Job summary
Are you passionate about
improving outcomes for people that draw on care and support? If yes, we have
the perfect role for you! Our Integrated Commissioning Team is looking to
recruit an Assistant Director to lead high-quality commissioning across the full
range of health and care services - this portfolio includes work across North
East Lincolnshire Council and HNY ICB NEL place team covering a portfolio that
includes support at home, supported living, residential care, adult mental
health, learning disabilities, and preventative adult social care services.
Main duties of the job
North
East Lincolnshire has a long and established history of integration. You will lead a team designed to improve
outcomes across a wide range of health and social care services. This will include commissioning, contracting
and leading service improvement. This will be a dynamic and rewarding role,
where no two days are the same and which has huge opportunity to make a
difference for North East Lincolnshire residents. The
post-holder will lead by example in supporting and inspiring your team to be
visible, evidence-based, relational, and high-quality commissioners and will
be well-supported in turn by collaborative and supportive senior leaders of
which the post holder will be a part of. You will have a significant role in
building strategic partnerships and collaboration across local authorities and
health services, and in strengthening our strategic commissioned offer with provider
partners.
We are looking for an experienced and committed
commissioning leader, who is innovative, energetic, and ambitious for our
residents, staff and services. You will be politically adept, a skilled
communicator, and will have a strong track record of delivery in a political
organisation. You will have a strong knowledge of the legislative and policy
context, be comfortable navigating complexity, and supporting others to effect
positive change.
About us
The ICB welcomes all applicants, however, we must
remind applicants that we currently do not hold a Tier 2 sponsorship license
(now called Skilled Worker visa sponsorship). Can we politely ask this is
considered before applying for this position.
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning and arranging the provision of NHS services to meet the diverse health needs of a population of 1.7 million people. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and the large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
The ICB is part of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, one of 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS) across England to meet health and care needs, coordinate services and plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequality between groups. The Health and Care Partnership comprises of NHS organisations, local councils, health and care providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will
take lead responsibility working with the North East Lincolnshire (NEL) Place Director (PD)
and Director of Adult Social Services (DASS) to support HYN ICB and NEL Council
to meet its full place based commissioning responsibilities (across all
services commissioned at Place)
be a key member of the
North East Lincolnshire Senior Leader team; working closely with other staff across Place partner organisations in
particular, NEL Council, Social Care, Clinical Leads, and wider ICB to ensure that they are supporting the development and delivery
of the ICB Joint Forward Plan, NEL Place
Plan and NEL Council Plan.
lead the development and delivery the Adult Social
Care NEL Place and NEL Council strategic and annual plans
work in partnership with Place colleagues, North
East Lincolnshire Council and wider ICB to support strategic commissioning for
North East Lincolnshires population, taking lead responsibility across the
footprints as agreed on behalf of all partners, including but not limited to:
support at home, supported living, residential and nursing homes, community inc
Learning Disabilities and Mental Health.
Lead the development and delivery of the NEL
Adult Social Care Place operational/commissioning plan, including progress and
dashboard reporting and risk management.
Budget holder for Health and Adult Social Care
commissioning budgets including large multi-stranded financial contracts for
NHS and Social Care services including: Care at Home, Supported Living,
Residential and Nursing Care Homes, community, and mental health services.
Ensure that health and social care providers
meet population needs, deliver agreed quality and core performance standards.
Have oversight of the quality and performance
issues with the main providers within the roles areas of focus feeding back
into the overall contract performance and issues of a quality or performance
nature to be taken up with the provider /wider system for management.
The postholder will look at opportunities for
joint working whilst acknowledging respective organisations priorities.
Lead the
coordination of training and development and recruitment activity across the
NEL Care and independence team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will
take lead responsibility working with the North East Lincolnshire (NEL) Place Director (PD)
and Director of Adult Social Services (DASS) to support HYN ICB and NEL Council
to meet its full place based commissioning responsibilities (across all
services commissioned at Place)
be a key member of the
North East Lincolnshire Senior Leader team; working closely with other staff across Place partner organisations in
particular, NEL Council, Social Care, Clinical Leads, and wider ICB to ensure that they are supporting the development and delivery
of the ICB Joint Forward Plan, NEL Place
Plan and NEL Council Plan.
lead the development and delivery the Adult Social
Care NEL Place and NEL Council strategic and annual plans
work in partnership with Place colleagues, North
East Lincolnshire Council and wider ICB to support strategic commissioning for
North East Lincolnshires population, taking lead responsibility across the
footprints as agreed on behalf of all partners, including but not limited to:
support at home, supported living, residential and nursing homes, community inc
Learning Disabilities and Mental Health.
Lead the development and delivery of the NEL
Adult Social Care Place operational/commissioning plan, including progress and
dashboard reporting and risk management.
Budget holder for Health and Adult Social Care
commissioning budgets including large multi-stranded financial contracts for
NHS and Social Care services including: Care at Home, Supported Living,
Residential and Nursing Care Homes, community, and mental health services.
Ensure that health and social care providers
meet population needs, deliver agreed quality and core performance standards.
Have oversight of the quality and performance
issues with the main providers within the roles areas of focus feeding back
into the overall contract performance and issues of a quality or performance
nature to be taken up with the provider /wider system for management.
The postholder will look at opportunities for
joint working whilst acknowledging respective organisations priorities.
Lead the
coordination of training and development and recruitment activity across the
NEL Care and independence team.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current health and social care policy
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
- Determination, perseverance and resilience.
- Flexibility and the ability to handle a rapidly changing environment
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
- Good presentational skills for conveying highly complex concepts.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand/analyse a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Abilities for financial and staff management
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time
- Evidence of change management skills across a range of environments
- Demonstrable ability to develop effective across boundary relationships
- Demonstrate ability to develop and implement strategic plans
- Standard keyboard skills
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
Desirable
- Project Management qualification
- Use of broad range of service improvement/ redesign methodologies
- Ability to travel efficiently as necessary for the post
Qualifications
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
- Member of relevant professional body and post study qualification
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Highly specialist knowledge in a number of disciplines acquired through experience, in governance, performance, commissioning and health sector
- High level of knowledge and understanding of financial Managements
- Leadership/management/business Qualification or equivalent
- NHS operating framework and statutory duties etc.
- In depth understanding of NHS / Adult Social Care Structure
- Understanding of change management , problem solving and decision making processes
- Working knowledge of corporate governance and conflicts of interest
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current health and social care policy
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
- Determination, perseverance and resilience.
- Flexibility and the ability to handle a rapidly changing environment
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
- Good presentational skills for conveying highly complex concepts.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand/analyse a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Abilities for financial and staff management
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time
- Evidence of change management skills across a range of environments
- Demonstrable ability to develop effective across boundary relationships
- Demonstrate ability to develop and implement strategic plans
- Standard keyboard skills
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
Desirable
- Project Management qualification
- Use of broad range of service improvement/ redesign methodologies
- Ability to travel efficiently as necessary for the post
Qualifications
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
- Member of relevant professional body and post study qualification
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Highly specialist knowledge in a number of disciplines acquired through experience, in governance, performance, commissioning and health sector
- High level of knowledge and understanding of financial Managements
- Leadership/management/business Qualification or equivalent
- NHS operating framework and statutory duties etc.
- In depth understanding of NHS / Adult Social Care Structure
- Understanding of change management , problem solving and decision making processes
- Working knowledge of corporate governance and conflicts of interest
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.
