Acute Provider Collaborative Programme Manager

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 January 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in the development and delivery of the BOB Acute Provider Collaborative (APC). The postholder will work with the APC team and key system partners to design and deliver transformation activities that will improve outcomes and value for money for our population.

The Acute Provider Collaborative is comprised of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We aspire to reduce variation and inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; improve resilience; and deliver specialisation or consolidation where it will improve outcomes and value.

The team plays a vital role in the delivery of the APC's ambition to deliver outstanding care and support the delivery of our strategic ambitions over the next five years, including the delivery of financial savings targets. Our aim is to support a culture that promotes collaboration, inclusion and equality of opportunity at all levels.

The Programme Manager will support and lead the development, planning, delivery and monitoring of our projects and programmes, ensuring efficient and effective partnership working between the acute providers to deliver transformation of services for patient benefit.

Main duties of the job

The Programme Manager will provide programme or project management support for APC improvement and transformation schemes, supporting the planning, design and delivery of agreed outputs and working closely with trusts in a matrix structure to achieve the aims and outcomes. A number of these programmes/projects are complex, involving service redesign and organisational change.

Key responsibilities include:

For specific portfolios, provide oversight of key projects/programmes within the portfolio, including monitoring and reporting, escalation of key issues and risks, management of interdependencies, scrutiny of programme delivery, and support for key governance forums.

Drive innovation and ideas generation within the APC trusts, taking an active role in identifying and developing new schemes to deliver improvements across people, quality and money to realise sustainable improvements in quality, patient care, efficiencies and reduced variation.

Develop strong relationships with multiple stakeholders across the APC organisations and system, linking with internal and external expert teams, as well as drawing on the expertise from clinical areas and corporate departments across the Trusts.

About us

Diversity is what makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.

Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

If you need additional help with your application please get in touch by calling the recruitment team on 0118 322 6997 or 0118 322 5342.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

Date posted

12 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

193-6868429-CORP-APCPM

Job locations

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Please see the job description and person specification for full details on the job role and responsibilities.

This is a hybrid working role, in the office 1 to 2 days a week (with flexibility to be in the office if required for additional days for events and meetings on an ad hoc basis), and the rest of the week remote working. Visits to other sites, in particular the acute provider trusts, to facilitate collaborative working will be required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Please see the job description and person specification for full details on the job role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education, qualifications & training

Essential

MSP or equivalent level programme management qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of delivering change management projects/programmes and/or service redesign within the NHS or a comparable environment

Skills, knowledge & abilities

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships and be able to motivate people, at all levels of the organisation
Ability to interpret complex/highly complex information, and make decisions based on highly complicated and sometimes incomplete information

Desirable

Up-to-date knowledge of local and national health policy and its implications within the NHS

Person Specification

Education, qualifications & training

Essential

MSP or equivalent level programme management qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of delivering change management projects/programmes and/or service redesign within the NHS or a comparable environment

Skills, knowledge & abilities

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships and be able to motivate people, at all levels of the organisation
Ability to interpret complex/highly complex information, and make decisions based on highly complicated and sometimes incomplete information

Desirable

Up-to-date knowledge of local and national health policy and its implications within the NHS

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.