Job summary
Local professional networks, hosted by the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board will be developed for pharmacy, eye health and dental and will be focused on providing clinical advice and leadership to commissioning and developing local momentum for service improvement and change.
The role will require the post holder to Chair and lead the Local Dental Network (LDN) ensuring that the input to this network is appropriately integrated to the commissioning systems and processes.
The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the local office and will work collaboratively across directorates to provide clinical advice on matters of strategic development and service quality.
The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes and facilitating documentation of these processes.
The post holder will support the delivery of integrated development and commissioning of primary care contractor services. Key to this role will be the optimal use of quality schemes through commissioning, to improve patient choice, care and ultimately health.
Main duties of the job
To support the whole commissioning and improvement cycle, including identifying needs, contracting, development, assurance and interventions across NHS primary, community and secondary care dental services.
To drive improvement in outcomes, in line with local and national priorities.
To ensure the LDN makes a significant contribution towards the development of a coherent primary care strategy.
To ensure the LDN contributes towards the content of, and reviews, the Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs).
To advise on priorities both individually and through the LDN and to contribute expertise to relevant strategic and service reviews.
To advise on quality standards and specifications and to ensure the LDN develops and agrees local protocols in alignment with national ones.
To advise of the development of local demand and capacity both personally and through the LDN.
To advise on measures to be used for monitoring and evaluation of services and approaches to data collection and quality assurance.
To help implement pathways of care by clinical collaboration and are driven by the outcome's framework.
To use an evidenced based approach to improvement - use of NHS change model.
About us
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a strategic component of the Integrated Care System (ICS) across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. We were formed with the intention to improve population health and collaborate with local partners (NHS, Local Authority and Third Sector) to deliver high quality health and social care provision to our local population.
We have accountability for the system delivery of the ICS' priorities such as improving outcomes in population health and healthcare, tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access, enhancing productivity and value for money, and helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
We seek to improve the patient experience and are committed at looking at innovative ways we can improve care and offer access and choice to our patients. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and it's important that they are involved not just in decisions about their individual care, but also in the decisions that shape the health services delivered locally. In conjunction, with patient experience and the growing demands of our population; we are facing significant financial challenge. We are required to reduce expenditure to sustainable levels (ICS 5-year strategic plan).
The ambitions are great, but so are the opportunities to be part of our new and evolving organisation, to make positive impactful change to the health and social care agenda across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide credible clinical leadership and facilitate wider engagement.
To work collaboratively across The East Midlands ICBs footprint to develop appropriate and comprehensive commissioning and performance systems and processes.
To act as a champion for patients and their interests and ensure that the public and patients are involved in the policy development and decision-making of the NHS Commissioning Board.
To ensure a clear route for patient engagement.
Improve consistency of care across system - regardless of entry point.
To uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality.
To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday actions ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality.
To engage with and support as appropriate other clinical and delivery networks in ensuring appropriate clinical input to the commissioning process.
Provide support and where necessary, direct input to Health and Well Being Boards to ensure appropriate input to the strategic development of primary care.
Work with other East Midland ICB teams and East midlands Primary Care team (EMPCT) develop collaborative programs and policies.
The post holder will be required to communicate and provide highly complex information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Commit to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders on a range of contentious issues.
Nurture key relationships and maintain networks internally and externally, including national networks.
Support collaborative working across organisations.
- Engage with local representative committees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide credible clinical leadership and facilitate wider engagement.
To work collaboratively across The East Midlands ICBs footprint to develop appropriate and comprehensive commissioning and performance systems and processes.
To act as a champion for patients and their interests and ensure that the public and patients are involved in the policy development and decision-making of the NHS Commissioning Board.
To ensure a clear route for patient engagement.
Improve consistency of care across system - regardless of entry point.
To uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality.
To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday actions ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality.
To engage with and support as appropriate other clinical and delivery networks in ensuring appropriate clinical input to the commissioning process.
Provide support and where necessary, direct input to Health and Well Being Boards to ensure appropriate input to the strategic development of primary care.
Work with other East Midland ICB teams and East midlands Primary Care team (EMPCT) develop collaborative programs and policies.
The post holder will be required to communicate and provide highly complex information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Commit to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders on a range of contentious issues.
Nurture key relationships and maintain networks internally and externally, including national networks.
Support collaborative working across organisations.
- Engage with local representative committees.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Relevant professional or clinical qualification with a minimum of 5 years post graduate experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the Commissioning Board and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Member of relevant professional body and/or regulator
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
- Uses evidence to make improvements, seeks out innovation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Relevant professional or clinical qualification with a minimum of 5 years post graduate experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the Commissioning Board and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Member of relevant professional body and/or regulator
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
- Uses evidence to make improvements, seeks out innovation
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
