Smokefree NHS Project Manager/Public Health Practitioner (ICB)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be accountable for the expansion, co-ordination, management and monitoring of the Primary Care work stream of the ICS Smokefree NHS/Treating Tobacco Dependency taskforce with a focus on Severe Mental Illness population

Working closely with ICS Clinical Lead on Tobacco, Smokefree NHS Strategic Manager and Northern Cancer Alliance lead GP and any relevant project managers

Scope out plan for the Primary Care workstream that includes:

o Mapping of current provision of cessation support/treatment of tobacco dependency within GP practices across the ICS

o Assessing priority groups and access to support including NICE approved medication

o Commissioning and provision of training within primary care including Very Brief Advice

- This will require significant engagement with a number of Integrated Care Partnerships, Primary Care Networks, collaboration with the NENC ICS Deep End Network

- Co-ordinating quarterly meetings of the Taskforce Primary Care Steering Group including preparation of papers, agendas and liaison with Chair

- Liaising closely with the LA tobacco leads on the placed based arrangements to establish around the provision of evidence based high quality behavioural support from commissioned local Stop Smoking Services within primary care settings. Much of the planning will be done within the Association of Directors of Public Health Tobacco Commissioners Forum.

- Responsible for the management of the budget attached to the Primary Care workstream and compliance with any related SLA CDDFT have. Reporting will be done by Stratetigic Manager to NENC Prevention Board on funding (funding management led by Durham County Council currently)

Working closely with the Smokefree NHS leads across all the FTs to ensure that this Programme is supported within the wider Smokefree NHS/Treating Tobacco dependency of the NHS Long Term Plan including:

- Coordination of Quarterly ICS wide forums for the TDTS advisors:

o Preparing agendas and papers

o Chairing the forums and sourcing speakers as appropriate

o Running dedicated peer support platform within the K-Hub NENC ICS Smokefree NHS group

- Overseeing the commissioning and rollout of ongoing training package and professional development to the TDTS

- Support the organisation of practice sharing events including high profile conference/s on smoking cessation and tobacco treatment including sourcing external speakers and leading on the promotion of these events to wide range of partners

- Development and rollout of a range of communications to promote the Smokefree NHS programme including use of social media accounts, developing materials, organising field marketing, close liaising with NHS communications teams

- To collaborate with key partners including the Applied Research Consortium on research and development including evaluation projects as required.

- To collaborate with other key partners on the opportunities from this Programme and linking this into national discussions around achieving the ambition to Make smoking obsolete. Key national partners will include ASH, the Smokefree Action Coalition core group members, the British Thoracic Society, the CURE programme within Greater Manchester Making Smoking History Programme.

- Responsible for supporting the identification and development of tobacco champions / positive quitting champions who can support the ongoing media and communications activities.

- To undertake such travel requirements as are necessary in order to deliver the requirements of the post. This will include regular regional travel over the north east and some national travel.

- To work within tight timescales with changing priorities both independently, and as part of a team

- To balance continuing work against an emergent and unpredictable pattern of operational demands

- Use of a personal computer on a daily basis, which will entail sitting in a restricted position for prolonged periods;

11. COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

To communicate effectively both internally and externally as an ambassador for the NENC ICS Smokefree NHS/Treating Tobacco Dependency Taskforce and Fresh and Balance programme and to develop effective working relationships with staff in all NHS/public health organisations across the whole ICS footprint

To facilitate a developmental relationship with effective diplomatic communications with all partner organisations to ensure that there is an open dialogue and negotiation about delivery. To intervene, when appropriate, to facilitate solutions and to channel conflict creatively.

To represent the Taskforce and Fresh and Balance programme at a local, regional and national level meetings/events.

To receive, provide, and present complex, sensitive or potentially contentious information to large groups in potentially antagonistic situations involving large scale major change at pace.

To support, and contribute to a style and approach to working based upon collaboration, openness and improvement.

There is a requirement for the post holder to communicate controversial service improvement and/or organisational change issues internally and externally

There will be a requirement to absorb a wide range of information, often to tight timescales, distil fundamental points, translate technical information and communicate/ advise colleagues on appropriate courses of action as a result.

To develop, manage and foster effective working relationships with colleagues across a wide range of NHS organisations and also local authorities.

The post holder will be expected to establish and maintain relationships with the following amongst others:

CDDFT:

Fresh Balance programme team

Foundation Trust: Clinical Specialised Services Directorate

External North East:

Smokefree NHS/Treating Tobacco Dependency Regional Taskforce members

Northern Cancer Alliance

Foundation Trusts including acute and mental health: chief executives, medical and nursing directors and identified smokefree NHS leads

Integrated Care Boards

Primary Care Networks

Local Pharmaceutical Committees and Local Medical Committees

Local Authorities: local tobacco leads, local tobacco commissioners, and directors of Public Health

Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) North East Forum

ADPH Tobacco Forum (Commissioners)

ICS Population Health and Prevention Board

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities North East Centre: Consultant in Public Health

NHS England: Clinical Networks

Local Maternity and Neonatal Service Boards

Public Health Prevention in Maternity Program

Stop Smoking Service providers

FUSE, ARC and other academic and research based partners

External national:

OHID national tobacco team

Department of Health and Social Care tobacco team

NHS England and Improvement

Action on Smoking and Health

Spectrum

Cancer Research UK

British Thoracic Society

Primary Care Respiratory Society

British Lung Foundation

NICE

National Centre for Smoking Cessation Training

CURE programme, Greater Manchester

Royal College of Physicians

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Track record of regional networking
• A high level of communication skills will be required. This includes the interpersonal and diplomacy skills necessary to communicate sensitive and/or contentious project initiation, management and outcome issues with senior managers from a multiplicity of organisations and the persuasion and negotiation skills required to secure the co-operation of others on project delivery and portfolio management issues.
• Politically aware and sensitive.
• High level of emotional intelligence.
• Developed analytical and problem solving skills will be required for assessing options for project delivery, assessment of project plans of multiplicity of organisations and formulation and adjustment of plans.
• Project management skills and able to keep multiple projects and people on track.
• Advanced presentation skills and experience of reporting to large groups.
• Proven team worker with ability to motivate others.
• Numerate and IT literate.
• Able to understand and work within complexity and translate it into understandable knowledge.
• Flexible, enthusiastic and committed
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS strategy and policy agendas including local NHS structure, strategy, vision and policy
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, following the evidence base and policy guidelines working to tight and changing deadlines
• Experience of influencing a range of stakeholders in decision making
• Experience in developing and delivering training, workshops and seminars.

Desirable

• Budget management

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level with post graduate qualification (at Masters level) or equivalent experience in leadership, project / change management, service improvement and/or programme delivery roles
• Evidence of recent and on-going CPD / learning
• Project management qualification/training

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• In-depth knowledge of all current NICE guidance relating to smoking
• Understanding of the smoking ambitions within the NHS Long Term Plan Current expertise and experience of working with/within the NHS and/or Local Government within public health
• Recent experience and proven track record in project management or service development roles to bring about change.
• Proven track record of delivery against project objectives within time and budget parameters
• Experience of facilitating and managing change within and across organisations.
• Experience of working with managers and leaders, and influencing decision making
• Specialist knowledge and experience in public health/health policy/behavior change and/or tobacco control/smoking cessation underpinned by evidence base, theory and experience
• Specialist knowledge and experience in effective local and regional multiagency partnership working within a public health environment
• Proven ability to work within a complex and fast changing environment and juggling and successfully managing competing projects.
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to retrieve, interpret and collate complex data to a high standard

Special Requirements

Essential

• Able to travel across the NENC ICS footprint

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.

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Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salvus House

Aykley Heads

County Durham

DH1 5TS

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)