Job summary
The Greener NHS function, launched in 2020 is responsible for supporting the system's world leading commitment to deliver a net zero health service by 2045.
This is a senior managerial role within the team, designed for an individual with the capability and interest in driving and delivering a rapid transition to low-carbon healthcare across the system. This role would suit someone with a clinical background with experience of working in healthcare and climate change
As a Senior Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team focused on driving clinical transformation across the NHS, ensuring alignment with NHS net zero commitments and other key NHS priorities set out in the NHS Long-Term Plan including improving patient outcomes, action on prevention and increasing efficiency.
The post holder will play a part in the design and delivery of high-quality low-carbon care across the healthcare system. The team is seeking a highly organised and capable individual with leadership experience. The candidate should understand of the processes and challenges involved in the design, development, and delivery of clinical care and service transformation, as well as capabilities in managing complex programmes and projects with multiple interdependencies and stakeholders.
Joining a skilled, passionate, and friendly team, the post holder will work collaboratively across the team, to ensure that our shared objectives are achieved within a positive and quality focused environment.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Net Zero Manager in the Greener NHS programme, the post holder will work as part of the dynamic and evolving Greener NHS team. The essence of this role is to design, develop and deliver policy interventions and associated delivery plans to secure meaningful carbon reductions across a specific portfolio of healthcare workstreams.
This is an extremely exciting time to join the team. Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, and commitment to become the world's first carbon net zero national health system, the Greener NHS programme has responsibility to implement the commitments relating to climate change in a way that improves health and care delivery. The NHS is leading the way globally in this field, which means we need to be innovative in developing strategies and wide-ranging plans for carbon and waste reduction.
Experience of strategic and operational programme delivery in healthcare is essential for this role. The postholder must also have a high degree of personal resilience and have experience of managing quickly changing sets of priorities.
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
The Senior Net Zero Manager will be involved in driving forward specific Greener NHS projects including working with senior clinical professionals on supporting the delivery of low carbon models of care. The role will also include:
- Delivering projects using policy development, analysis and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Leading the delivery of agreed Greener NHS projects, including management of interdependencies within NHS England, and with other key stakeholders as required.
- Ownership of specific project workstreams, seeing them through from start to end including problem-definition; multi-factorial analysis; options development and selection; and delivery of an agreed project plan.
- Building productive and respectful relationships with other team members, all clinical professional groups, other teams and Directorates and with external partners and stakeholders.
- Developing and managing communications content and channels with a broad range of colleagues related to Greener NHS projects.
- Facilitating group engagement to solve problems and build buy-in to solutions.
- Helping to manage and mentor more junior members of the team.
- Horizon scanning for the identification of net zero trends and innovations in health and healthcare, converting these into project proposals for the Greener NHS Programme where appropriate.
- Working flexibly across the Greener NHS portfolio in support of the wider team, as required.
- Working with clinical colleagues and commissioners to translate net zero policy into different clinical settings.
- Working with the Chief Sustainability Officers Clinical Fellows to align their projects with the Greener NHS programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Senior Net Zero Manager will be involved in driving forward specific Greener NHS projects including working with senior clinical professionals on supporting the delivery of low carbon models of care. The role will also include:
- Delivering projects using policy development, analysis and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Leading the delivery of agreed Greener NHS projects, including management of interdependencies within NHS England, and with other key stakeholders as required.
- Ownership of specific project workstreams, seeing them through from start to end including problem-definition; multi-factorial analysis; options development and selection; and delivery of an agreed project plan.
- Building productive and respectful relationships with other team members, all clinical professional groups, other teams and Directorates and with external partners and stakeholders.
- Developing and managing communications content and channels with a broad range of colleagues related to Greener NHS projects.
- Facilitating group engagement to solve problems and build buy-in to solutions.
- Helping to manage and mentor more junior members of the team.
- Horizon scanning for the identification of net zero trends and innovations in health and healthcare, converting these into project proposals for the Greener NHS Programme where appropriate.
- Working flexibly across the Greener NHS portfolio in support of the wider team, as required.
- Working with clinical colleagues and commissioners to translate net zero policy into different clinical settings.
- Working with the Chief Sustainability Officers Clinical Fellows to align their projects with the Greener NHS programme
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Skills
Essential
- 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.
Knowledge
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.
Values
Essential
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Skills
Essential
- 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.
Knowledge
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.
Values
Essential
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
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).
