HIWE - National Programme Lead

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Considerable experience of working in a senior management role within the NHS, or equivalent.
• Extensive experience of working in a complex, multi-agency environment and across organisational boundaries (and by influence.
• Successful complex change management experience, with a proven track record and demonstrated ability of working collaboratively with a variety of organisational levels to deliver programme goals
• Experience of service improvement methodologies and applied knowledge of how they can be deployed in different settings. Proven track record of delivering budget management and budget setting, including financial planning for service change
• Proven track record of leading and directly managing, performance managing and developing staff.
• A comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of systems of health and the constituent elements e.g. government targets and cost controls, and political astuteness.
• Proven track records of working successfully with clinicians from a variety of backgrounds and seniority.
• Substantial experience of working with service users and carers and/or the local community.
• Broad experience and evidence of working in partnership with NHS organisations at all levels to deliver change and modernisation
• Expert knowledge of NHS targets, definitions and service improvement methodologies
• Experience of risk, issue and project change Management
• Experience of managing major strategic initiatives with multiple project workstreams
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries and of delivering projects across multi-disciplinary sites working with multiple stakeholders
• Experience and knowledge of the national Quality Improvement agenda including policy
• Will be an experienced manager preferably with NHS background and a track record of delivery of high-profile programmes of work as well as evidence of a completer/finisher approach to delivery

Desirable

• Knowledge of a wider range of useful tools used during the implementation of change
• Understanding of the social and health inequalities and experience in work to address these
• Experience of working in different parts of the health care system

Qualification and Experience

Essential

• Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent level in experience and further training
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
• MSP qualification or equivalent

Desirable

• Post graduate qualifications in service improvement methodology or equivalent Project/Programme Management.

Specific Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Highly developed motivational, influencing and negotiating skills with proven experience of success at senior levels of organisations and across organisations including with clinicians and directors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Able to present effectively, to a wide variety of audiences in an engaging manner that makes information clear and obtains buy in sometimes in the face of opposition.
• Able to work independently as required, to tight deadlines and to prioritise effectively against conflicting priorities
• Able to work as part of a team and able to lead and direct multi skilled teams.
• Able to set own agenda and able to provide leadership, motivation and inspiration to facilitate collaborative working across the agenda.
• Able to formulate and implement long term strategic programme plans which impacts on the whole organisation including developing operational frameworks.
• Experience of collecting and interpreting information to support change programmes and the ability to use Word and Excel.
• Able to identify and assess a clear pathway through a complex situation which leads to a clear output involving a number of difference parties and opinions.

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

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health Innovation West of England

University of the West of England , North Gate, Filton Road, Stoke Gifford

Bristol

BS34 8RB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)