Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic team and be part of the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) Programme at NHS England delivering the recommendations of the Sir Mike Richards Diagnostics Recovery and Renewal and the NHS Long Term Plan increasing diagnostic capacity and contributing to the reduction in health inequalities and waiting times. As a CDC Senior Implementation Manager, you will have a pivotal role in supporting systems to develop centres within communities that improve diagnostic access to patients in need. You will use your skills in communication working alongside regions to support Trusts and systems throughout the phases of program design, implementation and delivery of services upholding the standards and optimising service provision to deliver on program aims. Enabling and supporting systems to ensure best in class CDC services through transformation of care initiatives including but not limited to workforce strategies that enable delivery and support retention of staff, development of pathways that streamline diagnostic services, and continuous improvement models that support staff and patient experience.
Main duties of the job
As part of the role you will be offering expert advice and guidance on how to develop, implement and deliver optimal CDC services as well as contributing to key strategic decisions on core priorities and design of planning guidance. The role includes but not limited to:
Interrogate and analyse complex information to support the programme objectives, resource requirements, issues, risks and dependencies.
Provide effective processes to support project delivery, ensuring value for money, and delivery within budget and timescale.
Provide speciality expertise and insight internally and externally on effective programme delivery.
Input to the processes for the development of materials, quality assurance, evaluation, and best practice in CDCs.
Help build a culture of continuous improvement by demonstrating a desire to learn and improve and an approach of openness and transparency.
Secure buy-in and remove barriers to delivery, including working with trusts and relevant national bodies and societies.
Demonstrate NHSEs competencies relevant to a lead and be a role model for NHSE values and behaviours.
Develop and maintain a current knowledge of challenges and opportunities forCDCsin improving productivity and efficiency, including but not exclusively: workforce & recruitment, IT infrastructure & technology, procurement, estates, governance & accreditation, performance metrics and data sources.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To succeed in this role alongside knowledge of the specialist areas you will bring a positive can do attitude and:
Honesty, integrity and compassion with a collaborative and influencing style of working, negotiating with others to achieve the best outcomes.
Have an ability to interpret complex information about projects, initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
Highly 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.
Act as a champion for patients, quality and best practice with evidence of delivering complex healthcare services and projects.
As well as the benefits of working with the NHS the role offers an opportunity for you to:
Work as part of a dynamic, supportive team in a successful program transforming and improving access to diagnostic care in England
To be creative and bring new ideas and recommendations forward and contribute to the design and implementation guidance for Community Diagnostic Centres.
Youll receive learning and development opportunities to help you learn, grow and develop
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To succeed in this role alongside knowledge of the specialist areas you will bring a positive can do attitude and:
Honesty, integrity and compassion with a collaborative and influencing style of working, negotiating with others to achieve the best outcomes.
Have an ability to interpret complex information about projects, initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
Highly 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.
Act as a champion for patients, quality and best practice with evidence of delivering complex healthcare services and projects.
As well as the benefits of working with the NHS the role offers an opportunity for you to:
Work as part of a dynamic, supportive team in a successful program transforming and improving access to diagnostic care in England
To be creative and bring new ideas and recommendations forward and contribute to the design and implementation guidance for Community Diagnostic Centres.
Youll receive learning and development opportunities to help you learn, grow and develop
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of an related specialty acquired through post graduate qualification / professional accreditation or equivalent experience.
- Significant proven experience in Programme/Project Management at a senior level. eg MSP.
Desirable
- Holds state registration in a clinical discipline.
- Professional Qualification in Project Management (e.g. Prince 2, MSP)
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Specialist Diagnostics knowledge is essential for this role
- Demonstrated expertise in Programme Management at a senior level and evidence of continued professional development and professional activities
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Member of relevant professional body
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- An excellent communicator, both in person and in writing, with the ability to present advice and information in a clear and logical way
- Established stakeholder management (Senior Level)
- Highly 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 skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do, able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of an related specialty acquired through post graduate qualification / professional accreditation or equivalent experience.
- Significant proven experience in Programme/Project Management at a senior level. eg MSP.
Desirable
- Holds state registration in a clinical discipline.
- Professional Qualification in Project Management (e.g. Prince 2, MSP)
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Specialist Diagnostics knowledge is essential for this role
- Demonstrated expertise in Programme Management at a senior level and evidence of continued professional development and professional activities
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Member of relevant professional body
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- An excellent communicator, both in person and in writing, with the ability to present advice and information in a clear and logical way
- Established stakeholder management (Senior Level)
- Highly 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 skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Interpreting national policy for implementation
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do, able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness
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.
