Head of UEC Acute Pathways

Job overview

Head of Integrated Commissioning (Neighbourhoods) (Band 8C)

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland and NHS Northamptonshire ICBs

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of UEC- Acute Pathways. This is a pivotal roles across Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire taking on the strategic commissioning lead for UEC

Main duties of the job

This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering innovative, integrated, and person-centred urgent and emergency care services. You will commission UEC- Acute pathways and support the transformation of local services in line with ICB priorities, NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, and national policy direction, with a strong focus on improving outcomes for people.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Drive implementation and delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model.
• Lead the development of the UEC and Acute pathways working across the Acute and community sectors and work with colleagues involved in out of hospital commissioning to achieve whole health economy transformational change in designing new service models.
• Ensure clinical and patient leadership in change processes
• Oversee the delivery of contractual arrangements in partnership with relevant colleagues across the ICB.
• Lead the transformation of a wide range of safe patient focused services across UEC and Acute Care.
• Design services in partnership with partners, specifying the range, nature and quality of services to be provided along different patient pathways, in line with national policy.
• Build capability at all levels in the local health system to ensure that best practice is identified and spread to maximise potential and high-quality service provision
• Work in collaboration to ensure that outcomes are delivered in line with ICB plans
• Ensure outcomes are driven through appropriate contracting approaches.
• Contribute to the formulation of public documents, consultations, external and internal audits, ICB development and any other as agreed with your line manager.

Person specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Educated to master’s level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role
• Proven and significant leadership experience
• Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Experience of developing and implementing integrated care across multiple stakeholders including health and local government.
• Experience at a senior level of interpreting and implementing national strategy, policy, plans, guidance and directives

Communication Skills

• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.

Analytical & Planning Skills

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

Autonomy & Management Skills

• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Interpreting national policy for implementation

Physical Skills and Equality & Diversity

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda.

Please note, there is a requirement for all positions at Bands 8b and above to be part of a On Call rota.

All new entrants to the ICB for a permanent position will be subject to a 6 month probationary period. For new entrants appointed on a fixed-term basis, the probationary period is between 1 and 6 months.

We are an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be welcomed and considered regardless of a person’s age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates and those applicants need only meet the essential criteria to be invited to interview. We will also make any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, including the Job Description and Person Specification, to enable you to pursue your application, providing that you inform us of any special requirements.

Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.

If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within the organisation.