Executive Director of Planning and Partnerships
We are on a journey of recovery and do not underestimate the complexity of what lies ahead. As a Health Board in enhanced monitoring for planning and finance; and with scrutiny placed on planned and unscheduled care, there is much to do in order to realise the change needed to deliver safer services and improved outcomes to those we serve. We are ambitious for change and committed to sustained improvement; our focus on quality and safety is resolute, demonstrated by our recently refreshed People Strategy which is aligned to our new 10-year Health Board vision to become a High Quality Organisation.
We know our people are our greatest asset. By prioritising the development of our culture in line with our values and supporting our staff within a culture of fairness, openness and learning we know we can achieve better outcomes for those we serve and play a central role in our city, our region, and across the NHS in Wales.
Main duties of the job
We are now seeking an inclusive, and dynamic Executive Director of Planning and Partnerships to work closely with our new Chief Executive, wider Board and collaboratively with system partners to ensure SBUHB's development of strategic plans to meet the UHB's objectives and the continuing transformation of a complex organisation. Crucially, the role will translate the strategy into the Health Board's Integrated Medium Term Plan (IMTP) and will develop detailed operational plans within this overarching 3-year plan to demonstrate granular delivery of improvement across the UHB on performance delivery, quality improvement and financial sustainability in line with our 10-year vision to become a High Quality Organisation.
As a key appointment we are seeking an individual with extensive experience in a strategy, planning leadership role at board level within the health service. The successful individual will bring a track record of working effectively across the health and social care system and other organisational boundaries and of delivering change in service delivery and culture shift. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate experience of delivering to tight timescales within an organisational framework where you are expected at all times to behave in accordance with our values demonstrating commitment to the delivery of high-quality services to patients and staff.
About us
As one of seven Local Health Boards in Wales, we are proud to deliver services within a context which has at its heart the unification and integration of care for the people of Wales. By providing primary, secondary, tertiary, community, mental health and learning disability, and dental services, SBUHB is committed to improving the lives of our 390,000 residents. We are led by our values of caring for each other, working together, always improving values which we are proud were developed by more than 6,000 staff, patients, their families and carers. With 12,500 staff and a turnover of around £1 billion, we are not just an anchor institution for the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, but a significant regional partner across Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.
If you have ambition that matches our own; a commitment to supporting and nurturing staff to realise sustainable improvement and a passion for delivering citizen focused service, we are keen to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
The Director of Planning and Partnerships is responsible for leading the Health Board's complex planning function, including the development of strategic plans to meet the UHB's objectives and the continuing transformation of services delivered in a large and complex organisation and where effective collaboration with partners is essential to the delivery of the UHB's vision. As a member of the Board, the Director will hold corporate responsibility jointly with other Board members for the strategic direction, corporate policymaking and development and delivery of UHB objectives and plans, including plans to achieve financial and service sustainability. The Director will play a key role in leading the development and implementation of a series of aligned programmes and plans that will realise the Health Board's vision and strategic objectives in a timely way in order to achieve improved health and healthcare for the populations served. The Director will provide strategic planning advice to the Board and will also provide expert advice in key areas such as emergency preparedness, partnership and collaborative planning and delivery and service and capital planning.
Crucially, the role will translate the strategy into the Health Board's Integrated Medium Term Plan (IMTP) and will develop detailed operational plans within this overarching 3-year plan to demonstrate granular delivery of improvement across the UHB on performance delivery, quality improvement and financial sustainability. The post holder will take a lead in designing and implementing strong, effective programmes for ensuring delivery of the Health Board's strategy and three-year plans, and enable effective performance and programme management to ensure service transformation remains on track.
The post holder will have a key responsibility for establishing and sustaining relationships with partners, particularly local government and the third sector in relation to the acceleration of integrated health and social care, ensuring that the Regional Partnership Board is driving forward a programme of service improvement and development, bringing services closer together in the community based around the needs of citizens and communities.
The Director of Planning and Partnerships will be the lead director for commissioning an extensive range of services, including collaborative commissioning as part of the Joint Commissioning Committee arrangements, joint commissioning with neighbouring health boards and with local authorities.
The Director of Planning and Partnerships will also be the Executive Director with responsibility for ensuring service and capital planning is aligned and that there is a long-term capital programme to support the continuous improvement and transformation of services.
Key responsibilities will be to:
1. Be the Health Board lead for the development of its three-year plan, which will include detailed operation plans with key milestone delivery and benefits realisation integral to its construct, ensuring the alignment of service, financial and workforce planning, including a process for prioritising delivery actions within the plan.
2. With the Chief Operating Officer, ensure detailed annual deliver plans are in place across all key service areas which include key milestones and measures for the year, which will form part of the detailed plan submission to Welsh Government as part of the annual planning cycle.
3. Lead and develop the planning system and processes across the Health Board and planning partnerships, building planning capacity and capability across service groups and embedding a planning culture to ensure alignment of all strategic and operation plans to the 3-year integrated plan and the Health Board's long-term goals.
4. Lead collaborative and partnership planning for specialised and tertiary services which are provided for the population of South West Wales, South Wales and South West England this includes highly specialised mental health services, cardiac and thoracic service, specialist HPB services and the South Wales and South West England Burns and Plastics service.
5. Create the clarity, coherence and realism necessary for the development of services which improve health and well-being and reduce health inequities and inequalities; are of a demonstrably high standard in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, safety, timeliness and the patient experience; secure the maximum benefit from resources; and are sustainable over the long term.
6. Promote rigorous analysis of needs, and a careful search for appropriate responses that are innovative in their design and implementation, and are not constrained by traditional boundaries to ensure that strategic service change plans are evidence-based or test new innovative models that are evaluated to assess impact.
7. Promote continuous evaluation of existing services and development of alternatives that offer greater benefits as part of the ongoing review and develop of service improvement plans, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer.
8. Align organisational plans to the strategic direction of the Welsh Government, in accordance with the NHS Wales strategic vision, Together for Health and the developing planning framework.
9. Support and promote joint working with partners and other agencies.
10. Ensure timely, high quality advice on strategic planning, service developments, capital investments and estates strategy are made available to the Board.
11. Coordinate a coherent revenue, capital, and workforce plan to deliver the objectives of the organisation within available resources. The post holder will be the lead for capital, estates and health and safety.
12. Be the designated executive, accountable to the Board, with responsibility for Estates within the Health Board.
13. Accountable to the Board for Health and Safety (including fire safety), ensuring appropriate Board level review, including risk assessments and planning of remedial action as necessary and ensuring the organisation meets its statutory duties in that regard.
14. Ensure robust performance monitoring and reporting to transparently reflect the delivery of the plan and the extant requirements of any Welsh Government escalation level alongside Ministerial Priorities.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
Person Specification
Leadership and Personal Skills / Attributes
* Well-developed and credible leadership and motivational skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Excellent planning and organisational skills
* Political awareness
* Judgement and analytical skills
* Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate at all levels
* Ability to prioritise own and others workloads effectively to meet tight deadlines whilst managing conflicting priorities
* Enthusiastic and self-motivated
* Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
* Capacity to build and develop teams and maintain constructive working relationships at all levels
* Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Masters Degree or equivalent
* Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Experience
* Extensive experience in a strategy, planning and development / leadership role within the health service.
* Experience of working at board level.
* Experience in working effectively across the health and social care system and other organizational boundaries.
* Experience of working collaboratively and partnerships with other organisations.
* Experience of successfully leading and managing a diverse team.
* Demonstrable experience of leading and effectively managing change in large complex environments.
* Experience of delivering change in service delivery / culture shift.
* Able to contribute and provide credible input across the Board's corporate agenda.
* Proven performance management of services and delivery of targets within agreed timescales, including awareness of Lean methodology.
* Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the NHS and the modernisation agenda, particularly in relation to service delivery.
* Experience of delivering to tight deadlines.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£130,914 a year. Salary for exceptional candidates could be higher.
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