Deputy Head of Primary Care
Job Description
Job summary
There has never been a more exciting time to join the Primary Care and Community Division, and as Deputy Head of Primary Care you will play a pivotal role in the strategic management and development of Primary Care Contracting Services, to ensure the delivery of innovative patient focused pathways across the Health Board, which maximise the benefits of the specific contracts to meet national and local priorities.
This key role will ensure the effective and efficient delivery of Primary Care Services through contractual management to maximise the contribution to patient care by Independent Contractors, across Health Board.
We wish to appoint a compassionate and collaborative leader who is committed to delivering high quality outcomes and experience for our population. You will be equally passionate in enhancing staff experience and well-being; be able to influence at all levels; have the ability to analyse and present highly complex information; and have a proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment. If you are politically astute, with a high level of intuition, enthusiastic, committed, proactive and innovative, come and speak to us.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder is a senior managerial professional within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and will deputise as directed for the Head of Primary Care.
The post holder will be responsible for leading for the strategic management and development of Primary Care Contracting Services across Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
The focus of this role will be to lead the development and implementation of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Strategies and Plans for Primary Care Contracting Services. The post holder will be responsible for leading and delivering a portfolio of work to deliver service transformation, integration, change management and effective financial and performance management through the creation and implementation, of long-term sustainable strategies, whilst, providing an operational framework for the Primary Care Contracting Team.
The post holder will support the Divisional Director, General Manager, Deputy Medical Director, Clinical Directors, Head of Primary Care, NCN Leads and Heads of Service to deliver a wide-ranging programme of improvement, innovation, sustainability and transformation.
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Master's degree level or demonstrable equivalent level of knowledge and work experience
- Evidence of recent, relevant continual professional development
- Understanding of the role and its purpose within the organisation or equivalent level of experience
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS, Welsh Government and Health Board strategies, policies and plans, including HR
- In depth knowledge of the strategic healthcare agenda relating to primary care
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working at a senior level in a large complex organisation
- Previous senior management experience responsible for service development and planning
- Experience in commissioning primary care services including the management of primary care contracts
- Experience of planning and implementing long-term strategy
- Experience of working effectively as part of a multi professional team to improve services
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries to deliver improvements
- Good track record in effective financial planning, management and delivery of targets
- Possess significant experience of financial management and knowledge of how to deliver a budget to target
- Experience in interpreting complex national primary care policy or statutory frameworks and from these creating and presenting credible local policies and commissioning frameworks to ensure ownership and delivery within a local context
- Experience of performance management and partnership working in an NHS setting
- Evidence of leading complex change & strategy in a political & sensitive environment
- Proven track record of successfully introducing service improvement or successful management of significant organisational change in a complex environment
- Experience of interagency working and the development of collaborative and effective partnerships in the planning and delivery of services
- Ability to influence at all levels and a highly strategic thinker
Desirable
- Experience of public engagement/patient involvement activities including presenting to large group
- Project and programme management
- Direct experience of working effectively with(in) Primary Care
- Experience of planning and implementing long-term strategy
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Highly numerate and analytical,
- Ability to provide advice after considering complex range of options where there is conflicting information
- Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
- Sound judgment, decision making, and organisational skills
- Ability to negotiate and influence outcomes applicable to the negotiation of primary care services
- Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen oExcellent oral and written communication skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
- Ability to manage conflict particularly in terms of competing priorities oSelf-motivated and committed to developing self and team members
- Proven ability to articulate and communicate highly complex ideas to a wide range of audiences, on a one to one basis or in small or large groups, often in a pressured & politically sensitive environment
- Ability to develop credible business cases or service development plans, articulating (verbally and in writing) the rationale for change and financial, legal, political, service and risk implications, and setting out rational options for future action
- Ability to empower, coach and support staff
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload and that of the team to operate effectively
- Politically astute and high level of intuition
- A team player, keen to maximise the corporate effectiveness of the organisation
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
Llanarth House
Llanarth House, Unit 1 Newbridge Gateway
Newbridge
NP11 5GH
