Digital & Transformation Lead - Orpington PCN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

CriteriaAssessment*

Education/Qualification

Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level within primary care for more than 8-10 years

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.

Skills and Knowledge : Experience.

Have a knowledge of APMS, PMS, GMS contracts.

Experience in business / service improvement

Understanding of General Practice systems and processes

Experience of strategy development and implementation.

Experience of primary care and specifically general practice current working knowledge either from time spent working in General Practice or time working to commission General Practice.

Experience of working in an NHS organisation, commissioning and or providing services.

Evidence of leading and implementing change/innovation

Evidence of leading on the development of business cases.

Experience of establishing and implementing systems for recording and monitoring operational performance.

Strategic thinker ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

Experience in analysing, interpreting and presenting highly complex data.

Assessing risk and planning mitigation

Experience of writing reports and polices

Skills and Knowledge : General

Systematic approach to problem solving.

Managing time and prioritising in a pressured environment.

Broad IT proficiency: computer literate Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Flexibility to respond in a dynamic, semi-structured environment.

Self-motivated and able to prioritise, manage and deliver to timetable.

Ambitious and hardworking.

Creative and open-minded problem-solver.

Ability to engage and motivate PCN staff and member practices.

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information

Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person those staff will be liable to dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 1998 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information.

Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the Bromley GP Alliances FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information.

Equal Opportunities

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to the Bromley GP Alliances Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.

Health and Safety

All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that the Trusts health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.

Infection Control

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust to reduce HCAIs. All post holders must comply with the Bromley GP Alliance infection screening and immunisation policies as well as be familiar with the Trusts Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe disposal of sharps.

Risk Management

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the Trusts use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager, or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Smoking Policy

It is the Trusts policy to promote health. Smoking, therefore, is actively discouraged. It is illegal within Trust buildings and vehicles.

Review of this Job Description

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level within primary care for more than 8-10 years
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Good knowledge and use of the English language
• Excellent grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Computer literacy skills

Desirable

• A management qualification

Skills

Essential

• Systematic approach to problem solving
• Managing time and prioritising in a pressured environment
• Broad IT proficiency, computer literate: Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook
• Flexibility to respond in a dynamic semi structured environment
• Self-motivated and able to prioritise, manage and deliver to timetable
• Ambitious and hardworking
• Creative and open minded problem solver
• Ability to engage and motivate PCN staff and member practices
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Good interpersonal skills

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of APMS, PMS, GMS contracts
• Experience of strategy development and implementation
• Experience of primary care and specifically general practice current working knowledge either from time spent working in general practice or time working to commission general practice
• Experience of working in an NHS organisation, commissioning or providing services
• Evidence of leading and implementing change/innovation
• Evidence of leading on the development of business cases
• Operational management of multidisciplinary groups of staff
• Strategic thinker, ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Assessing risk and planning mitigation
• Experience and working knowledge of all relevant and legislative responsibilities relating to GDPR, Health & Safety, Human Resources and CQC
• Experience of working with a framework of confidentiality

Desirable

• Experience in analysing, interpreting and presenting data

Other

Essential

• Good organisational and planning skills
• To be flexible and reliable
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Good understanding of confidentiality issues

Desirable

• Willingness to learn existing and new computer software packages
• Knowledge and understanding of medical terminology
• Knowledge and understanding of the GP setting issues
• Knowledge and understanding of EMIS

Abilities

Essential

• Ability to use databases and prepare spreadsheets.
• Ability to communicate effectively with professionals at all levels
• Ability to work on own initiative, without supervision and to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work under pressure in potentially stressful situations
• Ability to work as a team

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Bromley GP Alliance Ltd

Address

Kelsey Park Farmhouse

379 Croydon Road

Beckenham

BR3 3QL

Employer's website

https://bromleygpalliance.org/ (Opens in a new tab)