Job summary
The Programme Manager: Learning Disability & Neurodiversity forms part of the West Yorkshire (WY) Mental Health (MH), Learning Disability (LD) and Autism Programme Team, supporting the Programme Director and workstream SROs to deliver improvements to the quality of care across a range of Learning Disability & Neurodiversity services and acting as a key interface between the Trusts within our Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Collaborative.
The role includes programme management and delivery responsibilities including the scoping, design, implementation, delivery, management and evaluation of a portfolio of workstreams which form part of the overall WY MHLDA Programme priorities. This includes: Responsibilities relating to the Transforming Care Programme, the WY Learning Disability Challenge, CYP Keyworker project, Neurodiversity Deep-Dive (including focus on Right to Choose, Assessment Pathways and Data), Oliver McGowan training
Main duties of the job
- Leading programme management for learning disability and neurodiversity workstreams across WY, ensuring all workstreams are meeting delivery expectations
- Working closely with workstream SROs, project managers and clinical leads to provide support and challenge, providing targeted capacity to take work forward
- Ensuring all workstreams have clear objectives, clear metrics and clear outcomes in mind and regularly report progress on these to the WY MHLDA Partnership Board
- Ensuring all workstreams are involving service users in co-production
- Representing and advocating for learning disabilities and neurodiversity across other WY programmes
- Ensuring appropriate engagement and support from a diverse range of senior stakeholders and external organisations
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicate the vision for the programme and the WY Health and Care Partnership, supporting the development of strategy and practice that supports this vision.
- Communicate, engage and build relationships with key stakeholders to influence the transformation of mental health services across WY
- Manage relationships to achieve a common purpose and realise mutual benefits
- Provide mental health subject matter expertise to other WY transformation programme
- Demonstrate a flexible approach to the development and delivery of new programmes where necessary within the scope of the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Programm
- Interrogate and analyse, sometimes highly complex and contentious information to support the delivery of clear project reporting and project outcome
- Write and submit regular high-level reports for the programme board showing progress against milestones, status, resource requirements, issues, risks and dependencies, making recommendations where a range of options may exis
- Develop key performance indicators and milestones for specific programmes and projects, manging conflicts and ensuring that interdependencies are managed effectivel
- Developing new service models, care pathways and interventions through a project and programme management approach, and supporting clinically effective practice in care services
- Ensures co-production with service users and a robust approach to consultation, engagement and tracking of proposed outcome
- Quality assure and review programme and project management approache
- Be a champion for best practice, learning from experience and from others, supporting the spread of innovation within the organisation and beyon
- Ensuring all project documentation is stored and used effectivel
- Contributing to the development of project and programme approaches and ways of working across organisations and the programm
- Acting as a champion for patients and their interests, involving the public and patients in the policy development and decision-making of NHS England and NHS Improvement
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicate the vision for the programme and the WY Health and Care Partnership, supporting the development of strategy and practice that supports this vision.
- Communicate, engage and build relationships with key stakeholders to influence the transformation of mental health services across WY
- Manage relationships to achieve a common purpose and realise mutual benefits
- Provide mental health subject matter expertise to other WY transformation programme
- Demonstrate a flexible approach to the development and delivery of new programmes where necessary within the scope of the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Programm
- Interrogate and analyse, sometimes highly complex and contentious information to support the delivery of clear project reporting and project outcome
- Write and submit regular high-level reports for the programme board showing progress against milestones, status, resource requirements, issues, risks and dependencies, making recommendations where a range of options may exis
- Develop key performance indicators and milestones for specific programmes and projects, manging conflicts and ensuring that interdependencies are managed effectivel
- Developing new service models, care pathways and interventions through a project and programme management approach, and supporting clinically effective practice in care services
- Ensures co-production with service users and a robust approach to consultation, engagement and tracking of proposed outcome
- Quality assure and review programme and project management approache
- Be a champion for best practice, learning from experience and from others, supporting the spread of innovation within the organisation and beyon
- Ensuring all project documentation is stored and used effectivel
- Contributing to the development of project and programme approaches and ways of working across organisations and the programm
- Acting as a champion for patients and their interests, involving the public and patients in the policy development and decision-making of NHS England and NHS Improvement
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Understanding of Learning Disability & Neurodiversity services
Skills
Essential
- Programme Management
- Stakeholder engagement and building trusted relationships
- Ability to navigate learning disability operational issues with NHS England and ICB places
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the requirements of NHSE assurance reporting in relation to learning disabilities and neurodiversity
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Understanding of Learning Disability & Neurodiversity services
Skills
Essential
- Programme Management
- Stakeholder engagement and building trusted relationships
- Ability to navigate learning disability operational issues with NHS England and ICB places
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the requirements of NHSE assurance reporting in relation to learning disabilities and neurodiversity
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.
