Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Trust as our future Head of Planning & Programmes. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Planning & Strategy, you will play a key role in ensuring that appropriate frameworks and processes are in place to manage annual operational and business planning processes, as well as agreeing strategic priorities. This crucial leadership role will provide support to our Clinical Divisions and Corporate Services departments in developing their operational and business plans, with a view to making the Trusts delivery of services to patients as strong as possible.
We are looking for a high-calibre professional to lead our Planning and Programmes function. You will bring a depth of experience across planning, programmes, operations and analysis in a complex organisation. This role offers the opportunity to work with clinical teams, have regular contact with executive directors and provide input to a range of complex challenges and improvement opportunities across the organisation. You will therefore need to be sophisticated in your communication and comfortable describing complex problems in straightforward ways to senior audiences and will be known for delivering results in the face of a demanding agenda.
If you would like a further discussion on the role, in the first instance please contact our Executive Search Partner Finn McNulty at Hunter Healthcare on fmcnulty@hunter-healthcare.com or 07966 006091.
Interview Date: Early July 2023
Main duties of the job
Manage the planning and programme team to
oversee the governance and management of key projects and programmes as agreed
aligned to the organisational priorities
Oversee an efficient and effective programme
management process which supports colleagues across the Trust to deliver their
objectives
Implement the Trust planning framework and
processes, working closely with the Deputy Director of Strategy and Planning
Oversee the provision of high-quality data
analysis, including benchmarking against other organisations, to inform and
encourage the adoption of best practice locally
Oversee the maintenance of up-to-date project
documentation, tracking of delivery of agreed schemes, benefits realisation and
preparation of presentations on progress for senior stakeholders (including the
Trust Board and organisations such as the NHS England)
Ensure key risks to programme delivery are
proactively identified, escalated appropriately, and addressed with robust
mitigations
Investigate and present complex project issues
to senior management.
Develop a multiskilled team of project and
programme managers who can support clinical divisions and support services with
delivery of their individual strategies and improvement programmes
About us
The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in
terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender
identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans
status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Title: Head of
Planning and Programmes
Band: 8C
Staff Group: Admin & Clerical
Reports to: Deputy Director of Planning and Strategy
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED DOCUMENT
Job description
Job responsibilities
Title: Head of
Planning and Programmes
Band: 8C
Staff Group: Admin & Clerical
Reports to: Deputy Director of Planning and Strategy
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED DOCUMENT
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Problem solving: having the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structured way using qualitative and quantitative information, supporting the generation of innovative solutions and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
- Performance management: able to effectively manage performance by holding self and others to account for delivering required standards and outcomes
- Presentation: being articulate and skilled in presenting ideas to others. Able to prepare and produce concise and insightful reports for a broad range of audiences
- Analytical: able to use and interpret complex information to make robust recommendations for evidence-based practice and decision-making
- Prioritisation: able to manage work of self and others to accommodate competing priorities and meet demands
- High level of computer-literacy: including creation and use of spread sheets, databases, charts, reports and data analysis in formats that will enable informed decision-making, working with a high degree of accuracy
- Motivating: ability to inspire confidence in staff across the organisation and to influence and negotiate at a senior level. Ability to motivate self and others and work autonomously as well as working effectively as part of the team
- Business planning and change knowledge and skills
- The ability to work constructively with clinicians and divisional management teams
Desirable
- People Management skills: including staff management, staff development and teambuilding.
- Experience of using NHS information, benchmarking data and hospital information systems
- Able to facilitate workshops, meetings and engagement sessions
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of leadership at a senior managerial level in operational and strategic management, including exposure to Board.
- Significant experience of delivering change programmes
- Significant experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Demonstrable successful delivery of project outputs to required time, quality and cost
Desirable
- Experience of working successfully with clinical and managerial leads in service redesign
- Demonstrable experience gained in a healthcare environment
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent relevant senior management experience
- Educated to Post Graduate level in relevant area or significant experience of working at an equivalent level
- Prince2 practitioner or relevant experience
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up-to-date knowledge of patients services and evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Trained in service improvement methodologies with significant experience of application of learning in practice
- Detailed understanding of NHS Trust regulatory requirements and performance expectations
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Problem solving: having the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structured way using qualitative and quantitative information, supporting the generation of innovative solutions and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
- Performance management: able to effectively manage performance by holding self and others to account for delivering required standards and outcomes
- Presentation: being articulate and skilled in presenting ideas to others. Able to prepare and produce concise and insightful reports for a broad range of audiences
- Analytical: able to use and interpret complex information to make robust recommendations for evidence-based practice and decision-making
- Prioritisation: able to manage work of self and others to accommodate competing priorities and meet demands
- High level of computer-literacy: including creation and use of spread sheets, databases, charts, reports and data analysis in formats that will enable informed decision-making, working with a high degree of accuracy
- Motivating: ability to inspire confidence in staff across the organisation and to influence and negotiate at a senior level. Ability to motivate self and others and work autonomously as well as working effectively as part of the team
- Business planning and change knowledge and skills
- The ability to work constructively with clinicians and divisional management teams
Desirable
- People Management skills: including staff management, staff development and teambuilding.
- Experience of using NHS information, benchmarking data and hospital information systems
- Able to facilitate workshops, meetings and engagement sessions
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of leadership at a senior managerial level in operational and strategic management, including exposure to Board.
- Significant experience of delivering change programmes
- Significant experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Demonstrable successful delivery of project outputs to required time, quality and cost
Desirable
- Experience of working successfully with clinical and managerial leads in service redesign
- Demonstrable experience gained in a healthcare environment
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent relevant senior management experience
- Educated to Post Graduate level in relevant area or significant experience of working at an equivalent level
- Prince2 practitioner or relevant experience
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up-to-date knowledge of patients services and evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Trained in service improvement methodologies with significant experience of application of learning in practice
- Detailed understanding of NHS Trust regulatory requirements and performance expectations
Additional information
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).
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