Job summary
NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population's needs, making sure all parts of the local health and care system work effectively together. We work as part of the North East London Integrated Care System - northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk
We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good access to high-quality health and care services. We have a vision to "work with and for all the people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity."
We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a Quality Improvement team delivering innovation at scale in Primary Care through a Quality Improvement methodology.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Project Officer to join us, to support the development and delivery of workstreams. The EQUIP (Enabling Quality Improvement in Practice) programme supports practices to address the real challenges they face today, so that they are ready to thrive in the future. The programme aims are to increase both patient and staff joy through a focus on process management, perceived functionality, a direct experience of mastery and autonomy, and better resource deployment. We mostly rely on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) QI methodology which uses the Model for Improvement as the framework to guide improvement work.
This role will be primarily responsible for leading on the planning, set up and execution of the Deployment of Edenbridge Apex (a visual data analytic and business intelligence platform for General practice) Project across North-East London. This will require a high level of initiative and resourcefulness to develop relationships and introduce the platform.
About us
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.
We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.
Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Experience
Essential
- Experience in relevant disciplines e.g. project management, change management, finance, contracts, estates, communications
- Experience of delivering effective projects in complex environments
Desirable
- Experience in a healthcare environment
- Capable of working on own initiative and managing own workload, working to tight and often changing timescales
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences
Desirable
- Understanding of the public sector
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Experience
Essential
- Experience in relevant disciplines e.g. project management, change management, finance, contracts, estates, communications
- Experience of delivering effective projects in complex environments
Desirable
- Experience in a healthcare environment
- Capable of working on own initiative and managing own workload, working to tight and often changing timescales
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences
Desirable
- Understanding of the public sector
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).
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).