Job summary
The post of Strategic Partnerships Manager will provide support to the Associate Director of Partnerships to lead the delivery of key partnership projects and developments across United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT).
The post holder will support the development and delivery of the Trusts Partnership Strategy as agreed by the Board, leveraging the value of the ULHT brand, ensuring all stakeholders needs and perspectives are considered, taking into account the Trusts values, strategy and reputation. The development, leadership and engagement with the emerging Provider Collaborative across the East Midlands (and potentially wider) will becentral to the role, as will ensuring the Trust has the correct approach to communications and engagement to effective partnerships.
Reflecting a growing and ageing population, increasing demand for our services, changing technology, new models of care and new IntegratedCare Systems opportunities for partnership, the post holder will also help to deliver plans associated with sustainable care models with our systempartners. This will also include working with colleagues within ULHT and our system partners to and local communities to shape services to meettheir needs.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role include delivery of the Trusts Partnership Strategy and key partnership aims within the Trusts organisational Integrated Improvement Plan. The role will work closely with colleagues within the Improvement and Integration Team and with senior operational and clinical colleagues across the organisation and our system partners. The post holder may also be required to support divisions and services to develop business cases and produce mobilisation plans related to partnerships opportunities. This post will also support the coordination of partnership activities of the trust, providing advice to ensure that the trust takes full advantage of partnership, commercial and business development opportunities, within a framework of sound corporate and legal governance.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master level or equivalent experience
- Management qualification
- Significant role related and personal development training commensurate with a senior manager post
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Clinical or professional qualification/registration
- Project Management Qualification e.g. Prince 2 or equivalent
Knowledge, Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Experience of developing and managing high performing teams, including those for whom you have no direct line management responsibilities
- Experience of performance managing others to ensure organisational delivery and success
- Must be a highly credible leader with experience of building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience of problem solving at a senior level
- Ability to analyse complex areas of work to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and to ensure these materialise in sustainable ways
- Experience of understanding and interpreting national policy in complex organisations
- Experience of strategic long term planning
- Experience of managing complexity such as managing numerous work streams/projects whilst simultaneously delivering on performance targets to tight deadlines
- Experience of delivering partnership (including commercial) planning cycles from concept to delivery
Desirable
- Knowledge of health policy and current reforms including NHS financial frameworks, governance (quality, finance and risk) and regulatory frameworks
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at senior manager level in the NHS or public sector
- Experience of producing business plans and full business cases
- Experience of developing and implementing plans/projects/programmes across complex systems
- Experience of developing strategic partnerships to deliver added value
- Evidence of delivery of change projects affecting quality, finance or safety improvements
- Significant experience of business and operational management
- Experience of the successful delivery of organisational wide partnership projects
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in the development and delivery of large, complex projects/programmes/income generating schemes
- Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking, working to tight deadlines and delivering on time.
- Accustomed to using Microsoft word, excel, project and CRM software
Desirable
- Experience in an acute Trust
- Experience of developing and delivering commercial/income generating opportunities within a public sector organisation
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel across sites
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master level or equivalent experience
- Management qualification
- Significant role related and personal development training commensurate with a senior manager post
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Clinical or professional qualification/registration
- Project Management Qualification e.g. Prince 2 or equivalent
Knowledge, Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Experience of developing and managing high performing teams, including those for whom you have no direct line management responsibilities
- Experience of performance managing others to ensure organisational delivery and success
- Must be a highly credible leader with experience of building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience of problem solving at a senior level
- Ability to analyse complex areas of work to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and to ensure these materialise in sustainable ways
- Experience of understanding and interpreting national policy in complex organisations
- Experience of strategic long term planning
- Experience of managing complexity such as managing numerous work streams/projects whilst simultaneously delivering on performance targets to tight deadlines
- Experience of delivering partnership (including commercial) planning cycles from concept to delivery
Desirable
- Knowledge of health policy and current reforms including NHS financial frameworks, governance (quality, finance and risk) and regulatory frameworks
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at senior manager level in the NHS or public sector
- Experience of producing business plans and full business cases
- Experience of developing and implementing plans/projects/programmes across complex systems
- Experience of developing strategic partnerships to deliver added value
- Evidence of delivery of change projects affecting quality, finance or safety improvements
- Significant experience of business and operational management
- Experience of the successful delivery of organisational wide partnership projects
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in the development and delivery of large, complex projects/programmes/income generating schemes
- Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking, working to tight deadlines and delivering on time.
- Accustomed to using Microsoft word, excel, project and CRM software
Desirable
- Experience in an acute Trust
- Experience of developing and delivering commercial/income generating opportunities within a public sector organisation
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel across sites
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).
