Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a strategic and enthusiastic individual to support the development of a Business case for the Whipps Cross Centre of Excellence for Frailty and Older people. The role will be based within the Programme team and will involve working closely with the Programme Director and delivery team, senior clinical and operational colleagues and partners in the local health and care economy.
A centre of excellence for Frailty and Complexity, anchored by the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA), offers a unique opportunity to reshape care for an ageing population. The programme is ready to deliver a system wide transformation rapidly that meets national priorities and delivers better outcomes locally.
This role will support the Programme Team to help system colleagues to develop and implement new clinical pathways and innovative ways of working through an integrated care offer, while engaging with local authorities, clinical commissioners, healthcare providers and others in the wider healthcare system to ensure a joined-up approach.
The post holder will need to have strong experience of working as a Strategy Manager or Senior Project Manager in the NHS with highly developed leadership skills, a comprehensive understanding of change management and significant experience in the development and delivery of complex strategic work programmes in large scale organisations.
Main duties of the job
This new role will lead and co-ordinate the central programme management function for the Centre of Excellence Programme, reporting to the Programme Director, Strategy Delivery Director and working in a matrix approach alongside a multi-professional and multi-agency wider programme team which will include both internal team members and external advisors.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing significant projects and programmes delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience of providing support and input to complex programmes.
- Proven track record of successful and sustained project management in an NHS Trust or similar organisation
- Experience of managing people and teams and working in a matrix style approach
Desirable
- Experience working within Central Government, Local Government, national and/or local NHS organisation
Skills
Essential
- Able to provide and receive highly complex information and develop clear and concise reports
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Able to draw highly complex qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
- Able to negotiate on difficult and highly contentious issues including the ability to escalate emerging issues where appropriate
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
- Good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.
- Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium, and long-term altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of Government and NHS capital programme policy and other key policy drivers. Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
- Knowledge of Information Governance policies and requirements
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of NHS structures and current issues in the NHS
- Understanding of issues around Freedom of Information, confidentiality, and data protection
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent experience
- One or more of the below programme/project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience for example: oPrince 2 oManaging Successful Programmes oP30 oProject Management Institute
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Other
Essential
- Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills, together with the ability to understand and deal with complex situations and issues
- Ability to communicate with Directors and senior managers both within and external to the organization.
- Ability to facilitate multidisciplinary groups of staff to work towards a strategic or tactical goal through a structured co-design process
- Track record in writing high quality reports and presentation material
- Highly developed problem-solving, negotiation, interpersonal, budgetary, analytical, presentational, communication and leadership skills
- Evidence of holding to a clear strategy in a complex system facing competing short-term challenges and priorities
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values and excellent team player
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing significant projects and programmes delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience of providing support and input to complex programmes.
- Proven track record of successful and sustained project management in an NHS Trust or similar organisation
- Experience of managing people and teams and working in a matrix style approach
Desirable
- Experience working within Central Government, Local Government, national and/or local NHS organisation
Skills
Essential
- Able to provide and receive highly complex information and develop clear and concise reports
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Able to draw highly complex qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
- Able to negotiate on difficult and highly contentious issues including the ability to escalate emerging issues where appropriate
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
- Good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.
- Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium, and long-term altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of Government and NHS capital programme policy and other key policy drivers. Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
- Knowledge of Information Governance policies and requirements
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of NHS structures and current issues in the NHS
- Understanding of issues around Freedom of Information, confidentiality, and data protection
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent experience
- One or more of the below programme/project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience for example: oPrince 2 oManaging Successful Programmes oP30 oProject Management Institute
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Other
Essential
- Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills, together with the ability to understand and deal with complex situations and issues
- Ability to communicate with Directors and senior managers both within and external to the organization.
- Ability to facilitate multidisciplinary groups of staff to work towards a strategic or tactical goal through a structured co-design process
- Track record in writing high quality reports and presentation material
- Highly developed problem-solving, negotiation, interpersonal, budgetary, analytical, presentational, communication and leadership skills
- Evidence of holding to a clear strategy in a complex system facing competing short-term challenges and priorities
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values and excellent team player
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).
