Job summary
We are looking for an experienced project manager to
explore the viability &
feasibility of delivering an integrated social care approach to community
stroke teams across West Yorkshire & Harrogate (WYH) & Humber &
North Yorkshire (HNY) Integrated Stroke Delivery Network ISDN areas.
A gap in the
provision of adult social care (ASC) has been identified across both these
regions in multiple areas. Evidence
demonstrates this gap has a significant detrimental impact on patient and carer
experience, ability to support independence and autonomy, therapy team
capacity, and hospital bed capacity/patient flow.
We are looking
for a project manager with experience of the ASC/rehabilitation interface.
Someone who favours a strengths-based approach and can use co-production to
assess and map the issues affecting ASC integration in stroke rehabilitation.
Ultimately someone who can develop a project which articulates the problem and barriers to achieving fully
integrated social care support.
Main duties of the job
To develop a project
plan for assessing and mapping the potential for optimal integration of ASC
in Community stroke rehabilitation.
To
assess current barriers and factors affecting to ASC integration in key areas
including community care bed, accessing timely care
packages, specialist social worker and
reablement care staff training and education,
To
assess and map the impact of the lack of ASC integration on delayed hospital discharge, Therapy time spent managing social support / care
packages
To map community assets for each area to
enable MDTs to link people in with local organisations and support access to
life after stroke support
To explore opportunities to work innovatively
to improve ASC integration by developing personalised care budgets,
integrated within health and social care budgets, to support more
person-centred care and autonomy.
To
work autonomously engaging with key stakeholders from across the health and
care system to support coproduction in
identifying key initiatives to pilot
To develop a
business plan that outlines where ASC integration can be implemented and
optimised to enable
person-centred and person-led rehabilitation to promote peoples independence
and autonomy in their own home and creating capacity in inpatient and community
rehab services.
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
Current NHS - secondoment basis
Non NHS - fixed term contract
Priority will be given to internal candidates within the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
To set up a group of
people with lived experience of Stroke, Carers and Peer Leaders to coproduce,
steer and inform key outputs.
To embed a strength
based approach, ensuring that the persons own strengths and preferences are
key to their discharge and community support.
To map current provision
of community care bed options across both ISDNs
To explore the
barriers to patients accessing timely care packages
To develop a system
wide training needs analysis of health and social staff working across the
Stroke Pathway,
To identify the
current situation in terms of number of delayed discharges across pilot sites
within each ISDN
To quantify risk as a
result of non-specialist care package planning e.g. using incident reporting
data and safeguarding cases
To explore rehab time
spent managing social support / care packages
To map community assets for each area to enable
MDTs to link people in with local organisations and support access to life
after stroke support
To explore the potential of developing personalised
care budgets, integrated within health and social care budgets, to support more
person-centred care
To work closely with
the ISDN Health Inequalities lead to prioritise the focus for the delivery of different models in different areas according
to need.
To explore the
barriers and facilitators to develop and sustain an integrated social care
approach into community stroke services identifying the elements which would have
the greatest impact without significant investment
From scoping to identify
key initiatives to pilot in 1 provider and local authority in each ISDN
footprint
To work
autonomously in accordance with relevant guidance, policies, legislation and strategies
to support the delivery of improvements in service performance and national and
local target delivery.
To work
autonomously to lead and manage project delivery engaging with appropriate
stakeholders from across the health and care system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Current NHS - secondoment basis
Non NHS - fixed term contract
Priority will be given to internal candidates within the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
To set up a group of
people with lived experience of Stroke, Carers and Peer Leaders to coproduce,
steer and inform key outputs.
To embed a strength
based approach, ensuring that the persons own strengths and preferences are
key to their discharge and community support.
To map current provision
of community care bed options across both ISDNs
To explore the
barriers to patients accessing timely care packages
To develop a system
wide training needs analysis of health and social staff working across the
Stroke Pathway,
To identify the
current situation in terms of number of delayed discharges across pilot sites
within each ISDN
To quantify risk as a
result of non-specialist care package planning e.g. using incident reporting
data and safeguarding cases
To explore rehab time
spent managing social support / care packages
To map community assets for each area to enable
MDTs to link people in with local organisations and support access to life
after stroke support
To explore the potential of developing personalised
care budgets, integrated within health and social care budgets, to support more
person-centred care
To work closely with
the ISDN Health Inequalities lead to prioritise the focus for the delivery of different models in different areas according
to need.
To explore the
barriers and facilitators to develop and sustain an integrated social care
approach into community stroke services identifying the elements which would have
the greatest impact without significant investment
From scoping to identify
key initiatives to pilot in 1 provider and local authority in each ISDN
footprint
To work
autonomously in accordance with relevant guidance, policies, legislation and strategies
to support the delivery of improvements in service performance and national and
local target delivery.
To work
autonomously to lead and manage project delivery engaging with appropriate
stakeholders from across the health and care system.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between NHSE, provider and commissioning organisations and the broader health and care system
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Project Management qualification and/or training
- Management or Leadership qualification
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or Social Work
Skills / Competencies
Essential
- Proven ability to work to competing demands and challenging deadlines
- Able to work effectively in a changing environment
- Ability to understand and analyse highly complex information, develop options, and present these clearly and concisely both verbally and in written form
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- Intermediate Keyboard Skills
- Good understanding of Microsoft Office systems
- Demonstrate a forward thinking and innovative approach to health and well-being
- Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
- A positive approach which encourages, innovates and supports staff and colleagues
- Self aware
- Personal resilience
- Occasionally dealing with patient level information which will be highly emotional or distressing
- Ability to make decisions within the remit of the role
- Able to commute effectively across both ISDN footprints
Experience
Essential
- Experience and understanding of stroke services and pathways
- Experience of successfully leading change management initiatives and specific change projects across health or social care pathways
- Experience of producing robust business plans
- Experience of building and sustaining effective and productive working relationships with a wide range of people at all levels and across a wide variety of agencies
- Significant experience of working across health and social care pathways
Desirable
- Management/Leadership experience in different health/social care settings
- Project management experience
- Experience of contract negotiation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between NHSE, provider and commissioning organisations and the broader health and care system
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Project Management qualification and/or training
- Management or Leadership qualification
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or Social Work
Skills / Competencies
Essential
- Proven ability to work to competing demands and challenging deadlines
- Able to work effectively in a changing environment
- Ability to understand and analyse highly complex information, develop options, and present these clearly and concisely both verbally and in written form
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- Intermediate Keyboard Skills
- Good understanding of Microsoft Office systems
- Demonstrate a forward thinking and innovative approach to health and well-being
- Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
- A positive approach which encourages, innovates and supports staff and colleagues
- Self aware
- Personal resilience
- Occasionally dealing with patient level information which will be highly emotional or distressing
- Ability to make decisions within the remit of the role
- Able to commute effectively across both ISDN footprints
Experience
Essential
- Experience and understanding of stroke services and pathways
- Experience of successfully leading change management initiatives and specific change projects across health or social care pathways
- Experience of producing robust business plans
- Experience of building and sustaining effective and productive working relationships with a wide range of people at all levels and across a wide variety of agencies
- Significant experience of working across health and social care pathways
Desirable
- Management/Leadership experience in different health/social care settings
- Project management experience
- Experience of contract negotiation
