Job summary
The NCL Health Alliance is the multi sector NHS
provider collaborative for North Central London and is a partner organisation
embedded within UCLPartners. The programme
director will work across our portfolio leading system wide transformation and
delivery. You will be a senior member of
a NCL HA central team using a matrix leadership approach you will work closely
with operational, clinical leads and external stakeholders across system.
We are looking for an agile, collaborative leader who thrives in
delivering system transformation in the public sector.
You will have experience in leading and implementing change across
complex systems, ideally in healthcare.
Your excellent communication skills will be used to influence and challenge
senior leaders including executives. You
will be comfortable working at pace, making independent decisions to ensure the
delivery of programmes stays on target. You
will be a responsive and supportive senior leader within our team, championing
and co-ordinating the development of our staff.
As
a senior member of NCL HA you will be responsible for the development and line
management of team members.
To apply for this role, please visit our website and submit your CV and cover letter at:
https://uclpartners.com/vacancy/programme-director-ncl-health-alliance/
Main duties of the job
The Programme Director will work across NCL
Health Alliance portfolio to lead system wide transformation and delivery. This
leadership role is central in harnessing the collective potential for members
of the Alliance to create value through collaborative effort which far exceeds
the sum of individual institutional efforts.The Programme Director is a senior member of a small, agile central
Alliance team, reporting to the Managing Director. They will work closely with
member CEOs, executive leads, clinical leads, operational leads, and external
stakeholders across social care, local authority, voluntary services, ICB/ICS,
NHSE.
NCL Health Alliance has a broad portfolio of
work across physical, mental health pathways, research and innovation. The main focus for the 24/25 work plans is
the delivery of new long term health centres to improve the outcomes of
patients with complex multi-morbidity disease. The key aim of these centres is to improve
the utilisation of health services by this cohort, reducing fragmentation of
care.
About us
UCLPartners
We are a health innovation partnership. Our mission is to help five million people from North London to the Essex coast live longer, healthier lives. We solve the biggest health challenges through research and innovation, speeding up the delivery of solutions that improve health and care.
Please visit our website to find out more about us, our values and how we work.
The NCL Health Alliance is the multi sector provider collaborative for North Central London and is a partner organisation embedded within UCLPartners.
NCL Health Alliance
The Alliance brings together 13 health providers from across primary care, acute (Royal Free London, North Middlesex, UCLH, Whittington Health), community (CLCH& CNWL), mental health (BEH, C&I, Tavistock and Portman) and specialist NHS Trusts (GOSH Moorfields, RNOH), including a system wide GP Provider Alliance (GPPA). Our mission is to improve the health outcomes and reduce the variation in care for our local residents as well as those that travel into our system to access our services.
Please visit our web pages to find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide programme leadership to the NCL Health Alliance.
- Provide senior oversight and coordinate activities within Alliance workstreams, including good governance, clear decision making and effective project management disciplines to drive delivery.
- Make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Apply quality improvement tools and techniques to the management of operational priorities within Alliance workstreams.
- Support the Managing Director in the strategic mission of the NHS Health Alliance
- Provide updates to the Alliance Executive, which can be shared across member and partner organisations and into organisation governance.
- Lead the development of business cases where there is a compelling case for allocation of existing or new resources to enable delivery as a collective through the Alliance.
- Understand the full breadth of external funding opportunities, build relationships with funding organisations and effectively navigate grant and funding application processes.
- Leverage expertise across the Alliance to identify opportunities for developing external revenue streams from NHS, public sector, commercial and international markets, which can be reinvested in the NHS in North Central London.
- Facilitate shared learning across members of the Alliance, enabling the codification and adoption of innovative models for improving patient outcomes, access and addressing health inequalities.
- Develop an expert understanding of service innovation and transformation from national and international perspectives.
- To represent the organisation externally, acting as an ambassador for the partnership at local, regional and national level
- To line manage members (see organisational chart) of the NCL Health Alliance team and ensure all team members are developed and thrive in their roles
- To foster strong working relationships with UCLP teams, our partners and wider system of stakeholders
- Ensure meaningful engagement of NCL Integrated Care Board in Alliance workstreams
- Work closely with colleagues in UCLPartners to support an engaging and impact driven culture
- Work collaboratively with the UCLPartners Enterprise, Implementation, and Evaluation functions
- Work collaboratively across UCLPartners, adopting a one-team approach to meeting our objectives
- Work closely with our engagement and PPIE team to ensure innovation adoption/implementation is informed by meaningful patient and public involvement and that community engagement is integral to our programmes.
- Maintain an expert understanding of current policy across integration of care, health inequalities, outcomes, access, specialised commissioning and population health.
- Develop a broad understanding of relevant policy developments across other government departments, in particular, Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy (including the Office for Life Sciences).
- Deputise as appropriate for the Managing Director.
- Provide visible leadership and role modelling in the development and maintenance of a positive culture, standards and values
- Promote collaboration, teamworking and inclusivity
- A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of how these principles apply to this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide programme leadership to the NCL Health Alliance.
- Provide senior oversight and coordinate activities within Alliance workstreams, including good governance, clear decision making and effective project management disciplines to drive delivery.
- Make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Apply quality improvement tools and techniques to the management of operational priorities within Alliance workstreams.
- Support the Managing Director in the strategic mission of the NHS Health Alliance
- Provide updates to the Alliance Executive, which can be shared across member and partner organisations and into organisation governance.
- Lead the development of business cases where there is a compelling case for allocation of existing or new resources to enable delivery as a collective through the Alliance.
- Understand the full breadth of external funding opportunities, build relationships with funding organisations and effectively navigate grant and funding application processes.
- Leverage expertise across the Alliance to identify opportunities for developing external revenue streams from NHS, public sector, commercial and international markets, which can be reinvested in the NHS in North Central London.
- Facilitate shared learning across members of the Alliance, enabling the codification and adoption of innovative models for improving patient outcomes, access and addressing health inequalities.
- Develop an expert understanding of service innovation and transformation from national and international perspectives.
- To represent the organisation externally, acting as an ambassador for the partnership at local, regional and national level
- To line manage members (see organisational chart) of the NCL Health Alliance team and ensure all team members are developed and thrive in their roles
- To foster strong working relationships with UCLP teams, our partners and wider system of stakeholders
- Ensure meaningful engagement of NCL Integrated Care Board in Alliance workstreams
- Work closely with colleagues in UCLPartners to support an engaging and impact driven culture
- Work collaboratively with the UCLPartners Enterprise, Implementation, and Evaluation functions
- Work collaboratively across UCLPartners, adopting a one-team approach to meeting our objectives
- Work closely with our engagement and PPIE team to ensure innovation adoption/implementation is informed by meaningful patient and public involvement and that community engagement is integral to our programmes.
- Maintain an expert understanding of current policy across integration of care, health inequalities, outcomes, access, specialised commissioning and population health.
- Develop a broad understanding of relevant policy developments across other government departments, in particular, Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy (including the Office for Life Sciences).
- Deputise as appropriate for the Managing Director.
- Provide visible leadership and role modelling in the development and maintenance of a positive culture, standards and values
- Promote collaboration, teamworking and inclusivity
- A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of how these principles apply to this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of leading or implementing change, innovation or transformation in healthcare
- Senior NHS leadership experience
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in transformation
- Experience providing or presenting complex, sensitive or contentious information where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, empathetic or reassurance skills are required
- Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Ability to work flexibly and across different teams and disciplines
- Ability to convey complex and challenging issues to stakeholders widely across academia, the NHS and government
- Ability to collaborate with and influence a wide range of individuals and groups in professionally based organisations
- Experience of working in partnerships internally and across multiple organisations
- Collaborative leadership style with experience in co-designed programmes of work
- Personal credibility to build relationships, develop networks and build alliances to achieve organisational objectives
- Ability to influence senior management, the wider organisation and partners
- Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation
- Organised and able to confidently manage a portfolio of projects, delivering on time and to an excellent standard
- Ability to effectively manage a complex range of competing priorities to achieve goals
- Track record of working successfully with the voluntary sector or other patient organisations, and of actively involving patients in programmes of work
- A strong commitment to equity, and diverse and inclusive teams and principles
- Understanding of the role and remit of the NHS; awareness of relevant NHS policy; and understanding of the importance of both clinical and research governance in clinical service delivery.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of leading or implementing change, innovation or transformation in healthcare
- Senior NHS leadership experience
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in transformation
- Experience providing or presenting complex, sensitive or contentious information where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, empathetic or reassurance skills are required
- Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Ability to work flexibly and across different teams and disciplines
- Ability to convey complex and challenging issues to stakeholders widely across academia, the NHS and government
- Ability to collaborate with and influence a wide range of individuals and groups in professionally based organisations
- Experience of working in partnerships internally and across multiple organisations
- Collaborative leadership style with experience in co-designed programmes of work
- Personal credibility to build relationships, develop networks and build alliances to achieve organisational objectives
- Ability to influence senior management, the wider organisation and partners
- Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation
- Organised and able to confidently manage a portfolio of projects, delivering on time and to an excellent standard
- Ability to effectively manage a complex range of competing priorities to achieve goals
- Track record of working successfully with the voluntary sector or other patient organisations, and of actively involving patients in programmes of work
- A strong commitment to equity, and diverse and inclusive teams and principles
- Understanding of the role and remit of the NHS; awareness of relevant NHS policy; and understanding of the importance of both clinical and research governance in clinical service delivery.
