Job summary
The ICBs are responsible for the safe,
effective and efficient commissioning of dental services for the population of
the agreed area of Yorkshire and the Humber (Y&H). Humber North Yorkshire
(HNY) ICB is the employing organisation for the dental team on behalf of the
other 2 ICBs in Y&H.
The Deputy
Director of Y&H Dental Commissioning is a high-profile leadership role that
will manage the delivery of dental commissioning across Y&H. The postholder
alongside the dental team will deliver this by:
Overseeing and assuring commissioning of dental services in relation to
ICB and place commitment, providing support appropriately.
Procuring (including exit and entry) and monitoring contracts with
providers to ensure quality, safety and effectiveness of services.
Support and oversight of Local Dental Networks and Managed Clinical
Networks.
Acting in instances when services are compromised and reduce access to
dentistry.
Supporting ICS to deliver significant improvements in oral health and
access using evidence-based initiatives including:
o Flexible
commissioning
o Workforce
transformation, including the establishment of multi-disciplinary teams.
o Digital
implementation
o Access commitments
Main duties of the job
Support the Transformation and Improvement Teams with the system assurance programme enabling the development of the system strategic commissioner function.
Effectively managing resources delegated to ensure deliverables are achieved for dental services.
The post
holder will:
As a Deputy Director of Dental
Commissioning, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in
delivering an effective dental services across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The role provides a unique and
exciting opportunity to lead and support the dental commissioning agenda,
developing a unifying vision and commissioning strategy across health and
social care that is compatible with priorities emerging from all levels of the
ICB as well as regionally and nationally.
The post holder will take a
population-based approach to improving access to dentistry and oral health
outcomes and will bring together commissioning resources across Yorkshire and
Humber to give greater strategic and operational alignment.
Advise and support ICBs to establish and
deliver dental strategies and plans, including the establishment and
development of networks; establishment of integrated, sustainable dental
services to deliver commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Provide assurance that commissioning functions
that are delegated to ICBs are effectively and efficiently delivered.
Commission services for all primary and
secondary care dental.
About us
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
As a Deputy Director of Dental Commissioning, the post holder
will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective dental
services across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The role provides a unique and exciting opportunity to lead and
support the dental commissioning agenda, developing a unifying vision and
commissioning strategy across health and social care that is compatible with
priorities emerging from all levels of the ICB as well as regionally and
nationally.
The post holder will take a population-based approach to
improving access to dentistry and oral health outcomes and will bring
together commissioning resources across Yorkshire and Humber to give greater
strategic and operational alignment.
Advise and support ICBs to establish and
deliver dental strategies and plans, including the establishment and
development of networks; establishment of integrated, sustainable dental services
to deliver commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Provide assurance that commissioning
functions that are delegated to ICBs are effectively and efficiently
delivered.
Commission services for all primary and
secondary care dental.
The post holder will develop effective strategy and operational
policies for promoting innovation across region. Working closely with
colleagues across the region and central team, ensuring a coherent strategy
and will:
Drive the strategy for, supporting
and ensuring alignment across the system
Drive reform and support
organisational change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence
Develop and communicate the vision
for the role of innovation, and the development of strategy and operational
policies to support this vision
Engage with key strategic regional
and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies
Identify examples of national and
international best practice and ensure benefits from relevant innovations in
healthcare.
Support development of the
innovation infrastructure and capacity in organisations.
Develop and champion new initiatives
or projects as necessary. Working with providers and clinical experts to
design new ways of commissioning.
Provide expertise of best practice
methodologies regulatory requirements, policy imperatives, innovation and
technological developments and stakeholders knowledge.
Responsible for delegated budgets
for dental services to be agreed with the Director of Primary Care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Deputy Director of Dental Commissioning, the post holder
will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective dental
services across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The role provides a unique and exciting opportunity to lead and
support the dental commissioning agenda, developing a unifying vision and
commissioning strategy across health and social care that is compatible with
priorities emerging from all levels of the ICB as well as regionally and
nationally.
The post holder will take a population-based approach to
improving access to dentistry and oral health outcomes and will bring
together commissioning resources across Yorkshire and Humber to give greater
strategic and operational alignment.
Advise and support ICBs to establish and
deliver dental strategies and plans, including the establishment and
development of networks; establishment of integrated, sustainable dental services
to deliver commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Provide assurance that commissioning
functions that are delegated to ICBs are effectively and efficiently
delivered.
Commission services for all primary and
secondary care dental.
The post holder will develop effective strategy and operational
policies for promoting innovation across region. Working closely with
colleagues across the region and central team, ensuring a coherent strategy
and will:
Drive the strategy for, supporting
and ensuring alignment across the system
Drive reform and support
organisational change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence
Develop and communicate the vision
for the role of innovation, and the development of strategy and operational
policies to support this vision
Engage with key strategic regional
and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies
Identify examples of national and
international best practice and ensure benefits from relevant innovations in
healthcare.
Support development of the
innovation infrastructure and capacity in organisations.
Develop and champion new initiatives
or projects as necessary. Working with providers and clinical experts to
design new ways of commissioning.
Provide expertise of best practice
methodologies regulatory requirements, policy imperatives, innovation and
technological developments and stakeholders knowledge.
Responsible for delegated budgets
for dental services to be agreed with the Director of Primary Care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development post graduate study.
- Educated to master's level or equivalent professional qualification and level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
- Advanced theoretical, practical, and professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent professional qualification, supplemented by specialist training to postgraduate or equivalent level of experience, in relevant disciplines, e.g. human resources, performance management, finance.
- Additional advanced leadership and transformation training.
Desirable
- Professional registration within one of the key health or social care disciplines.
- PRINCE2 or equivalent programme management qualification.
Skills / Competencies
Essential
- Apply their knowledge, understanding and experience of theory and practice for large- and small- scale change to motivate and work at all levels working across with leaders, clinicians, professional and vocationally experienced colleagues.
- Liaise with all organisations and members to share best practice and drive cross system innovation.
- Have acute political awareness.
- Demonstrable abilities in strategic thinking and planning solutions, showing an understanding of and responsiveness to the needs of communities.
- Ability to lead, motivate, inspire, and empower others, by example.
- Development of constructive relationships based on candour, trust and mutual respect are developed and maintained.
- Demonstrable ability as a forward-thinker with an innovative approach to conceive, develop, and implement new initiatives, and manage change across different organisations.
- First-class presentation skills that can be adapted to a range of audiences and circumstances.
- Ability to work under exceptional pressure.
- An excellent, persuasive, clear and constructive communicator at all levels.
- Ability to make decisions and take responsibility for actions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills: a strong networker able to build relationships with mutual confidence, honesty and respect overcoming significant barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Ability to influence at Executive Director level enabling changes in service behavior to meet goals, objectives and agreed system requirements.
- Negotiation with partners to ensure operational delivery is focused on system rather than organisational approach.
- Significant experience of leading system level transformational change across a range of programmes.
- Flexible in style and approach.
- Ability to assimilate, interpret, and analyse highly complex information and present to others.
- System and process orientated.
- IT literate.
- Presentation skills.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and to deliver.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial management experience at senior level in a large, complex Health or Social Care organisations.
- Proven track record of strategic/large scale complex change programme/s.
- Experience working in, or in close partnership with, democratically accountable organisations.
- Must have a substantial understanding of the background to and aims of current health and social care policy and be able to translate these into system wide and organisational level change.
- Significant evidence of developing and delivering policy and performance changes on a large scale.
- Significant evidence of direct involvement in leading the development of policy in a politically sensitive organisation.
- Significant experience of cross sector and partnership working, developing relations with other organisations and stakeholders to deliver key strategies and programmes.
- Evidence of ability to influence agendas to ensure delivery of outcomes across organisations boundaries.
- Experience of customer engagement and advocacy in continually improving services.
- Significant knowledge of health and social care public sector strategies and initiatives.
- In-depth understanding of the requirements of the Ageing Well policy and the interdependencies with other partners
- Current NHS structural relationships e.g., NHS England, and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- An awareness and understanding of the proposed changes in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan and the Health and Care Bill.
- Demonstrable experience of senioroperational management within NHS or social care services.
- Service development and delivery of major improvement projects.
- Extensive knowledge and evidence of governance, performance management, risk management, and assurance frameworks.
- In depth knowledge of current legislation relating to health and social care.
- Excellent presentation skills, ability to give high level presentations to Boards on behalf of the local system to other organisations.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage highly complex and sensitive situations.
- Experience of implementing service change/ reconfiguration and modernisation services.
- Ability to work within and meet clear performance targets and indicators Understanding and experience of implementing public policy and government legislation.
- Ability to negotiate, shape and influence local service development involving partner agencies and key stakeholders.
- Financial and budgetary management experience.
- Knowledge of current priorities and issues in community based physical health care services.
- Evidence of large-scale change and quality improvement initiatives
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development post graduate study.
- Educated to master's level or equivalent professional qualification and level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
- Advanced theoretical, practical, and professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent professional qualification, supplemented by specialist training to postgraduate or equivalent level of experience, in relevant disciplines, e.g. human resources, performance management, finance.
- Additional advanced leadership and transformation training.
Desirable
- Professional registration within one of the key health or social care disciplines.
- PRINCE2 or equivalent programme management qualification.
Skills / Competencies
Essential
- Apply their knowledge, understanding and experience of theory and practice for large- and small- scale change to motivate and work at all levels working across with leaders, clinicians, professional and vocationally experienced colleagues.
- Liaise with all organisations and members to share best practice and drive cross system innovation.
- Have acute political awareness.
- Demonstrable abilities in strategic thinking and planning solutions, showing an understanding of and responsiveness to the needs of communities.
- Ability to lead, motivate, inspire, and empower others, by example.
- Development of constructive relationships based on candour, trust and mutual respect are developed and maintained.
- Demonstrable ability as a forward-thinker with an innovative approach to conceive, develop, and implement new initiatives, and manage change across different organisations.
- First-class presentation skills that can be adapted to a range of audiences and circumstances.
- Ability to work under exceptional pressure.
- An excellent, persuasive, clear and constructive communicator at all levels.
- Ability to make decisions and take responsibility for actions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills: a strong networker able to build relationships with mutual confidence, honesty and respect overcoming significant barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Ability to influence at Executive Director level enabling changes in service behavior to meet goals, objectives and agreed system requirements.
- Negotiation with partners to ensure operational delivery is focused on system rather than organisational approach.
- Significant experience of leading system level transformational change across a range of programmes.
- Flexible in style and approach.
- Ability to assimilate, interpret, and analyse highly complex information and present to others.
- System and process orientated.
- IT literate.
- Presentation skills.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and to deliver.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial management experience at senior level in a large, complex Health or Social Care organisations.
- Proven track record of strategic/large scale complex change programme/s.
- Experience working in, or in close partnership with, democratically accountable organisations.
- Must have a substantial understanding of the background to and aims of current health and social care policy and be able to translate these into system wide and organisational level change.
- Significant evidence of developing and delivering policy and performance changes on a large scale.
- Significant evidence of direct involvement in leading the development of policy in a politically sensitive organisation.
- Significant experience of cross sector and partnership working, developing relations with other organisations and stakeholders to deliver key strategies and programmes.
- Evidence of ability to influence agendas to ensure delivery of outcomes across organisations boundaries.
- Experience of customer engagement and advocacy in continually improving services.
- Significant knowledge of health and social care public sector strategies and initiatives.
- In-depth understanding of the requirements of the Ageing Well policy and the interdependencies with other partners
- Current NHS structural relationships e.g., NHS England, and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- An awareness and understanding of the proposed changes in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan and the Health and Care Bill.
- Demonstrable experience of senioroperational management within NHS or social care services.
- Service development and delivery of major improvement projects.
- Extensive knowledge and evidence of governance, performance management, risk management, and assurance frameworks.
- In depth knowledge of current legislation relating to health and social care.
- Excellent presentation skills, ability to give high level presentations to Boards on behalf of the local system to other organisations.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage highly complex and sensitive situations.
- Experience of implementing service change/ reconfiguration and modernisation services.
- Ability to work within and meet clear performance targets and indicators Understanding and experience of implementing public policy and government legislation.
- Ability to negotiate, shape and influence local service development involving partner agencies and key stakeholders.
- Financial and budgetary management experience.
- Knowledge of current priorities and issues in community based physical health care services.
- Evidence of large-scale change and quality improvement initiatives
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
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.
