Job Summary
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Training Hub provides learning and development opportunities for clinical and non-clinical staff in GP practices across the Integrated Care System (ICS). It aims to attract, support, and develop the general practice workforce at all career stages.
The Training Hub Manager works alongside General Practice, NHS England Primary Care School, the Integrated Care Board, and workforce leads from across the Integrated Care System to support the recruitment and retention of the General Practice workforce.
The Training Hub Manager will develop and deliver a strategy responding to national policy, regional priorities, and the needs of the primary care workforce locally. The strategy will include a comprehensive range of quality assured training and development programmes that meet the professional development needs of the workforce.
The role provides leadership to a team of Clinical Educators, Project Managers, and support teams and is responsible for the delivery of contractual obligations whilst also identifying and bidding for new contracts.
This is an exciting time for Training Hubs, and this role will be integral to ensuring General Practice has the workforce in place to deliver its part of the NHS 10-year Health Plan.
Closing Date for Vacancies: 11th April 2025
If you require further information about this role please contact either: Katie Keller or Kathryn Caley.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Leadership: Lead and manage the Training Hub team.
* Strategic Direction: Develop a forward-looking strategy and associated delivery plans.
* Change Management: Design and facilitate change management programmes to improve organizational performance.
* Bids & Contracts: Write bids, tenders, and manage contract negotiations with commissioners.
* Financial Oversight: Work with the Finance Department to track budgets, forecast spend, and provide monthly reports.
* Quality Improvement: Collaborate with Clinical Leads to enhance the quality and consistency of educational placements.
* Management Reporting: Oversee timely delivery of management information, reporting on all aspects of Training Hub activity.
* Workforce Initiatives: Develop and present proposals to ICS strategic groups to secure support for workforce initiatives in Primary Care.
* Primary Care Training Hubs Delivery: Coordinate and deliver activities outlined in the NHSE ICS Primary Care Training Hubs contract.
* System-Wide Workforce Strategy: Engage in system-wide workforce strategies to ensure the primary care workforce's needs and challenges are considered and help shape the ICS governance structure.
About Us
Our vision: To provide the patients of Greater Peterborough with high quality, sustainable healthcare that supports them to stay well and at home for as long as possible.
We are an ambitious at scale primary care organisation with a passion for integration and innovation.
Our principles:
* To attract innovation and investment into primary care.
* To be dynamic, always seeking out new opportunities.
* To be the primary care provider at scale, supporting delivery of services at place level that benefits our patients and members.
* To engage our clinical community identifying local clinical leaders to drive service redesign and delivery across our place.
* To face challenges head on, working collaboratively to deliver solutions.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
* To set the direction and provide leadership for the development and implementation of strategic objectives.
* To review and implement national policy into local delivery, providing authoritative advice on the implications for the Training Hub and the GP Practices.
* To engage with and support the development of system wide workforce strategies and initiatives, ensuring the needs and challenges of the primary care workforce are considered.
* To be responsible for contract negotiations with Commissioners.
* To ensure the Training Hub is actively engaged in ICS strategic boards and committees, representing the Training Hub at various strategic forums.
* To manage the Training Hub finances, agreeing budget allocation, providing detailed forecasts against budget lines, working with the Finance Department to report spend against forecast monthly.
* To ensure appropriate financial controls are in place to enable delivery of workstreams within the budget allocated.
* To work with Clinical Leads to facilitate the development and embedding of quality improvement initiatives to raise the quality and consistency of educational placements.
* To oversee the delivery of high quality and timely management information on all aspects of Training Hub activity.
* To work with Clinical Leads to develop and present proposals to ICS strategic groups seeking investment and/or support for workforce initiatives aimed at supporting General Practice.
* To deliver presentations to large groups at internal and external events as required.
* To coach, mentor and line manage the Training Hub team.
* To ensure that all Training Hub projects are planned and managed effectively.
* To produce and present written reports to committees, including the People Board, Primary Care Commissioning Committee and Training Hub steering group & GPN Board.
* To engage with GP surgeries, PCNs and other key stakeholders on projects and initiatives.
* To analyse workforce and performance data identifying areas for collaborative working and/or improvement.
* To manage and serve the monthly Steering Group, working with the clinical chair to plan Agenda Items in advance and provide timely update reports.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
* Educated to degree level with appropriate management qualification.
Desirable:
* Appropriate business administrative qualifications and/or equivalent competencies.
* CIPD or coaching/mentoring qualification.
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential:
* Specialist knowledge in organisational and learning and development.
* Project and Programme Management methodology.
* Exceptional organisation and administrative skills.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Able to exercise discretion, high levels of initiative and independent decision making.
* Knowledge and management of complex budgets.
* Ability to prioritise own workload and work to tight time scales.
* Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt, and evaluate issues and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
* Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
* High quality relationship management, influencing, facilitation and presentation skills.
* Strategic thinking, planning and analysis skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions to support the management of change.
* Presence and credibility to work with the executive team and senior colleagues across the NHS.
* Highly organised and able to manage a broad portfolio of activities.
Desirable:
* A general understanding of the NHS and the way it works.
* Understanding of education pathways into the NHS.
* Understanding of the training and professional development requirements within the NHS.
* An understanding of primary care and General Practice.
Experience
Essential:
* Extensive experience in a complex delivery environment demonstrating delivery of change and operational planning.
* Experience in the design and delivery of system wide change management programmes.
* Significant Leadership and management experience working with senior management teams and subject matter experts in complex environments.
* Demonstrated experience of coordinating numerous projects in complex and challenging environments.
* Experience of managing and reporting on risks.
* Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at board level.
* Has significant experience as a budget holder for multiple projects managing complex budgets, being an authorised signatory to a certain amount, as well as day-to-day budget management.
* Understanding and experience of the public sector.
* Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
* Experience of tender and bid writing.
* Experience of negotiation with senior stakeholders which may include difficult and controversial issues.
* Experience of managing a large team.
Desirable:
* Significant and demonstrable management experience in the NHS.
* Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare or GP environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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