All Age Continuing Care also has Integrated Care Board duties to children and young people (Children’s Continuing Care), joint packages of health and social care (where an individual is not eligible for Continuing Healthcare but specific needs have been identified through the Decision Support Tool that are beyond the powers of the local authority to meet on its own), personal health budgets, stand-alone health needs, s117 of the Mental Health Act and Specialist Rehabilitation (Acquired Brain Injury).
All Age Continuing Care delivers the patient specific Learning Disabilities and Autism Programme Integrated Care Board responsibilities.
In some areas positions will be within an integrated role with duties across Integrated Commissioning or Local Authorities.
Previous applicants need not apply,
Main duties of the job
You will be required to lead a team of administrators.
To oversee the delivery of the Placements service, ensuring compliance with key performance indicators for brokerage/placements, including timeliness and value for money.
Ensuring that the sourcing and purchasing workflow is planned, managed and delivered effectively.
To produce reports on the overall performance, spend and savings achieved by the placements team.
Prioritise an unpredictable workload and ensure competing priorities are delivered as expected in a timely manner and within the policies and principles of the ICB standards.
To provide operational leadership of the Placement Service Lead Administrator and administrators, ensuring that that the staff have clearly defined objectives aligned to
those of the All Age Continuing Care team and strategy.
Ensure provision of timely and effective decision-making and oversight to ensure the care of patients is commissioned to deliver the best possible outcome for patients and
financial management for the ICB.
Have a flexible/adaptable approach to their work in order to meet various deadlines.
Working for our organisation
We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
* 27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
* Sick pay policy
* Occupational health services including staff counselling services
* Flexible working and family friendly policies
* Flexible retirement
Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
* Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
* Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis
* Basic knowledge of project principles and Contract management
* Previously worked in similar position within the public sector
* Skills for communication of complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/ written / presentation communication skills
* Ability to pull together comprehensive reports, data and letters
* Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills
* Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
* Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
* Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
Autonomy
* Able to work on own initiative with minimal supervision, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
Equality and Diversity
* Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
Please note the following before applying:
1. We reserve the right to amend the closing date based on the volume of applications received. Vacancies attracting a high volume of applications may therefore close earlier than advertised.
2. In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
3. As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. As an ICB, we value diversity and are committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
4. If you are successful and are joining from a non-NHS background, there will be an expectation that you will be engaged from the bottom of the pay band. If you would like to review the Agenda for Change pay scales in more detail and to view other benefits of working in the NHS, please visit the Agenda for Change website for further details.
5. New employees to the ICB will be subject to a probationary period of six months (some exemptions apply, please refer to the ICBs policy for full details).
We encourage and support our staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as this remains the best way to protect ourselves, our families, our colleagues, and patients from the virus.
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