Job summary
As a Senior manager (commissioning health and justice), the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in commissioning the delivery of effective services, collaborating with managers and staff across the East of England to fulfil all points of the commissioning cycle for health and justice services. These include primary care, secondary care and community services for mental health, physical health and substance misuse services.
The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Department or Directorate.
The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery.
Main duties of the job
- To commission high quality care and improve outcomes for people held in places of custody and detention in the east of England
- To work collaboratively across NHS England and NHS Improvement matrix, including implementing the National Director's portfolio
- To embed patient and public involvement within NHS England and NHS Improvement at all levels of decision making
- Promoting equality and reducing inequalitiesTo uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality
- To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality
- To commission services and lead programmes which aim to drive down health inequalities in the prison population by identifying issues of inequality and addressing them
- To collaborate with commissioning partners in the commissioning of high quality services for vulnerable people
- Leadership for transformational change
- To lead in specific areas including programmes, Integrated Care Board relationships and provider relationships
- To ensure that commissioning decisions are built on evidence based medicine as available and appropriate.
- To ensure compliance with all confidentiality and governance requirements within the department.
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- As a senior lead working internally and externally to deliver projects, initiatives and services to time and in a cost effective way.
- To support the identification and sharing of best practice in to support service improvement.
- To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
- Support the portfolio of programmes/projects in demonstrating value for money tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
- Provide specialist advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders.
- In depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports.
- Responsible for budgets/ matching the available budget to the appropriate staff resources and projects and for ensuring that the budget breaks even,co-ordinating and monitoring expenditure.
- Responsible for supporting the commissioning of projects and procurement of services to support project delivery, acting in accordance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instruction.
- Provide financial reports to Directors and the Board as required.
- Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility.
- Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of budgets, and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.
- Responsible for the day to day range of staff management matters, which will include responsibility for supporting appraisals, development of staff, recruitment and where necessary employee relations matters.
- Responsible for an individuals development on the job and team performance.
- Develop and deliver information sharing systems.
- Develop the acquisition, organisation, provision and use of knowledge and information.
- Highlight exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action is taken.
- Drafting reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for the Head of the Department.
- Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases and contribute to delivery of products and service improvement.
- Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
- Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information
- Deliver projects to comply with key performance indicators, and best practice guidance.
- Co-ordinate Research & Development initiatives, delegating as appropriate.
- Ensure projects, services and initiatives are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
- Determine the strategic planning of Department or Directorate projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- As a senior lead working internally and externally to deliver projects, initiatives and services to time and in a cost effective way.
- To support the identification and sharing of best practice in to support service improvement.
- To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
- Support the portfolio of programmes/projects in demonstrating value for money tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
- Provide specialist advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders.
- In depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports.
- Responsible for budgets/ matching the available budget to the appropriate staff resources and projects and for ensuring that the budget breaks even,co-ordinating and monitoring expenditure.
- Responsible for supporting the commissioning of projects and procurement of services to support project delivery, acting in accordance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instruction.
- Provide financial reports to Directors and the Board as required.
- Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility.
- Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of budgets, and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.
- Responsible for the day to day range of staff management matters, which will include responsibility for supporting appraisals, development of staff, recruitment and where necessary employee relations matters.
- Responsible for an individuals development on the job and team performance.
- Develop and deliver information sharing systems.
- Develop the acquisition, organisation, provision and use of knowledge and information.
- Highlight exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action is taken.
- Drafting reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for the Head of the Department.
- Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases and contribute to delivery of products and service improvement.
- Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
- Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information
- Deliver projects to comply with key performance indicators, and best practice guidance.
- Co-ordinate Research & Development initiatives, delegating as appropriate.
- Ensure projects, services and initiatives are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
- Determine the strategic planning of Department or Directorate projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- 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.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes.
Skills
Essential
- 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.
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- 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.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes.
Skills
Essential
- 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.
- 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.
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).
