Job summary
If coming from a NHS organisation this role will be offered as a secondment. If coming from an outside organisation role will be offered as a fixed term contract.
Secondment / Fixed term contract to 31 March 2025.
Reducing Health Inequalities across mid and south Essex is a core strategic objective of the Integrated Care Board.
This role will sit within the Strategy & Corporate directorate, reporting to the Transformation Manager within the Prevention team. The Team is responsible for the delivery of national and local health inequalities and prevention priorities. This role will provide capacity to coordinate and support local leadership on Health & Work programmes, sharing best practice and suppporting the transformation manager to develop a strategy for improving outcomes for Mid & South Essex residents. This role may support our other healthy programmes as necessary.
We are looking for a motivated, dynamic individual, with an understanding of health inequalities and prevention, and barriers to employment, who shares our values of being collaborative, innovative, compassionate and living well.
Predominantly Home Working.
Main duties of the job
Duties would include:
- Support a collective leadership group across the ICB in the work and health space via a system wide Healthy Work working group which includes health, social care and community organisations, ensuring diverse perspectives and expertise from Essex, Southend and Thurrock are brought to the table.
- Develop a framework to share best practice into underserved areas.
- Develop and implement a communications strategy to ensure stakeholders are engaged and informed.
- Work with the Population Health Management Team to explore where data collection and analysis processes can be improved to provide more comprehensive insights into health needs and outcomes.
- Support local engagement events through Alliances, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) and local government, to increase engagement of residents and partners in activities to support Healthy Work
About us
Mid and South Essex ICB is a statutory organisation responsible for the planning and delivery of local health and care services, across Mid and South Essex and is part of the wider integrated care system. Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. The headquarters for the organisation is Phoenix Court, Basildon, but there is a hybrid model of working, which includes working across Mid and South Essex and home working.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications regardless of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion or belief. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustment for people who have a disability. We would also encourage applicants to raise any personal circumstances they would like us to be aware of so that we can consider possible adjustments.
Unfortunately, the organisation does not have a Sponsorship licence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System includes the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.
The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realising this ambition.
The ICB has received a limited amount of funding from the DWP for the purposes of health and work integration. The goal is to provide capacity to lead on mobilising service integration on work and health across the ICS area, in line with identified population health need, to increase workforce participation for disabled people and people with health conditions who face health and social barriers to work.
This role will support the Transformation manager in coordinating the ICS-wide, work and health partnership. It will involve engaging with wider system partners such as (but not limited to), Local Authority Partners, the primary care system, DWP as well as voluntary organisations and employers. Assisting in developing a service integration delivery plan, including the work and health measures announced in the Spring 24 budget, and making links with other opportunities, including the levelling up and devolution agenda.
In addition to the healthy work programme, the post holder would also assist with the wider healthy programmes of work (Healthy start, healthy hearts, healthy minds, healthy homes and healthy weight) as required. They may also be required to support broader prevention and health inequalities priorities across the ICS.
The post holder will project manage assigned projects to deliver the desired outcomes in accordance with quality, budget, and timescale specifications, thus performing a key role in keeping the projects/programme on track to meet the objectives.
This will involve:
- Supporting a collective leadership group across the ICB in the work and health space via a system wide Healthy Work working group which includes health, social care and communityorganisations, ensuring diverse perspectives and expertise from Essex, Southend and Thurrock are brought to the table.
- Develop a framework to share best practice into underserved areas.
- Develop and implement a communications strategy to ensure stakeholders are engaged and informed.
- Work with the Population Health Management Team to explore where data collection and analysis processes can be improved to provide more comprehensive insights into health needs and outcomes.
- Support local engagement events through Alliances, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) and local government, to increase engagement of residents and partners in activities to support Healthy Work.
COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES
- Project Management, Planning, executing, and monitoring the project development process to ensure it stays on track and meets objectives. Lead on priority projects to improve health and/or reduce health inequalities working with partners to ensure they are appropriately planned and executed.
- Support planning for the MSE ICB WorkWell programme to understand needs and identify opportunities for strengthening further integration of work and health services.
- Stakeholder engagement & management, engaging diverse stakeholders and ensuring their active participation in project development and implementation and facilitating effective collaboration between NHS, public health, mental health services, social care and employment services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System includes the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.
The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realising this ambition.
The ICB has received a limited amount of funding from the DWP for the purposes of health and work integration. The goal is to provide capacity to lead on mobilising service integration on work and health across the ICS area, in line with identified population health need, to increase workforce participation for disabled people and people with health conditions who face health and social barriers to work.
This role will support the Transformation manager in coordinating the ICS-wide, work and health partnership. It will involve engaging with wider system partners such as (but not limited to), Local Authority Partners, the primary care system, DWP as well as voluntary organisations and employers. Assisting in developing a service integration delivery plan, including the work and health measures announced in the Spring 24 budget, and making links with other opportunities, including the levelling up and devolution agenda.
In addition to the healthy work programme, the post holder would also assist with the wider healthy programmes of work (Healthy start, healthy hearts, healthy minds, healthy homes and healthy weight) as required. They may also be required to support broader prevention and health inequalities priorities across the ICS.
The post holder will project manage assigned projects to deliver the desired outcomes in accordance with quality, budget, and timescale specifications, thus performing a key role in keeping the projects/programme on track to meet the objectives.
This will involve:
- Supporting a collective leadership group across the ICB in the work and health space via a system wide Healthy Work working group which includes health, social care and communityorganisations, ensuring diverse perspectives and expertise from Essex, Southend and Thurrock are brought to the table.
- Develop a framework to share best practice into underserved areas.
- Develop and implement a communications strategy to ensure stakeholders are engaged and informed.
- Work with the Population Health Management Team to explore where data collection and analysis processes can be improved to provide more comprehensive insights into health needs and outcomes.
- Support local engagement events through Alliances, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) and local government, to increase engagement of residents and partners in activities to support Healthy Work.
COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES
- Project Management, Planning, executing, and monitoring the project development process to ensure it stays on track and meets objectives. Lead on priority projects to improve health and/or reduce health inequalities working with partners to ensure they are appropriately planned and executed.
- Support planning for the MSE ICB WorkWell programme to understand needs and identify opportunities for strengthening further integration of work and health services.
- Stakeholder engagement & management, engaging diverse stakeholders and ensuring their active participation in project development and implementation and facilitating effective collaboration between NHS, public health, mental health services, social care and employment services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Plus, knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of NHS project management experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Skills
Essential
- Proven level of developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels both written and verbal
- Ability to provide and receive overly complex, sensitive, and contentious information
- Ability to formulate arguments and express them clearly to lay people and to persuade clinicians and senior management over a course of action
- Ability to manage own workload, working to deadlines
- Ability to plan over short-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Other
Essential
- Personal qualities of honesty and integrity
- Ability to command respect and establish credibility quickly
- Possess a positive attitude and be self-motivated
Knowledge / understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant systems and procedures
- Understanding of policies and practices within required field of work
- Understanding of the current issues impacting on the NHS
Partnership Working / Leadership Management
Essential
- Takes personal responsibility for actions and their impact
- Ability to work in a collaborative way across organisational/sector boundaries to achieve the highest quality outcomes for patients
- Can demonstrate partnership working and the understanding of how and when partnerships should be built, to effect solutions that span across multiple stakeholders
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a service focused environment
- Experience of managing and delivering projects involving stakeholders
- Experience of managing incoming and outgoing information requirements, handling correspondence/queries which may be overly complex, sensitive, or highly confidential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Plus, knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of NHS project management experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Skills
Essential
- Proven level of developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels both written and verbal
- Ability to provide and receive overly complex, sensitive, and contentious information
- Ability to formulate arguments and express them clearly to lay people and to persuade clinicians and senior management over a course of action
- Ability to manage own workload, working to deadlines
- Ability to plan over short-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Other
Essential
- Personal qualities of honesty and integrity
- Ability to command respect and establish credibility quickly
- Possess a positive attitude and be self-motivated
Knowledge / understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant systems and procedures
- Understanding of policies and practices within required field of work
- Understanding of the current issues impacting on the NHS
Partnership Working / Leadership Management
Essential
- Takes personal responsibility for actions and their impact
- Ability to work in a collaborative way across organisational/sector boundaries to achieve the highest quality outcomes for patients
- Can demonstrate partnership working and the understanding of how and when partnerships should be built, to effect solutions that span across multiple stakeholders
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a service focused environment
- Experience of managing and delivering projects involving stakeholders
- Experience of managing incoming and outgoing information requirements, handling correspondence/queries which may be overly complex, sensitive, or highly confidential
