Job summary
The Health Equity Programme team plays a central role ensuring that reducing inequalities in outcomes, access and experience is at the heart of everything the integrated care system across North West London does. The programme team does so through three areas:
Working with and through North West London's health and care commissioners and providers to identify and tackle inequalities in access, experience and outcomes, using national guidance (such as the Core20Plus5 framework for adults and children) and local needs and experience to focus the team's effort.
Working with partners across North West London to address the wider determinants of health. This includes:
Supporting to people to live healthily;
Using strengths of North West London's Anchor institutions to support and strengthen our communities, including contributing to wider economic and socialdevelopment, with a focus on our most deprived communities.
Embedding a Population Health Management (PHM) approach to create a robust, methodologically sound, approach to reducing inequalities. This includes building capability and capacity in the skills needed to deliver PHM.
Main duties of the job
Working with internal partners across North West London and external to address the wider determinants of health. This includes:
Supporting to people to live healthily;
Using strengths of North West London's Anchor institutions to support and strengthen our communities, including contributing to wider economic and social development, with a focus on our most deprived communities.
To lead on a range of key projects, working with the Head of Wider Determinants to ensure that there is a co-produced approach to continuously identifying barriers and inequalities and overcoming these.
To work with a ICS partners in relation to the Anchor portfolio. This will involve leading on Anchor Steering Groups and Community of Practice Forums to facilitate sharing of best practice and facilitate close working with anchor organisations.
To oversee delivery and monitor impact of NWL Anchor Charter and future developments of the Charter
To oversee and monitor impact of the broad range of volunteering programmes to support Core20+5 groups into volunteering and employment in the NHS.
To support the implementation of the digital inclusion project recommendations so that it is embedding into everyday working practices.
To act as the equity Relationship Manager for at least one NWL ICB Programme and Borough team.
Interview date is 17 January 2025.
About us
NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (NHS NWL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in eight boroughs across North West London: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.The local population is large and diverse, with a wide range of health and care needs that are evolving all the time. Working with our partners including Councils, NHSprovider Trusts, GPs and voluntary and community organisations, we plan and allocate NHS resource to deliver a wide range of services including urgent and emergency care, mental health, primary care, elective hospital services and community care.
Working for us, you can help ensure that our residents and patients have access to the right services when they need them and assist them take greater care of their own health to ensure they live longer, healthier lives.
To do this we will:improve outcomes in population health and healthcarereduce inequalities in health outcomes, experience, and accessenhance productivity and better value for moneysupport broader social and economic development within our area.We're proud of our staff and the contribution they make and are committed to developing their knowledge and skills in a supportive, inclusive, and values-led organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on the detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role, please read the job description and person specification document provided on this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on the detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role, please read the job description and person specification document provided on this advert.
Person Specification
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential
- oAble to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, including presentations to groups; manage barriers to understanding; negotiate stakeholder agreement or co-operation
Knowledge Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Experience of delivering complex transformational projects, including demonstrating system-level critical thinking and effectively working with a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve the desired outcome.
Desirable
- Experience of the health equity agenda, including working with communities to reduce inequalities
Analytical & Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Able to assess and present highly complex facts or situations requiring analysis and/or interpretation, including the comparison of a range of options
- Able to demonstrate skills of judgement in analysing and preparing a business case or other project plan, from the point of view of service-user and carer experience, clinical delivery, organisational, financial, logistical (including workforce) and other issues
Planning & Organisational Skills
Essential
- Able to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities, requiring stakeholder input and adaptation, and recognition of competing demands and realities of operational delivery
- Able to demonstrate flexibility where necessary in adjusting plans or strategies as circumstances require
Human Resources
Essential
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
Person Specification
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential
- oAble to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, including presentations to groups; manage barriers to understanding; negotiate stakeholder agreement or co-operation
Knowledge Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Experience of delivering complex transformational projects, including demonstrating system-level critical thinking and effectively working with a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve the desired outcome.
Desirable
- Experience of the health equity agenda, including working with communities to reduce inequalities
Analytical & Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Able to assess and present highly complex facts or situations requiring analysis and/or interpretation, including the comparison of a range of options
- Able to demonstrate skills of judgement in analysing and preparing a business case or other project plan, from the point of view of service-user and carer experience, clinical delivery, organisational, financial, logistical (including workforce) and other issues
Planning & Organisational Skills
Essential
- Able to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities, requiring stakeholder input and adaptation, and recognition of competing demands and realities of operational delivery
- Able to demonstrate flexibility where necessary in adjusting plans or strategies as circumstances require
Human Resources
Essential
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
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).
