Job summary
Senior Programme Manager, Population Health - King's Health Partners
One year fixed term contract (secondment cover)
We are looking for an experienced Senior Programme Manager to join our King's Health Partners team hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a partnership team focused on accelerating the translation of research into patient care and improving population health, including reducing the burden of health inequalities experienced by those living in south London and beyond.
King's Health Partners:
King's Health Partners (KHP) is currently in the process of developing its 2030 Strategy, which will seek to accelerate progress in three areas:
- Personalised Health - accelerating the transformation of cutting-edge discoveries into tailored healthcare for individuals
- Digital Health and Data Sciences - pioneer and advance digital health technologies to improve current and future health
- Population Health - improve health and wellbeing by deepening our understanding of mental and physical health needs, and providing evidence for accessible, equitable care
Interwoven are guiding principles of equality, diversity and inclusion; patient participation and involvement; and an integrated mind and body approach - which seeks to improve the mental and physical health of our community by addressing the interaction and interplay of physical and mental illness.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will play a key role in setting foundations for successful delivery of KHP's strategic objective for population health:
- Working with KHP senior leadership team and partners to deliver KHPs strategic priority for population health; including supporting benefits and impact realisation, governance and programme management infrastructure aligned to wider KHP strategy arrangements.
- Connecting and amplifying work on population health across the partnership to advance strategic cohesion and impact.
The post-holder will also have day-to-day operational responsibility for the KHP diabetes, endocrinology and obesity (KHP DEO) clinical academic partnership:
- Working with clinical, academic and programme directors to drive operational delivery of the KHP DEO research priorities and clinical and workforce transformation frameworks and leverage benefits of clinical academic integration to improve health and wellbeing and health equity for people living with diabetes, obesity and endocrine disorders.
- Working closely with the responsible clinical lead and programme team to building a viable business case for a KHP DEO Education and Training Academy supporting healthcare professionals and patients in specialist settings.
The postholder will have line management responsibility and work collaboratively with teams from across KHP to forward our shared KHP Strategy ambitions and opportunities for cross-team working.
About us
King's Health Partners (KHP) is an Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) where world-class research, education, and clinical practice are brought together for the benefit of patients. Bringing together expertise from across the NHS, university and our wider communities - we work to ensure that lessons from research are used more swiftly, effectively, and systematically, to improve healthcare services for everyone in our diverse local population.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role has a strong emphasis on both strategy and delivery and the post holder will be expected to deputise for the Programme Director as needed. The post-holder will also be required to demonstrate their ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and role model collaborative leadership and equality, diversity and inclusion.
The post-holder be responsible for developing, monitoring and reporting key success metrics; driving engagement and co-production with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve these.
The role requires significant focus on planning, organisational and partnership development, implementation of new ways of working and delivery, engagement and networking, and continuous improvement/evaluation.
The postholder will influence change both within and across organisations, as well as further afield, to improve innovative practice and the experiences and outcomes for service users and staff. As such, this role will involve some complex negotiation with senior directors, managers and frontline staff at both an operational and strategic level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role has a strong emphasis on both strategy and delivery and the post holder will be expected to deputise for the Programme Director as needed. The post-holder will also be required to demonstrate their ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and role model collaborative leadership and equality, diversity and inclusion.
The post-holder be responsible for developing, monitoring and reporting key success metrics; driving engagement and co-production with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve these.
The role requires significant focus on planning, organisational and partnership development, implementation of new ways of working and delivery, engagement and networking, and continuous improvement/evaluation.
The postholder will influence change both within and across organisations, as well as further afield, to improve innovative practice and the experiences and outcomes for service users and staff. As such, this role will involve some complex negotiation with senior directors, managers and frontline staff at both an operational and strategic level.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- Relevant Masters / MBA, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience. Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) to practitioner level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Extensive programme management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
- Evidence of leading successful programme and / or operational performance and improvement at a strategic level; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
Desirable
- Previous role/remit relating to population health
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of operations and / or programme management methodologies and techniques
- Excellent management skills including motivating and coaching staff
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills relating to population health improvement and health equity
EDI
Essential
- Commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration
Desirable
- Role modelling equality, diversity and inclusion in engagement with staff, patients and residents.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- Relevant Masters / MBA, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience. Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) to practitioner level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Extensive programme management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
- Evidence of leading successful programme and / or operational performance and improvement at a strategic level; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
Desirable
- Previous role/remit relating to population health
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of operations and / or programme management methodologies and techniques
- Excellent management skills including motivating and coaching staff
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills relating to population health improvement and health equity
EDI
Essential
- Commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration
Desirable
- Role modelling equality, diversity and inclusion in engagement with staff, patients and residents.
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
