Job summary
Thisis a six-month secondment, covering for a colleague on a career break. The role is focused on transforming services for adults with learning disabilities and neurodiverse people. It involves leading projects, research, collaborating with stakeholders and improving financial sustainability. Key skills required include project management, communication, and analytical abilities, with a commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on particular projects to contribute to transformational change.
- Work closely with the Associate Director and team to manage service improvement initiatives.
- Undertake research and analysis relating to learning disabilities and neurodiversity.
- Draft reports, presentations and briefings.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that a wide range of 'voices' are included in service transformation.
Identify barriers to health equality for people with learning disabilities and neurodiverse adults
About us
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people's differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.
We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.
We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.
We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Mental Health & Learning Disabilities team has a work programme focused on transformation, linked to national and local strategic objectives. The postholder will:
Lead on particular projects, work collaboratively in an integrated health and social care system to deliver programmes that will achieve transformational change.
- Work closely with the Associate Director and team to manage service improvement initiatives.
- Undertake research and analysis relating to learning disabilities and neurodiversity.
- Draft reports, presentations and briefings.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that a wide range of voices are included in service transformation.
- Identify barriers to health equality for people with learning disabilities and neurodiverse adults.
Coordinate co-production and other engagement with the BLMK system in order to achieve transformation plans.
Attend meetings as necessary, including taking notes, reporting to the team, and chairing meetings.
Support clinical leads, including research, data capture and analysis.
Complete performance reports and templates on behalf of the team, including reporting to NHS England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Mental Health & Learning Disabilities team has a work programme focused on transformation, linked to national and local strategic objectives. The postholder will:
Lead on particular projects, work collaboratively in an integrated health and social care system to deliver programmes that will achieve transformational change.
- Work closely with the Associate Director and team to manage service improvement initiatives.
- Undertake research and analysis relating to learning disabilities and neurodiversity.
- Draft reports, presentations and briefings.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that a wide range of voices are included in service transformation.
- Identify barriers to health equality for people with learning disabilities and neurodiverse adults.
Coordinate co-production and other engagement with the BLMK system in order to achieve transformation plans.
Attend meetings as necessary, including taking notes, reporting to the team, and chairing meetings.
Support clinical leads, including research, data capture and analysis.
Complete performance reports and templates on behalf of the team, including reporting to NHS England.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in a large complex organisation.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at Senior Management level
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Understanding of the public sector
- Project management skills
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in a large complex organisation.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at Senior Management level
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Understanding of the public sector
- Project management skills
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
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.
