Primary Care Anchor Network (PCAN) Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Primary Care School Board, Health Education England currently has 5 key priorities:

1. Retention of the primary care workforce – how can we support learners to stay, linking to recognition of learning environments and working with employers to improve retention.

2. Ensuring distribution and skill mix of the primary care workforce meets population health need.

3. Ensuring workforce development links to changes in clinical systems and pathways – proposed that the PCS Board would receive regular updates as clinical service develops to ensure connection to discussion on future workforce education and training.

4. Ensuring equality and diversity is supported in our education and workforce development London Workforce Race Strategy (WRES) will be fully supported and implemented.

5. Primary Care Anchor Networks: widening access to quality work mindful on inequalities, increased local collaboration and purchasing; using local buildings for community purposes and ability to positively influence economic recovery.

We are looking to appoint a Primary Care Anchor Network Project Manager who will support NWL Training Hubs with PCAN work and activity.

Primary Care Anchor Networks have the potential to create and sustain vibrant and healthy communities through increasing the recruitment of local people into Primary and Community Care roles, widening access and offering more developmental, training and educational opportunities. Through a community asset-based approach; focusing on promoting, developing, and utilising community resources in a range of ways, PCANs will:

· Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to align with the London NHS anchors programme objectives

· Improve inequity and increase opportunities for underrepresented groups including those with learning disabilities, language barriers as well as those residing in hostels and the homeless

· Support workforce and communities in recovery

· Engage with communities to develop and endorse an effective strategy, communications and recruitment plan

· Consider ways to contribute to reducing NHS environmental impact as well as purchasing from local partners

The Project Manager will report to the NWL Training Hub Board which is accountable to the London Primary Care School Board.

The position is fixed term for the duration of a year- this may be extended in year.

Person Specification

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

• 4.1 Proactive, ability to think and plan ahead prioritising own workload.
• 4.2 Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including using MS Teams
• 4.3 Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
• 4.4 Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• 4.5 Excellent analytical skills.
• 4.6 Ability to adapt working to changing programme requirements.
• 4.7 Commitment to new ways of working and workforce transformation

Experience

Essential

• 2.1 Experience in liaising with key contacts across primary care.
• 2.2 Using webinars to communicate the groups and audiences
• 2.3 Meeting management, including agendas and note taking
• 2.4 developing communications materials e.g power point presentations to convey information

Desirable

• 2.5 Experience of working with peers in an educational context

Knowledge

Essential

• 3.2 Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes, including an
• understanding of the multi-professional workforce agenda
• 3.3 Awareness and understanding of the healthcare landscape in the ICS.
• 3.4 A working interest in developing and rebuilding communities.

Desirable

• 3.5 Experience and knowledge of Primary Care and Training Hubs

Qualifications

Essential

• 1.1Experience Healthcare Project Manager
• 1.2Not subject to interim suspension or investigations

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

Hammersmith & Fulham GP Federation

Address

Dawes Road Hub

20 Dawes Road

London

SW6 7EN

Employer's website

https://www.hfgpfed.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)