Band 8c Associate Director Women & Children Commissioning
The Associate Director of Women and Children's Commissioning will work closely with other associate directors, directors, and senior managers for each area to provide strategic leadership and drive joined-up responsibilities. They will lead in the areas of:
* Setting the strategy for Women's and Children's commissioning that delivers the outcomes required for the people of Somerset when accessing care.
* Within that strategic context, working with providers, transform pathways of care for Women and Children.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.
Main duties of the job
You will lead the commissioning, service re-design, and transformation in all areas of Women's and Children's services, working collaboratively with system partners. You will also be responsible for implementing agreed joint commissioning arrangements and processes for Women's and Children's services, ensuring robust processes and governance arrangements are in place.
The Associate Director will be assigned to a locality area to forge relationships within that locality so that commissioning can also take place at a defined neighborhood level.
The Associate Director will support collaborative working across organizational boundaries by building strong and trusting relationships with key system partners to generate buy-in to a collective vision for integrated care and population health management; transforming the health and care system across Somerset to enable change at system and partnership level.
About us
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (ICB), known as NHS Somerset, is the statutory NHS organization responsible for implementing a health and care strategy developed by the Integrated Care Partnership.
NHS Somerset consists of approx. 350 staff, across 8 directorates, with multiple teams within each directorate.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. When recruiting, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organizations are those that reflect the communities they serve.
We offer flexible working from your first day of employment and we also have an agile approach to home/office-based working. Please note, however, that you will be required to work from our HQ, Wynford House in Yeovil for 2/3 days per week, and that elements of the role may require you to travel to other locations across Somerset to attend in-person meetings and meet the needs of the service. Please consider this before applying.
Note for existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies at NHS Somerset:
If you are an existing NHS Employee and are applying for a Fixed Term role with NHS Somerset, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. You should gain agreement from your current employer before applying to allow you to be released on secondment. Please ensure the reference section confirms your current HR Department details.
Thank you for your interest.
Job responsibilities
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The Associate Director of Women and Children's Commissioning will work closely with other associate directors, directors, and senior managers for each area to provide strategic leadership and drive joined-up responsibilities. They will lead in the areas of:
* Setting the strategy for Women's and Children's commissioning that delivers the outcomes required for the people of Somerset when accessing care.
* Within that strategic context, working with providers to transform pathways of care for Women and Children.
The post holder will lead the commissioning, service re-design, and transformation in all areas of Women's and Children's services, working collaboratively with system partners. They will also be responsible for implementing agreed joint commissioning arrangements and processes for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, and Autism, ensuring robust processes and governance arrangements are in place.
The Associate Director will be assigned to a locality area to forge relationships within that locality so that commissioning can also take place at a defined neighborhood level.
The Associate Director will support collaborative working across organizational boundaries by building strong and trusting relationships with key system partners to generate buy-in to a collective vision for integrated care and population health management; transforming the health and care system across Somerset to enable change at system and partnership level.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Masters Degree qualification in leadership or management.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
Experience
* Significant experience of working successfully with Members and Directors on complex issues and the development of strategic direction.
* Experience of the leadership of strategic commissioning programmes and project management.
* Experience of the application of key stages of the commissioning cycle to bring about service improvements.
* Experience of leadership and involvement in collaborative service redesign projects and competitive procurement projects within the NHS or social care.
* Experience of developing and delivering representational and communication activities that successfully deliver key messages to the public and internally.
* Experience of operating corporate projects and providing clear advice on policy options and policy development.
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to understand and interpret national policy, clinical guidance, and best practice in relation to service improvement or clinical engagement activities.
* A well-developed knowledge of the complex environment in which the NHS and Social Care agencies exist, bearing in mind political, financial, social, technological, and clinical factors.
* An understanding of the tensions inherent in managing the NHS and the balances that need to be made between competing calls on NHS resources.
* An ability to identify opportunities for service improvement or relationship building between partners, despite the complexity and constraints.
* Significant understanding of the strategic commissioning cycle and NHS Change Model.
* Knowledge of the key stages required in leading service developments from the identification of opportunities or pressure points within the health and social system right through to the service changes or new service models.
* Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the statutory, policy, and strategic commissioning framework within which specialist services operate and their context within local government as a whole.
* Must have a thorough understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
* Understanding of local government, overview and scrutiny committees, and strategic partnerships.
* Understands the principles of Public Health and Community Engagement.
* A robust knowledge and experience around the statutory frameworks relating to the delivery of Mental Health and Learning Disability Services, MH Act 1983/ DOLS, etc.
Personal Statement / Motivation for Applying
* Please use this section to explain how you meet the additional criteria in the Personal Specification including your reasons and motivation for applying.
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