NHS England

Regional Delivery Partner

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Job summary

The Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) & Virtual Care (VC) Improvement Team are subject matter experts and improvement practitioners based within the Operations Directorate in the East of England (EoE) Region. The team works closely with regional UEC Operations and Performance teams, providing expert support and challenge to ensure delivery of regionalUEC & VC Improvement Teamobjectives. The team works directly with the six Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), and indirectly with the 14 acute providers, 11 Community Providers, EoE Ambulance Service and Primary and Community Care Urgent Care Services across EoE.

The Team aims to:

Improve quality, resilience, and operational performance ofUEC & VC Improvement Teamservices,

Identifyand address local population levelhealth inequalities and unwarranted clinicalvariation,

Improve quality of ourservices by reducing avoidable emergency admissions & facilitating earlier discharges,

Supportdelivery of Integrated Care Board, Regional and National Improvement Urgent and Emergency Care priorities.

The Team adopts the following principles in all its work;

Patient focused and clinically led,

Whole system approach in working with ICSs and key partners, adopting a population health approach,

Peer challenge and support to speed up adoption of innovation/best practice,

Usingdata and evidence to drive sustainable improvements for patients.

Main duties of the job

You will employ matrix working to deliver workstreams and support systems to deliver their improvement priorities.

You will be responsible for managing projects from concept through to mobilisation working collaboratively with colleagues across whole urgent and emergency care systems.

You will work with systems to support service improvement and work in partnership to build-on improvement initiatives that better meet patient needs.

You will work with a network of stakeholders across Integrated Care Boards, region and national, keeping up to date with best practice and latest developments.

It is essential the postholder is easily able to travel to the relevant Integrated Care Boards and key providers as and when required. There is also an expectation of attendance at monthly, face to face meetings at Victoria house, Cambridge.

About us

The 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 a great 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 visithttps://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

16 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

990-EOE-6476100-E

Job locations

Victoria House or any other EoE base

Capital Park

Fulbourn

CB21 5XA


Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a hybrid role and colleagues are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% (2-days a week) of their time working in-person.

You can find further details about the job in the attached Job Description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a hybrid role and colleagues are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% (2-days a week) of their time working in-person.

You can find further details about the job in the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience and knowledge of specialist area in Urgent and Emergency Care & Virtual Care e.g. Urgent Community Response, Better Care Fund, Virtual Care, Same Day Emergency Care, 111, Ambulance, hospital flow, voluntary service, social services.
  • Experience of building effective cross functional working relationship to drive organisational agenda. Evidence of understanding a broad range of complex information (including quantitative data) and national guidance.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of leading and delivering significant change projects utilising improvement methodology and delivering on time.
  • Demonstrable experience developing, managing, and motivating teams/individuals, including clinical leads, and operational managers.

Skills

Essential

  • Well-developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
  • Demonstrable evidence of having transferred skills, knowledge, and experience to a new situation/ environment.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience and knowledge of specialist area in Urgent and Emergency Care & Virtual Care e.g. Urgent Community Response, Better Care Fund, Virtual Care, Same Day Emergency Care, 111, Ambulance, hospital flow, voluntary service, social services.
  • Experience of building effective cross functional working relationship to drive organisational agenda. Evidence of understanding a broad range of complex information (including quantitative data) and national guidance.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of leading and delivering significant change projects utilising improvement methodology and delivering on time.
  • Demonstrable experience developing, managing, and motivating teams/individuals, including clinical leads, and operational managers.

Skills

Essential

  • Well-developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
  • Demonstrable evidence of having transferred skills, knowledge, and experience to a new situation/ environment.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Victoria House or any other EoE base

Capital Park

Fulbourn

CB21 5XA


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Victoria House or any other EoE base

Capital Park

Fulbourn

CB21 5XA


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:

Assistant Director of Programmes

Catherine Withers

Catherine.withers2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

16 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

990-EOE-6476100-E

Job locations

Victoria House or any other EoE base

Capital Park

Fulbourn

CB21 5XA


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