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About
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
Contact
- Address
- Wellington House
- 133-155 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8UG
- Contact Number
- 0300 330 1369
Antenatal pathway senior development manager
Closed for applications on: 5-Aug-2024 00:05
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Aug-2024 00:05
Key details
Location
- Site
- London / Leeds / Hybrid
- Town
- London / Leeds / Hybrid
- Postcode
- SE1 8UG
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum (exclusive of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Main area
- Screening Operations - Performance and Delivery
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which
means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party
contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000
organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.
Job overview
The post holder will work for the Screening Sub-Directorate in the Vaccination and Screening Directorate. The Directorate is responsible for discharging the NHS public health functions agreement, under which the Secretary of State delegates responsibility to NHS England for certain public health services, known as Section 7A services. This includes responsibility for around 20 immunisation programmes, 11 screening programmes and other services such as child health information services (CHIS).
The post holder will be responsible for leading a defined set of interdependent projects and the associated business change activities. Primary responsibility for successful delivery of the required outcomes, including the establishment of appropriate governance and assurance, monitoring progress, managing risks and issues and ensuring the business readiness for change.
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Main duties of the job
Programme Management
- Deliver and manage significant programmes or projects targeted at improvements in health outcomes for the public.
- Support organisational change and the uptake of initiative that support and embed excellence within the health system.
- Ensure realisation of benefits for customers through planning and designing and that project outputs meet programme requirements.
- Demonstrate flexibility and support new programmes and projects where necessary.
Service Improvement
- Responsible for the delivery of, robust, information systems to ensure that all project documentation is stored and used effectively (PID, dashboards, highlight reports, risk and issues logs etc).
- As part of the Delivery and Improvement Project and Programme Management community of practice, contribute to the development of project and programme management approaches and way of working across the organisation(s).
- To embed patient and public involvement at all levels of decision making.
- Be a champion for best practice, learning from experience and from others, supporting the spread of innovation within the organisation.
People Management
- Management of a team within the Delivery and Improvement project management office.
- Matrix management of people working within a specific project as required.
Financial Management
- Manage, track and monitor specified budgets associated with the specific projects being managed.
Working for our organisation
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
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 visit https://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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main duties continued:
Analysis & Judgement
- Interrogate and analyse, sometimes highly complex, information to support the delivery of clear project reporting and project outcomes.
- Write and submit regular high-level project reports for the programme board showing progress against milestones, status, resource requirements, issues, risks and dependencies, making recommendations where a range of options may exist.
Communication
- Communicate highly complex information to wide range of audiences, including in public and local consultations where there may be hostile/antagonistic audiences.
- Communicate, engage and build relationships with key strategic policy makers to influence the development of strategy and policies.
- Engage and manage relationships with stakeholders to achieve a common purpose and realise mutual benefits.
Research & Development
- 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.
- Co-ordinate Research & Development initiatives, delegating as appropriate.
Policy & Service Development
- Work within organisation and national guidance, interpreting national guidance relevant to the project and acting as subject matter specialist within the specific project area.
- Support organisational change and the uptake of initiatives that support excellence.
See the Job Description for full details about the role.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
In order to comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, all individuals employed or contracted by NHS England are now required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check.
All existing post-holders within NHS England will be required to complete the check as part of the wider roll out plan.
The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.
If you have applied via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on [email protected] or 0300 330 1369. You can view our Privacy Notice here.
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Person specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area, or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band/level.
- To have one or more specified programme /project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience.
Mobility
Essential criteria
- National travel is required for the majority of NHS England roles
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of leading change projects and delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience of providing support and input into complex programmes.
- Experience of managing a team.
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multidisciplinary environment.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential criteria
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation.
- Understands the importance of diversity and inclusion in delivering our role in the health and care system.
Documents
- Antenatal pathway senior development manager JD (PDF, 528.3KB)
- Functional requirements form (PDF, 67.8KB)
- NHSE - Verification of ID and RTW Guide (PDF, 306.6KB)
- Guide to Completing Your Application (DOCX, 42.7KB)
- Note for Existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies (DOCX, 26.2KB)
- Redundancy Clawback (PDF, 16.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Birtles
- Job title
- Head of Screening Operations: ANNB & CHIS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07787277073
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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