Integrated Change Programme Director

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the development and successful delivery of major programmes of change identified as part of the Trusts Integrated Change Framework, starting with the Sheffield pilot site in the national 24/7 Community Mental Health Programme, which is due to run for two years starting in August 2024.

They will:

Engage a wide range of stakeholders across the City to co-create a shared vision.

Communicate a compelling narrative that inspires engagement with the vision for the programme through presentation, individual discussion and high quality written reports to senior external and internal audiences. This includes a significant component of representing the Trust with national level stakeholders as this programme is part of a high profile national policy development pilot, linked to the Ten Year Plan for Health.

Secure the resources necessary for success, and manage the use of resources (finance, people, digital, information, estates etc) to ensure value for money, transparency and probity.

Assemble a team with all the skills and experience needed to deliver and lead the team to establish an inclusive and delivery focused culture. This will include some direct line management, but also a high degree of leadership through influence, so it is critical that the post-holder is an effective systems leader.

Balance the interests and perspectives of stakeholders, synthesizing the lived experience perspective with the clinical and operational, so that all parts of the team feel included.

Develop and implement a well rounded approach to change, incorporating the best of both emergent Quality Improvement methods and classic Waterfall Programme Management approaches. This programme will be one of the first undertaken using the Trusts new Integrated Change Framework, so the ability to contribute to its development and practical application will be valuable.

The post-holder will successfully lead the delivery of this PCN-wide pilot programme, so there is a demonstrable step change in service provision for residents in the Heeley Plus PCN area. If this phase is successful the post-holder will then be in a position to lead the further role out of the model across the whole City.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and effectively manage competing priorities
• Ability to take lead management responsibility for time sensitive and complex assignments
• Ability to translate complex information for a variety of purposes and present such information in a range of formats to diverse audiences
• Ability to set direction, demonstrate drive, motivate and inspire others and deliver results to support ongoing learning, innovation and development
• Strong interpersonal skills to ensure effective building of relationships to support successful delivery, partnership working and development of trusted networks
• Ability to negotiate effectively with a wide range of partners, demonstrating tact and persuasion
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries on complex projects
• Effective planning and organisational skills
• Ability to foster and develop effective team working across services and organisations

Training and qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters / post graduate degree or equivalent
• Proven technical and business management / leadership experience backed by relevant professional qualification or experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Programme or project management expertise

Desirable

• Quality improvement training eg QSIR

Experience

Essential

• Significant and relevant management experience within a health or social care setting, dealing with staff, budgets, contracts, project planning and implementation
• Experience of successfully delivering complex programmes of change
• Experience in delivering complex service and performance improvement using analytical tools and techniques to objectively analyse factors such as demand, and capacity
• Experience of internal and external stakeholder engagement and management at a senior level
• Ability to produce robust and convincing business cases, options appraisals and reports
• Evidence of driving and supporting organisational and service change and performance improvement
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to effectively influence direct reports and senior staff
• Excellent working knowledge of current national and local community mental health policy context
• Experience of budgetary and financial management within a complex partnership setting.
• Experience of complex change management processes
• Experience of VCSE sector working and how to engage with the sector

Other

Essential

• Frequent requirement for periods of intense concentration
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Able to work effectively in high pressure environment
• Ability to demonstrate evidence in respect of SHSC Trust values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

SHSC Headquarters

Atlas Way

Sheffield

S4 7QQ

Employer's website

https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us (Opens in a new tab)