The government’s forthcoming ten-year plan will set out how to deliver the three shifts for the NHS: hospital to community, analogue to digital, and sickness to prevention. This role will be at the heart delivering that change in London, working with system partners to deliver high quality care and supporting a digitally-enabled, neighbourhood NHS.
This role leads a set of programme teams in the Improvement, Transformation and Partnerships Directorate of NHS England London Region. The postholder will be responsible for driving improvements in quality and value-for-money in health care in line with national and regional priorities, and for supporting the ambitions for longer-term transformation in London.
The team includes:
· Elective improvement - working closely with the getting it right first time (GIRFT) team to support clinically-led change and improvement
· Cancer improvement - including oversight and joint working with the four London Cancer Alliances
· Diagnostics improvement - including the delivery of the community diagnostic centre (CDCs) and driving service improvement in pathology
· Sustainability - including delivering the Green Plan for London and developing climate resilience in partnership with the GLA
The post holder will be part of a wider Improvement, Transformation and Partnerships team in the London region, with the ambition of delivering sustainable change. The directorate works closely with partners across London to deliver the shared London Vision and will also deputises for the Executive Director of Improvement Transformation and Partnerships and is on the EPRR “On Call” rota.
They will work closely with clinical leaders and system partners from across London to support improvement on national and regional priorities. The post holder will support system improvement, as well as ensuring delivery of core standards and supporting longer-term transformation.
For the most challenged providers and health systems, the postholder will work closely with other national and regional functions to mobilise intensive support to bring about sustained improvements in the quality, cost and efficiency of care.
They will work closely with the digital team to embed data and digitisation in the NHS across London, and to support service transformation.
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.
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Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
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The Director of Improvement will:
• Lead on system improvement, driving operational, clinical and financial excellence
• Directly manage the cancer, elective, diagnostic and sustainability programme teams.
• Provide leadership for regional subject matter experts, and support clinical leaders
• Ensure the regional team employs the latest improvement sciences tools and metohodologies
• Deputise for the Exec Director
• Co-ordinate the local delivery of national improvement programmes
• Be a member of the regional “On Call” rota
Key Accountabilities
· Leading system improvement for the NHS across London, working with the national team, the region and system partners
· Manage core regional programme teams, ensuring the team has the right mix of experience, skills and capability
· Working with the digital team to maximise data and digital in improvement
· Be a senior member of the Improvement, Transformation and Partnerships leadership team, deputising for Exec Director
· Be accountable for a substantial budget for staff and programmes
· Ensure effective communication with relevant national and regional teams
· Lead on the effective use of analysis and other products to support improvement
System Improvement
· Work with the Director of Performance in London to maintain an in-depth understanding of performance and efficiency and system challenges
· Responsible for overseeing a structured approach to identifying improvement opportunities across systems and co-ordinating deployment of resources
· Shape the integrated improvement support offers that meet differing needs across the region, bringing specialist expertise together with delivery capability
· Ensure that trusts and systems, as well as the broader regional team, have access to good practice improvement science methodologies
· Work with the performance and finance teams to ensure effective reporting against regional efficiency targets and improvement programmes
Service Improvement
· Leadership and oversight of the core regional programmes:
o Elective improvement - working closely with the getting it right first time (GIRFT) team to support clinically-led change and improvement
o Cancer improvement - including oversight and joint working with the four London Cancer Alliances
o Diagnostics improvement - including the delivery of the community diagnostic centre (CDCs) and driving service improvement in pathology
o Sustainability - including delivering the Green Plan for London and developing climate resilience in partnership with the GLA
· Coordinate national improvement programmes and capabilities e,g. GIRFT, improvement science, cancer improvement, IST and workforce productivity
· Support other regional functions to ensure that quality and efficiency improvement plans are implemented at pace in trusts and systems.
Data and digital
· Work with the digital team and with clinical leaders to help embed and scale new digital technologies as part of care pathways
· Maximise the use of data and new digital technologies in improving care
· Work with the Digital Team ensure that senior leaders are digitally aware, championing digital transformation initiatives in line with national strategy
· Help co-ordination of digital maturity development, ensuring organisations and senior leaders practice strong digital and cyber governance
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