NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Project Lead Long Term Plan Prevention and NHS Smoking Cessation

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Job summary

The post holder will support the Coventry and Warwickshire Prevention Senior Responsible Officers to ensure effective delivery of NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) Prevention priorities across the C&W system working within NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and linking with wider healthcare provider and local authority partners.

This is a critical role central to our ICB four aims:

  • Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
  • Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
  • Enhance productivity and value for money
  • Help the NHS support broader social and economic developments

The NHS LTP Prevention priorities include programmes to strengthen NHS Prevention activity in the following areas; tobacco, obesity, alcohol and tuberculosis. A significant focus of the role will be supporting effective delivery of the NHS Smoking Cessation pathways across multiple trusts and community pathways.

Your role will support NHS ambitions around tobacco control:

  • All people admitted to hospital who smoke will be offered NHS funded tobacco treatment services
  • The model will be adapted for expectant mothers, and their partners with a new smoke free pregnancy pathway
  • A universal smoking cessation offer will be available as part of specialist mental health services for long term users of specialist mental health and learning disability services

Main duties of the job

  • Lead coordination and delivery of programmes and projects aligned to the NHS Long Term Plan Prevention priorities and funding streams
  • Act as project support to the LTP Prevention Steering Group and its subgroups
  • Support embedding prevention across NHS pathways and align work to the wider system strategy and Health Inequalities Strategy
  • Work with the wider Population Health Management and Health Inequalities tea
  • Act as a system champion for prevention embedding prevention and inequalities into CWICB work
  • Take a lead role in C&W system delivery of NHS Smoking Cessation pathway development, managing specific elements of the programme, developing project plans, reporting progress and undertaking risk and issue management
  • Use strong analytical and judgement skills to translate national requirements into local system solutions
  • Use judgement and negotiation skills to reach consensus with partners on system solutions taking into account complex situations, diverse options and varying timescales
  • Liaise with key partners across C&W on joint project matters
  • Lead development of system level activity to support prevention activity, which may include:
    • workforce training and development
    • development and refinement of clinical pathways
    • communication and engagement plans
    • shaping IT and data sharing solutions
    • reporting to the Population Health, Inequalities and Prevention Group and NHSE/I
    • shaping quality improvement activity across pathways

About us

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Population Health and Inequalities team within the CWICB. This role has been created to support our ongoing prevention activity and will work alongside our Health Inequalities Programme Managers and wider system partners to progress this agenda. While CWICB is the host organisation for the post, the role spans our health and care system and will involve working across a diverse range of partner organisations.

Details

Date posted

08 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

105-6229771

Job locations

Shire Hall

Market Street

Warwick

CV34 4DE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties above outlines key requirements. Further requirements below and in overall Job Description.

Communication

  • Write and present reports and presentations including data from multiple sources to a variety of audiences including senior management and clinicians
  • Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Have excellent communication skills and the ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate across multiple system partners at all levels of seniority
  • Lead project delivery with excellent external and internal communication
  • Interpret and implement local response to emerging national prevention priorities and funding streams
  • Lead day to day system communication with NHSE/I supporting integration of complex programme requirements into local system solutions
  • Lead project reporting and communication, including highly complex and sensitive data and intelligence from a range of organisational partners and presenting a system view on programme progress and system level data reporting
  • Liaise with wider ICB workforce to share best practice in prevention

Planning and Organisational Skills

  • Lead and manage projects to further NHS Prevention aims using project and relationship management skills
  • Work across varied teams at system, place and provider level to ensure effective delivery
  • Act as budget holder for system prevention funding coming into the ICB, providing oversight and monitoring
  • Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data and reporting
  • Comply with aspects of data protection and data access
  • Plan and prioritise own workload working on own initiative
  • Use strategic thinking to identify and manage problems before they arise and take decisions in contentious situations where multiple options may exist
  • Evaluation of projects using a range of means, providing clear recommendations for system partners
  • Maximise opportunities to identify and strengthen interdependencies across projects
  • Develop policies and procedures that support embedding prevention across ICB business as usual

HR/Team contribution

  • The postholder will work within a matrix team across system providers and commissioners Prevention, Population Health Management and Inequalities agendas
  • The role will provide dedicated Prevention support, expertise and training for the wider matrix team and key staff identified across system partners to facilitate delivery of the NHS LTP Prevention agenda
  • The role may involve supervision and training for trainees or other staff across the partnership or as identified through the project

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties above outlines key requirements. Further requirements below and in overall Job Description.

Communication

  • Write and present reports and presentations including data from multiple sources to a variety of audiences including senior management and clinicians
  • Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Have excellent communication skills and the ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate across multiple system partners at all levels of seniority
  • Lead project delivery with excellent external and internal communication
  • Interpret and implement local response to emerging national prevention priorities and funding streams
  • Lead day to day system communication with NHSE/I supporting integration of complex programme requirements into local system solutions
  • Lead project reporting and communication, including highly complex and sensitive data and intelligence from a range of organisational partners and presenting a system view on programme progress and system level data reporting
  • Liaise with wider ICB workforce to share best practice in prevention

Planning and Organisational Skills

  • Lead and manage projects to further NHS Prevention aims using project and relationship management skills
  • Work across varied teams at system, place and provider level to ensure effective delivery
  • Act as budget holder for system prevention funding coming into the ICB, providing oversight and monitoring
  • Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data and reporting
  • Comply with aspects of data protection and data access
  • Plan and prioritise own workload working on own initiative
  • Use strategic thinking to identify and manage problems before they arise and take decisions in contentious situations where multiple options may exist
  • Evaluation of projects using a range of means, providing clear recommendations for system partners
  • Maximise opportunities to identify and strengthen interdependencies across projects
  • Develop policies and procedures that support embedding prevention across ICB business as usual

HR/Team contribution

  • The postholder will work within a matrix team across system providers and commissioners Prevention, Population Health Management and Inequalities agendas
  • The role will provide dedicated Prevention support, expertise and training for the wider matrix team and key staff identified across system partners to facilitate delivery of the NHS LTP Prevention agenda
  • The role may involve supervision and training for trainees or other staff across the partnership or as identified through the project

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of delivering performance management information and analysis
  • Significant experience of managing a service within the NHS.
  • Expert understanding of the current national policies and guidance of priorities, associated with reporting in relation to national and local data and information requirements
  • Expert understanding of and background to the aims of national healthcare policies.
  • Expert knowledge and experience of delivering project and programme management techniques and methodologies
  • Proven ability to train, support and develop staff in the use of multiple information systems.
  • An understanding of service improvement methodologies and experience of using such, for instance Lean.
  • Experience of working with the National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care and other Frameworks
Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of delivering performance management information and analysis
  • Significant experience of managing a service within the NHS.
  • Expert understanding of the current national policies and guidance of priorities, associated with reporting in relation to national and local data and information requirements
  • Expert understanding of and background to the aims of national healthcare policies.
  • Expert knowledge and experience of delivering project and programme management techniques and methodologies
  • Proven ability to train, support and develop staff in the use of multiple information systems.
  • An understanding of service improvement methodologies and experience of using such, for instance Lean.
  • Experience of working with the National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care and other Frameworks

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Address

Shire Hall

Market Street

Warwick

CV34 4DE


Employer's website

https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/integrated-care-board/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Address

Shire Hall

Market Street

Warwick

CV34 4DE


Employer's website

https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/integrated-care-board/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant in Public Health Medicine

Jane Fowles

mark.woods@coventry.gov.uk

02476976294

Details

Date posted

08 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

105-6229771

Job locations

Shire Hall

Market Street

Warwick

CV34 4DE


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