appropriate engagement and involvement in activities and fulfilling our legal duty to involve the public in commissioning.
The Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group (PPVAG) works to offer strategic assurance to NHS England that effective mechanisms are in place to fully involve patients and the wider public in the development of the national specialised services portfolio, including our statutory duties as national commissioners to involve and consult.
The objectives of the PPVAG are:
i) To deliver a strategic, ‘critical friend’ function across specialised services governance, in respect of patient and public voice
ii) To maintain oversight of the successful implementation of models for patient and public voice and participation, including the development of assurance processes
iii) To contribute to the improvement of services and patient experience in respect of specialised services
iv) To act as a forum for a range of organisations representing patients of specialised services
PPVAG is at the heart of how we ensure specialised services are designed and delivered to best meet our needs as patients. The work of PPVAG is sensitive in nature and the Chair should be analytical, articulate and able to carry authority, as well as being well equipped to deal with the challenges of working with emotive issues.
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Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Strong commitment to maintaining a patient focus in the commissioning of health services
- Sees the bigger picture and can think and act strategically
- Articulate and able to facilitate discussion to at all levels and bring it to conclusion
- Builds constructive relationships at all levels and works effectively in a team
- Has previous experience of chairing key assurance or decision making groups
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the commissioning of specialised services
Knowledge/Skills
Essential criteria
- Articulate and able to facilitate discussion to at all levels and bring it to conclusion
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Keri Lewis
- Job title
- Head of Engagement for Specialised Commissioning
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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