Job summary
We are committed to transforming community care through effective governance and innovative programme management. As part of our Primary Care, Communities and Social Value Directorate, we aim to enhance the quality and delivery of care across Lincolnshire by fostering collaboration among health and care stakeholders.
We are seeking a Programme Assurance Manager to drive the assurance function for our Integrated Community Care portfolio. The successful candidate will develop and implement robust governance structures, reporting processes, and programme management frameworks to ensure the successful delivery and monitoring of our community care initiatives.
Main duties of the job
- Coordinate the development of plans for Integrated Community Care, in line with local and national priorities to inform the ICBs system plan.
- Be responsible for developing the necessary systems, processes, assurance functions and governance for a range of complex programmes and projects across Integrated Community Care to evidence delivery both internally and externally.
- Be responsible for the Highlight and Performance reporting for Integrated Community Care, the associated maintenance of PMO including the development and maintenance of a risk register ensuring that all risks are identified and appropriately managed with clear actions and timescales for resolution and are escalated where appropriate.
- Ensure monthly Highlight and Performance reports are completed by programme teams to enable assessment of progress against agreed milestones and escalation of risks and issues impacting delivery with a view to agreeing mitigations.
- Ensure agreed Project Management Office (PMO) tools are utilised, Aspryre is updated and appropriate documentation complete including POAP, QIA/EIA/HEAT, business cases, service specifications and financial plans in line with agreed timescales.
- Work with the ICB PMO to complete PMO quality audits to ensure adherence to PMO standard operating protocols.
About us
Working as a part of our Primary Care, Communities and Social Value team you will actively support programme activities as part of the Integrated Community Care team.
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), is a new statutory organisation bringing the NHS together locally to improve population health and establish shared strategic priorities within the NHS.
The ICB is part of a wider Lincolnshire Integrated Care System which has four key objectives:
- 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 development.
By working together with the ICB, the wider system will deliver its agreed vision of 'Better Lives for the people of Lincolnshire'. Lincolnshire ICB will use its resources and powers to achieve demonstrable progress on these aims, collaborating to tackle complex challenges including:
- Improving the health of children and young people.
- Supporting people to stay well and independent.
- Acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions.
- Supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues.
- Caring for those with multiple needs as populations age.
- Getting the best from collective resources so people get care as quickly as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please download the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please download the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)
Essential
- Qualification at master's degree level or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of a good knowledge of NHS policy and processes whether through formal qualification or equivalent experience supported by extensive CPD portfolio.
- PRINCE2 or equivalent project management qualification or experience
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing some or all of the following: people, projects, service change and improvement, service delivery, business management.
- Experience of developing and implementing policy
- Experience in implementing new governance arrangements and assurance processes.
- Evidence of experience in leading successful programme, project management work and implementing change
- Experience of presenting complex information at senior level. Proven middle management experience, including ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Ability to deliver against tight deadlines.
Desirable
- NHS or public sector management experience.
- Experience of patient/public involvement.
- Contract negotiations.
Evidence of Particular: -Knowledge -Skills -Aptitudes
Essential
- Knowledge of the Health and Social Care system
- Evidence of: oability to develop business cases; oability to work across multi organisations; oservice re-design skills; oproject management skills and demonstrate leadership of a programme or project oexcellent negotiating and influencing skills; oconfident presentation skills oknowledge of PMO tools and standard operating protocols.
- Ability to access, manipulates, interpret and analyse complex information, make a judgement and present more than one potential option for action.
- Experience of working with the public and involvement in informal and formal consultation.
Desirable
- Commissioning knowledge in health and or other public sector organisations.
- Knowledge of NHS planning, information management systems, care pathway re-design.
- An understanding of NHS finances allied to improving health outcomes.
- Financial planning, developing plans to deliver national and local health and social care priorities.
Person Specification
Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)
Essential
- Qualification at master's degree level or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of a good knowledge of NHS policy and processes whether through formal qualification or equivalent experience supported by extensive CPD portfolio.
- PRINCE2 or equivalent project management qualification or experience
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing some or all of the following: people, projects, service change and improvement, service delivery, business management.
- Experience of developing and implementing policy
- Experience in implementing new governance arrangements and assurance processes.
- Evidence of experience in leading successful programme, project management work and implementing change
- Experience of presenting complex information at senior level. Proven middle management experience, including ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Ability to deliver against tight deadlines.
Desirable
- NHS or public sector management experience.
- Experience of patient/public involvement.
- Contract negotiations.
Evidence of Particular: -Knowledge -Skills -Aptitudes
Essential
- Knowledge of the Health and Social Care system
- Evidence of: oability to develop business cases; oability to work across multi organisations; oservice re-design skills; oproject management skills and demonstrate leadership of a programme or project oexcellent negotiating and influencing skills; oconfident presentation skills oknowledge of PMO tools and standard operating protocols.
- Ability to access, manipulates, interpret and analyse complex information, make a judgement and present more than one potential option for action.
- Experience of working with the public and involvement in informal and formal consultation.
Desirable
- Commissioning knowledge in health and or other public sector organisations.
- Knowledge of NHS planning, information management systems, care pathway re-design.
- An understanding of NHS finances allied to improving health outcomes.
- Financial planning, developing plans to deliver national and local health and social care priorities.
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.
