Job summary
The East of England Specialised Commissioning team is recruiting a Band 8a Programme Manager to work alongside the East of England Cardiac Network focusing on the specialised commissioning areas of the cardiac transformation programme. This post will be part of a comprehensive team of clinical leads, and programme staff working to deliver the ambitions of the Long Term Plan and Major Conditions Strategy for cardiac services. The role will be supporting the recovery of cardiac surgery, the development of regional pathways for Acute Aortic Dissection (AAD), valve surgery and access to time critical treatments for heart attacks. The role is suited to someone who has the vision and skills to assist in the development and leadership of a combined network. This network will provide the organisational model that brings together patients and carers, health and social care professionals and organisations to achieve programmes of significant and lasting improvement where a whole system or collective endeavour is required to achieve improvements in service quality.
Main duties of the job
It is essential that the successful candidate has extensive experience and knowledge of bringing together stakeholders to undertake transformational change and has an ability to engage quickly, drive the agenda forward and deliver at pace.
The successful candidate will have exceptional communication, motivational, skills in service re-design and large scale transformation, be able to influence and encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries and hold patient care at the heart of their work. They will have extensive knowledge of programme management in a transformation environment and experience of delivering large scale projects across organisational and geographic boundaries. This post will work closely with the wider Cardiovascular Clinical Networks, working alongside other members of the Networks, clinical leads, regional and national teams, commissioners and providers to facilitate quality improvement projects in cardiac services across the East of England. The work will include travel across the East of England.
About us
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:
1. Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
2. Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
3. Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
4. Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
5. Delivering value for money.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
6. Provide network leadership and programme management for the cardiac specialised commissioning portfolio of work in collaboration with the Specialised Commissioning team and ICBs.
Ensure accurate and timely reporting structures are in place to inform commissioners and the network of waiting time performance and other key performance indicators.
Understand the vision and strategic aims of the Long-Term Plan and ensure they are translated into network plans and defined outcomes.
Be responsible for leading on programme priorities to ensure plans are developed within relevant timescales for delivery of the change needed to improve health outcomes, reduce health inequalities, and maximise value for money.
Apply a population health approach to improve health outcomes and actively reduce health inequalities.
Provide appropriate governance and reporting programme progress against agreed objectives and action plan.
Establish and maintain links with London system to ensure oversight of East of England population pathways into London
Act as the East of England representative for the Congenital Heart Disease Network.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for more details about this role and its accountabilities.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
7. Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Experience
Essential
8. Experience of service change management Extensive knowledge of specialist areas.
9. Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
10. Experience of complex pathway management and redesign.
11. Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
Skills
Essential
12. Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
13. Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience.
14. Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
15. Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.