Job summary
Powys Teaching Health Board is seeking to recruit an exceptional individual who has experience of operating at Board level, with a proven track record of successfully delivering a complex planning, performance and commissioning portfolio, preferably in a rural and integrated health and/or social care environment.
The successful candidate will be an experienced leader; displaying drive and determination and will shape the successful development and design of sustainable quality services within a rural health care setting; displaying outstanding communication, negotiating and influencing skills that will support and encourage clinical and non-clinical staff to develop truly rural solutions for the significant challenges ahead for both health and social care.
Main duties of the job
The Executive Director of Planning, Performance & Commissioning is responsible for the development of strategic plans, commissioning and performance monitoring to meet the Health Board's objectives, and the continuing transformation of a complex organisation. They will be the Lead Director for Commissioning health care services, ensuring whole system commissioning to meet the population's needs with a complex range of providers across England and Wales.
The Director is the principal source of professional advice for Planning, Performance & Commissioning across the entirety of the Health Board.As an Executive member of the Board, the post holder will hold corporate responsibility jointly with other Board members for the strategic direction, corporate policy making and development and delivery of Health Board objectives.
About us
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) encompasses the whole of the County of Powys which covers around 25% of the land mass of Wales with only 5% of the population. In a rural county, as a health board, we provide as many services as safely as possible locally; through GPs and other primary care professionals, a network of community hospitals and community services, including midwifery-led services, mental health, learning disabilities, children's services, adult rehabilitation and frailty services. Alongside this we have a significant commissioning role working with providers in both Wales and England.
Our ambitious Health and Care Strategy sets out our vision for the future of a healthy, caring Powys. It describes how in partnership, we will focus on wellbeing, ensure early help and support, tackle the main conditions that limit life, and provide joined up care.
This includes increasing the capacity, capability and resilience of primary and community services, improving integration throughout the health and care pathway, and strengthening our planning and commissioning of high-quality services from neighbouring organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A job description and person specification can be found attached to the advert under vacancy documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A job description and person specification can be found attached to the advert under vacancy documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of management and leadership development
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Educated to Masters Degree level or equivalent post graduate qualification or equivalent senior level experience
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in a Senior Strategic Development or Planning/Commissioning role in the NHS.
- Proven experience of working and contributing at board level
- Significant management and professional experience in planning, commissioning and transformation of services.
- Evidence of working across a range of organisations to achieve significant change
- Experience in leading service change, public and stakeholder engagement and communications
- Experience in developing strategy and service plans for the short, medium and long term
- Experience of leading performance monitoring for a large complex organisation.
- Understanding of the performance and delivery requirements for NHS Wales.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of management and leadership development
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Educated to Masters Degree level or equivalent post graduate qualification or equivalent senior level experience
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in a Senior Strategic Development or Planning/Commissioning role in the NHS.
- Proven experience of working and contributing at board level
- Significant management and professional experience in planning, commissioning and transformation of services.
- Evidence of working across a range of organisations to achieve significant change
- Experience in leading service change, public and stakeholder engagement and communications
- Experience in developing strategy and service plans for the short, medium and long term
- Experience of leading performance monitoring for a large complex organisation.
- Understanding of the performance and delivery requirements for NHS Wales.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
