This is an exciting new role that has been introduced to help drive the Inpatient Programme. This role spans multiple teams, including the Programme Management Office, and we are seeking an exceptional candidate who can shape and develop the role to meet the organisation's needs. The ideal candidate will be someone who is interested in supporting the improvements needed with engagement and inpatient-related transformation. As a developmental role, it will provide a career pathway in either project/programme management or quality improvement/engagement.
The successful candidate will work closely with transformation, IT, and clinically operational colleagues, as well as corporate support services to deliver quality improvements and change and help support the organisation's strategic objectives.
We are seeking a candidate with a robust understanding of the workings of the NHS, excellent communication and organisational skills, and strong analytical capabilities. The candidate will require sound clinical governance and programme governance capabilities.
The successful candidate will relish working in a change environment. This will ideally suit someone who is a strong all-rounder, able to engage effectively at all levels and creative at finding solutions to complex challenges.
The successful candidate will have influence in developing the specific job description for this role.
Main duties of the job
To provide lived experience leadership in the core programme transformation team. This post will be visible at a senior level and will help ensure that all elements of the Inpatient programme are co-produced through working with existing lived experience groups, the subgroup attendees and chairs, and the commissioned provider. It will embed co-production in the ongoing development, delivery, and monitoring of the inpatient plan. As our intelligence develops, they will contribute to outreaching to seldom asked/heard communities who have experience of inpatient care but have not previously had their experiences captured including, but not limited to all of the areas of experience noted within the NHSE key lines of enquiries (KLOEs).
To champion service user/patient and carer involvement and coproduction in the Trust, and across mental health and social care in order to support the development and ongoing facilitation of groups and initiatives. They will establish effective, consistent, and coherent processes, support structures, and communications to ensure that meaningful involvement and co-production is at the heart of AWP practice, research, training, recruitment, design, and evaluation processes.
They will develop and maintain strong and close relationships with existing and new independent service user groups, networks, and related mental health voluntary and community organisations as well as user groups that operate within the Trust.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of this role. Informal contact is welcomed and applicants are encouraged to make contact.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
* Strong understanding of the workings of the NHS
* Exceptional data analytical skills
* Excellent engagement and communication abilities
* Experience/understanding of the project lifecycle
Desirable
* Experience of change in the NHS
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree level qualification or diploma level qualification plus relevant experience
* Significant experience of working in a complex organisation.
Desirable
* Experienced in the delivery of training and educational programmes
Skills
Essential
* Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, interpersonal and liaison skills.
* Ability to prioritise and manage own workload when faced with competing demands.
* Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage changing priorities effectively
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience of working in a complex organisation
* Experience of delivering projects against timescales
* Experience of maintaining and updating information systems and producing reports
Desirable
* Experience of clinical change
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Bath NHS House
Newbridge Hill
Bath
BA1 3QE
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