Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Regional Programme Manager for the Psychological Professions Network (PPN) within the South-East (SE) on a Part-Time 22.5-hour fixed term/ secondment basis to 31 March 2024.
The PPN SE is a network developed by HEE that aims to maximise the impact of the psychological professions for the public by bringing together psychological professionals working in NHS commissioned healthcare with associated stakeholders including training institutions, experts by experience and those aspiring to join the psychological professions. The network advises on and supports delivery of the expansion of the psychological professions across the South East to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan.
You will work collaboratively with the PPN regional chairs and HEE SE regional lead for mental health in order to deliver an agreed programme of work. You will be highly flexible, with excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, a strong track record of system change, and driven to achieve shared objectives through collaboration. Comprehensive knowledge of project and programme management is desired as well as clinical or operational experience of psychological service delivery, workforce transformation, training and clinical delivery.
Main duties of the job
Developing and maintaining a funded regional membership network open to all Psychological Professionals and key stakeholders including experts by experience (EBE)
Organising a regional workforce council and associated communication structure to support this.
Co-designing a regional Annual Work Plan and managing delivery of this plan and associated projects
Engaging with key stakeholders including clinical networks across the region, and establishing and promoting new networks, Communities of Practice and PPN Sub-networks where there is a need.
Working closely with the national lead for EBE to support engagement and expansion of said experts involvement across the enabling workstreams of the PPN in England and developing EBE involvement in strategic and business approaches
Representing the PPN at external meetings, functions, and events and acting as a spokesperson for the PPN.
Management of the PPN regional team, including assistant psychologists, regional assistants and other associated staff.
About us
HEE provides leadership for the education and training system. It ensures that the shape and skills of the future health and public health workforce evolve to sustain high quality outcomes for patients in the face of demographic and technological change. HEE ensures that the workforce has the right skills, behaviours and training, and is available in the right numbers, to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and drive improvements through supporting healthcare providers and clinicians to take greater responsibility for planning and commissioning education and training.
Our ambition is to be the best organisation of our type in the world by living our values every day.
Our Core Values are that everyone feels valued and respected and are included and involved in everything that affects them; are trusted to make decisions with clear reasons in order to be empowered to deliver; are committed to clear, effective communication, which is transparent and open when sharing information; takes pride and has integrity in everything we do and recognises that everyone has a significant contribution whilst taking personal responsibility and accountability for actions and behaviours.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Engaging People/Key Working relationships
- Work with the programme SRO, Regional Leads and PPN regional Chairs to ensure national context and clinical perspective is embedded in programme development and delivery.
- Communicate values, strategic plans and service direction to help all colleagues understand how they are affected. Also creates opportunities for people to contribute their views and ideas. Works with people affected by service improvements to evaluate the impact of changes on the service. Feeds this information into ongoing improvements
- Continually reviews the values, strategic plans and directions of the service to take account of changing circumstances
- Communicate, provide and present highly complex information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Delegated responsibility for representing and presenting HEEs and PPN's position regarding the programme of work to a broad range of internal and external, Board-level stakeholders and stakeholder groups with demanding, complex and often competing agendas.
- Support the PPN regional Chair to build and preserve trusted stakeholder relationships and networks of influence among external, Board-level stakeholders in challenging circumstances to support the promotion of the PPN's and HEEs strategic objectives.
- Negotiating with external, Board-level stakeholders in sensitive and contentious circumstances
- Engaging, and working closely with, peers across the region and nationally to support organisational learning, innovation, matrix working and the adoption of best practice.
Delivering Results/Functional Responsibilities
Responsible for programme delivery for an assigned portfolio of work.
- Develops long-term, strategic delivery plans for assigned programmes of work.
- Responsible for setting and managing the performance of allocated workforce transformation programmes against short, medium and long-term key performance indicators.
- Accurately evaluates stakeholder needs from a range of qualitative and quantitative data sources (programme performance data, strategic delivery plans stakeholders input, commissioned research.)
- Prioritisation and delegation of complex and competing/conflicting work programmes (e.g. differing STP priorities within the footprint, differing education provider views etc.)
- Uses insight, experience and an evidence-based approach (data triangulation, after action review, information systems etc.) to inform decision making.
- Delegated budget-setting responsibility for a number of assigned workforce transformation programmes, ensuring projects are delivered within agreed departmental budget, financial risks are reported and managed, and value for the taxpayer.
- Responsible for ensuring programmes of work are aligned to and successfully deliver regional strategic objectives, KPIs and regulatory compliance.
- Adapts plans to account changes in government policy, system needs, technological advances, and evaluation of a range of performance data.
- Deputises for the PPN regional Chair building strong relationships with senior (Board and Chief Executive level) external stakeholders, influencing decision making to achieve strategic outcomes where no formal line management or organisational spheres of control exist.
- Delegated authority to negotiate to gain consensus amongst senior external stakeholders on complex and contentious issues in a political environment relating to local/regional workforce transformation priorities.
- Ensures the appropriate allocation of internal/external resources and managing risk across several competing work programmes to ensure timescales/targets are met.
- Measures and evaluates the outcomes of strategic, tactical and operational decision making and performance of the programme portfolio using evidence-based approach and the appropriate use of robust performance management and research methodologies, information systems research and reporting (weekly and monthly reporting aggregating to quarterly review and contributing to annual reviews).
- Ensures the adaption of best practice and learning from transformation programmes outcomes are shared regionally and inform future workforce transformation strategy.
- Line manages the PPN regional team, including performance review and development support.
- Procure/commission Programmes of work as required.
- To produce reports on progress against plan, for internal assurance and other Boards and Committees as required.
Management and leadership
- To provide senior leadership for an assigned portfolio of regional PPN work programmes covering multiple organisations and agencies.
- Responsible for the delivery of regional PPN programmes against short, medium and long-term key performance indicators. Delegating delivery of work, ensuring the appropriate allocation of internal/external resources/expertise to deliver the programmes as required to ensure strategic objectives are met.
- Procures/commissions externally run programmes of work as required.
- Works alongside partner organisations and agencies to co-deliver programmes of work were required and promote partnership working.
- Effective management of risk including allowing for flexibility and resilience in plans to accommodate change (e.g. changes in government policy, evolving system needs, technological advances, evaluation of a range of performance data).
- Decision making in an uncertain environment, where the outcomes are not immediately apparent no right answer exists (e.g. programmes with no precedent, long planning horizon, complex causal chain etc.)
- Manages PPN regional team and associated project teams that might include resource that is not directly accountable to the postholder.
- Line manager for the PPN regional team, including performance management, appraisal and professional development, objective setting, mandatory training compliance etc.
- In consultation with the PPN Regional Chair and Regional Mental Health Lead , contributes to setting teams strategic objectives and responsible for translating into tactical priorities ensuring alignment with local and regional agenda.
- Role models positive behaviours (partnership working, whole system understanding, One HEE, positive/constructive outlook, customer focus etc.) and promotes a supportive, team-working culture, setting the tone for the wider team.
- To work closely with internal and external teams, stakeholders and organisations to lead, advise, support, facilitate, monitor and performance manage the implementation of the programme.
- To support the PPN and HEE in driving transformation, building sustainability and delivering value for money.
- Responsible for ensuring that the regional PPN programme supports the delivery of the HEE Mandate, Business Plan, People Plan and Long-Term Plan, and the associated plans including the National Psychological Professions Vision for England and National Psychological Professions Workforce Plan.
- Working across HEE teams, lead Programmes of work on behalf of HEE utilising subject matter expertise.
- To deputise for the PPN Regional Chair as required
- Discharge budget holder responsibilities, inc. accurate budget setting and forecasting and compliant with standing orders and financial instructions.
- Responsible for their own continued professional development and maintaining and delivering their Personal Development Plan.
Setting Direction and Service Improvement
- Leads on the initiation, development and implementation of guidance, frameworks and policies in support of assigned work areas, actively promoting continuous service improvement
- Leads on internal and external service improvements
- Presents a positive role model in times of service improvement and organisational change. Supports and works with others to help them understand the need for change and to adapt to it
- Contributes to the development of an integrated approach to, service improvement
- Recommend policy improvement or changes because of comprehensive and timely reviews of regional PPN Programme performance and outputs.
- Determine short, medium and long-term business plans for the regional PPN programme to achieve quality outcomes.
- Responsible for governance of assigned Programmes
- To support the implementation of national priorities in relation to the assigned Programmes.
- Utilising local workforce knowledge to inform national team and regional priorities and delivery planning.
- Build and preserves trusted stakeholder relationships and networks of influence among external, senior stakeholders in challenging circumstances to support the promotion of HEEs strategic objectives, partnership working and the alignment of HEE local/national workforce transformation strategy to boarder healthcare system priorities.
- Presents a positive role model both internal and to external stakeholders, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and learning.
- Focus on quality improvement and performance outcomes across the regional PPN programme portfolio, ensuring quality assurance is a team responsibility at all levels.
- Plans, develops and evaluates methods to measure the performance and outputs of assigned workforce transformation Programmes.
- Commissions primary/secondary research in support of an evidence-based approach to decision making as required.
- Evaluates and the methods of gathering, interpreting and presenting data including working with colleagues in informatics to develop information and reporting systems.
Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting theapplication.
Salary progression
Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 8b with a full-time starting salary of £54,764, with a pay step increase after 5 years service.These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the HEE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review
Job description
Job responsibilities
Engaging People/Key Working relationships
- Work with the programme SRO, Regional Leads and PPN regional Chairs to ensure national context and clinical perspective is embedded in programme development and delivery.
- Communicate values, strategic plans and service direction to help all colleagues understand how they are affected. Also creates opportunities for people to contribute their views and ideas. Works with people affected by service improvements to evaluate the impact of changes on the service. Feeds this information into ongoing improvements
- Continually reviews the values, strategic plans and directions of the service to take account of changing circumstances
- Communicate, provide and present highly complex information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Delegated responsibility for representing and presenting HEEs and PPN's position regarding the programme of work to a broad range of internal and external, Board-level stakeholders and stakeholder groups with demanding, complex and often competing agendas.
- Support the PPN regional Chair to build and preserve trusted stakeholder relationships and networks of influence among external, Board-level stakeholders in challenging circumstances to support the promotion of the PPN's and HEEs strategic objectives.
- Negotiating with external, Board-level stakeholders in sensitive and contentious circumstances
- Engaging, and working closely with, peers across the region and nationally to support organisational learning, innovation, matrix working and the adoption of best practice.
Delivering Results/Functional Responsibilities
Responsible for programme delivery for an assigned portfolio of work.
- Develops long-term, strategic delivery plans for assigned programmes of work.
- Responsible for setting and managing the performance of allocated workforce transformation programmes against short, medium and long-term key performance indicators.
- Accurately evaluates stakeholder needs from a range of qualitative and quantitative data sources (programme performance data, strategic delivery plans stakeholders input, commissioned research.)
- Prioritisation and delegation of complex and competing/conflicting work programmes (e.g. differing STP priorities within the footprint, differing education provider views etc.)
- Uses insight, experience and an evidence-based approach (data triangulation, after action review, information systems etc.) to inform decision making.
- Delegated budget-setting responsibility for a number of assigned workforce transformation programmes, ensuring projects are delivered within agreed departmental budget, financial risks are reported and managed, and value for the taxpayer.
- Responsible for ensuring programmes of work are aligned to and successfully deliver regional strategic objectives, KPIs and regulatory compliance.
- Adapts plans to account changes in government policy, system needs, technological advances, and evaluation of a range of performance data.
- Deputises for the PPN regional Chair building strong relationships with senior (Board and Chief Executive level) external stakeholders, influencing decision making to achieve strategic outcomes where no formal line management or organisational spheres of control exist.
- Delegated authority to negotiate to gain consensus amongst senior external stakeholders on complex and contentious issues in a political environment relating to local/regional workforce transformation priorities.
- Ensures the appropriate allocation of internal/external resources and managing risk across several competing work programmes to ensure timescales/targets are met.
- Measures and evaluates the outcomes of strategic, tactical and operational decision making and performance of the programme portfolio using evidence-based approach and the appropriate use of robust performance management and research methodologies, information systems research and reporting (weekly and monthly reporting aggregating to quarterly review and contributing to annual reviews).
- Ensures the adaption of best practice and learning from transformation programmes outcomes are shared regionally and inform future workforce transformation strategy.
- Line manages the PPN regional team, including performance review and development support.
- Procure/commission Programmes of work as required.
- To produce reports on progress against plan, for internal assurance and other Boards and Committees as required.
Management and leadership
- To provide senior leadership for an assigned portfolio of regional PPN work programmes covering multiple organisations and agencies.
- Responsible for the delivery of regional PPN programmes against short, medium and long-term key performance indicators. Delegating delivery of work, ensuring the appropriate allocation of internal/external resources/expertise to deliver the programmes as required to ensure strategic objectives are met.
- Procures/commissions externally run programmes of work as required.
- Works alongside partner organisations and agencies to co-deliver programmes of work were required and promote partnership working.
- Effective management of risk including allowing for flexibility and resilience in plans to accommodate change (e.g. changes in government policy, evolving system needs, technological advances, evaluation of a range of performance data).
- Decision making in an uncertain environment, where the outcomes are not immediately apparent no right answer exists (e.g. programmes with no precedent, long planning horizon, complex causal chain etc.)
- Manages PPN regional team and associated project teams that might include resource that is not directly accountable to the postholder.
- Line manager for the PPN regional team, including performance management, appraisal and professional development, objective setting, mandatory training compliance etc.
- In consultation with the PPN Regional Chair and Regional Mental Health Lead , contributes to setting teams strategic objectives and responsible for translating into tactical priorities ensuring alignment with local and regional agenda.
- Role models positive behaviours (partnership working, whole system understanding, One HEE, positive/constructive outlook, customer focus etc.) and promotes a supportive, team-working culture, setting the tone for the wider team.
- To work closely with internal and external teams, stakeholders and organisations to lead, advise, support, facilitate, monitor and performance manage the implementation of the programme.
- To support the PPN and HEE in driving transformation, building sustainability and delivering value for money.
- Responsible for ensuring that the regional PPN programme supports the delivery of the HEE Mandate, Business Plan, People Plan and Long-Term Plan, and the associated plans including the National Psychological Professions Vision for England and National Psychological Professions Workforce Plan.
- Working across HEE teams, lead Programmes of work on behalf of HEE utilising subject matter expertise.
- To deputise for the PPN Regional Chair as required
- Discharge budget holder responsibilities, inc. accurate budget setting and forecasting and compliant with standing orders and financial instructions.
- Responsible for their own continued professional development and maintaining and delivering their Personal Development Plan.
Setting Direction and Service Improvement
- Leads on the initiation, development and implementation of guidance, frameworks and policies in support of assigned work areas, actively promoting continuous service improvement
- Leads on internal and external service improvements
- Presents a positive role model in times of service improvement and organisational change. Supports and works with others to help them understand the need for change and to adapt to it
- Contributes to the development of an integrated approach to, service improvement
- Recommend policy improvement or changes because of comprehensive and timely reviews of regional PPN Programme performance and outputs.
- Determine short, medium and long-term business plans for the regional PPN programme to achieve quality outcomes.
- Responsible for governance of assigned Programmes
- To support the implementation of national priorities in relation to the assigned Programmes.
- Utilising local workforce knowledge to inform national team and regional priorities and delivery planning.
- Build and preserves trusted stakeholder relationships and networks of influence among external, senior stakeholders in challenging circumstances to support the promotion of HEEs strategic objectives, partnership working and the alignment of HEE local/national workforce transformation strategy to boarder healthcare system priorities.
- Presents a positive role model both internal and to external stakeholders, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and learning.
- Focus on quality improvement and performance outcomes across the regional PPN programme portfolio, ensuring quality assurance is a team responsibility at all levels.
- Plans, develops and evaluates methods to measure the performance and outputs of assigned workforce transformation Programmes.
- Commissions primary/secondary research in support of an evidence-based approach to decision making as required.
- Evaluates and the methods of gathering, interpreting and presenting data including working with colleagues in informatics to develop information and reporting systems.
Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting theapplication.
Salary progression
Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 8b with a full-time starting salary of £54,764, with a pay step increase after 5 years service.These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the HEE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to build consensus amongst varied and challenging stakeholder groups, building trust and commitment and promoting a positive and pro-active partnership approach.
- Able to effectively manage a complex, competing and rapidly evolving set of work priorities
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of workforce development in healthcare to include workforce development approaches, education development and commissioning, particularly for the psychological professions.
- Demonstrated ability to present effectively to a wide range of audiences including senior stakeholder groups.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level, including, but not limited to, those with relevant clinical or operational experience in the NHS
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to build consensus amongst varied and challenging stakeholder groups, building trust and commitment and promoting a positive and pro-active partnership approach.
- Able to effectively manage a complex, competing and rapidly evolving set of work priorities
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of workforce development in healthcare to include workforce development approaches, education development and commissioning, particularly for the psychological professions.
- Demonstrated ability to present effectively to a wide range of audiences including senior stakeholder groups.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level, including, but not limited to, those with relevant clinical or operational experience in the NHS
Additional information
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).
