Job summary
Are you passionate about service improvement and service/pathway redesign? If yes, then this job is for you. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a programme lead to join our medicines optimisation team.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
You'll be responsible for maintaining project initiation documentation, communication tools and associated plans. Monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables adopting a PMO approach. Other duties will include, providing day to day support for activities and projects, allocating tasks and identifying risks.
About us
Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.
The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.
With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.
The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The North East and North Cumbria ICB offers hybrid working in this role meaning that the successful candidate can work from a mixture of locations including home, ICB offices and on occasion partner bases.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The North East and North Cumbria ICB offers hybrid working in this role meaning that the successful candidate can work from a mixture of locations including home, ICB offices and on occasion partner bases.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of sustained personal & professional development
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Master's level qualification or equivalent experience
- Health care experience is essential with a demonstrable track record of success in NHS organisation.
- A proven track record of implementing and overseeing improvements in performance and standards of care and delivering change within an organisation.
- A proven track record of transformation, planning and delivery across a range of, areas and services with specific insight into commissioning.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the management of multi-project programmes of work. A wide range of improvement tools and approaches.
- A wide range of improvement tools and approaches.
- Experience of effective partnership and working with internal and external stakeholders at a senior level.
- Experience in developing programme or project plans across multiple partners and stakeholders, achieving consensus and managing successful delivery.
- Experience in performance management approaches including analysis of data and performance reporting.
- Knowledge and experience of staff line management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of sustained personal & professional development
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Master's level qualification or equivalent experience
- Health care experience is essential with a demonstrable track record of success in NHS organisation.
- A proven track record of implementing and overseeing improvements in performance and standards of care and delivering change within an organisation.
- A proven track record of transformation, planning and delivery across a range of, areas and services with specific insight into commissioning.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the management of multi-project programmes of work. A wide range of improvement tools and approaches.
- A wide range of improvement tools and approaches.
- Experience of effective partnership and working with internal and external stakeholders at a senior level.
- Experience in developing programme or project plans across multiple partners and stakeholders, achieving consensus and managing successful delivery.
- Experience in performance management approaches including analysis of data and performance reporting.
- Knowledge and experience of staff line management.
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).
