NHS England

Assistant Director for Primary Care Contracting and Oversight

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Job summary

Assistant Director - Integrated Neighbourhood Reporting & General Practice Oversight

Are you a seasoned programme management professional with a strong background in primary care, including dentistry? We're seeking a proactive leader to join our team as the **Assistant Director for Integrated Neighbourhood Reporting & General Practice Oversight**.

In this pivotal role, you'll provide delivery assurance for ICBs on General Practice and Dentistry Recovery programmes, overseeing the assurance function for primary care commissioning activities. You will lead the daily management of the PMO function and guide the development and implementation of the Integrated Data Strategy for the Southeast region. By enhancing internal (INP) and external (ICB) reporting capabilities, you will ensure that data is utilised to improve decision-making and monitor programme and project delivery and outcomes.

To excel in this role, you'll need a strategic mindset, in-depth subject matter expertise in primary care, and the ability to align a diverse portfolio of programmes effectively. If you have extensive experience in primary care management and the vision to drive recovery programmes forward, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to help shape the future of primary care reporting and oversight in the Southeast region.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead primary care commissioning assurance activities, supporting ICBs with delivery assurance on General Practice and Dentistry Recovery programmes.
  • Oversee the PMO function, ensuring smooth daily management and strategic alignment across all programmes.
  • Design and implement the Integrated Data Strategy to improve reporting capabilities, both internally (INP) and externally (ICB).
  • Collaborate closely with other Assistant Directors, ensuring the workstream supports and enables multiple transformational projects within the portfolio.
  • Report directly to the Regional Director for Primary Care and Public Health Commissioning, providing comprehensive oversight to keep programmes aligned while minimising delivery silos.

About us

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Details

Date posted

13 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£83,571 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-S3-SE1498-A

Job locations

Wellington House

London

SE1 8UG


Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

  • o The post holder will have Senior Management experience and can demonstrate evidence of leadership of large and complex programme management offices.
  • o The post holder will have both undertaken and led the assurance of delegated and retained commissioning services ideally within primary care and will have significant experience in applying national contracting requirements to adapt the assurance approach.
  • o In depth knowledge of GMS/PMS and DES contracting arrangements and can evidence how this knowledge has been used to support the resolution of complex issues.
  • o The post holder will expertise in financial contractual management and they will also be experience following and achieving a culture of compliance through the use strong budgetary control processes experience of working with finance professionals.
  • o The post holder will have the ability to use data for effective decision making and experience of developing and executing the necessary data strategies to support the assurance and contracting processes and strategies.
Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

  • o The post holder will have Senior Management experience and can demonstrate evidence of leadership of large and complex programme management offices.
  • o The post holder will have both undertaken and led the assurance of delegated and retained commissioning services ideally within primary care and will have significant experience in applying national contracting requirements to adapt the assurance approach.
  • o In depth knowledge of GMS/PMS and DES contracting arrangements and can evidence how this knowledge has been used to support the resolution of complex issues.
  • o The post holder will expertise in financial contractual management and they will also be experience following and achieving a culture of compliance through the use strong budgetary control processes experience of working with finance professionals.
  • o The post holder will have the ability to use data for effective decision making and experience of developing and executing the necessary data strategies to support the assurance and contracting processes and strategies.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington House

London

SE1 8UG


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington House

London

SE1 8UG


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Dir for Primary Care & Public Health Commissioning

James Hempsted-Kingham

Jameshempsted1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

13 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£83,571 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-S3-SE1498-A

Job locations

Wellington House

London

SE1 8UG


Supporting documents

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