Elective Reform Programme Manager

Job overview

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hosting this post on behalf of the L&SC Provider Collaborative.

With autonomy and initiative, the post holder will lead the design, development and delivery of key programmes of work within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Elective Reform Programme, doing this in full collaboration with Providers and system partners and ensuring that programmes align with both national standards and expectations and the unitary work of each organisation where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Key elements of the role include:

• Development and delivery of improvements and action plans for system-wide agreed priorities and commitments within the elective reform programme.

• Working in and engendering a collaborative approach to the design and delivery of the programmes, realising the benefits of working ‘as one’.

• Ensure effective and co-production and engagement with patients, stakeholders and partners across the programmes of work.

• Build and sustain an effective programme management approach with a focus upon delivery of milestones, demonstrable outcomes and improvements in health inequalities.

The post holder will work with both managerial and clinical staff, patients, and the public. The post holder will lead on key workstreams within the elective reform programme to facilitate transformation and promote service sustainability in line with the NHS 10-year plan priorities on shifting care to communities, moving from analogue to digital and shifting from sickness to prevention.

The postholder may be asked to lead on, or support, other areas of collaborative portfolio priority if required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Qualifications & Education

• Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area

Knowledge & Experience

• 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.

• At least 2 years NHS experience in a senior role.

• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.

• Must understand 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.

• Member of relevant professional body.

• Able to travel across various sites where applicable

Desirable

• Previous NHS Operational / Service management experience

Skills & Abilities

• 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.

• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.

• 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 & Behaviours

• 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.

• Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.

• 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 seeks out innovation.

• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

• Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.

• Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.

• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.

• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.