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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.
GIRFT Productivity Lead
Closed for applications on: 1-Oct-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 1-Oct-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Wellington House
- Address
- 133-155 Waterloo Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 8UG
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting )
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Programme management
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
Why you should apply:
We value the different experiences our people bring to their work. We're working to create an environment where everyone can make a full contribution no matter their background, identity, or circumstances. Which means, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.
Our work matters. You matter.
As a GIRFT Productivity Lead the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the South East Integrated Care Systems to reduce unwarranted variation in the provision of services.
The postholder will support delivery of an effective service supporting managers and staff across the South East Integrated Care Systems to improve productivity and efficiency
The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery and will include working with designated ICSs to improve productivity and efficiency through use of the Model Health System platform and other data analytics to identify opportunities for improvement as well as sharing good practice for adopt and adapt in other systems.
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Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for leading and managing the day-to-day relationships across the allocated ICS and their providers as a member of the improvement team.
- Act as the primary contact point with GIRFT Coordinators, Clinicians and local management within the designated ICSs on clinical benchmarking and standards, providing guidance and support.
- Ensure identification and escalation of best practice and outliers to the GIRFT Senior Programme Manager for action and spread of good practice.
- Maintaining oversight of GIRFT governance within provider Trusts and within ICS structures.
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 new 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
- Worked within the NHS in a clinical or management role, with exposure to clinical pathways or similar knowledge of NHS gained through a partner provider organization
- Knowledge of GIRFT methodologies.
- Understanding of clinical and operational data, particularly relating to identification and management of variance
- Knowledge of clinical specialties and clinical processes
- Responsible for leading and managing the day-to-day relationships across the allocated ICS and their providers as a member of the improvement team.
- Act as the primary contact point with GIRFT Coordinators, Clinicians and local management within the designated ICSs on clinical benchmarking and standards, providing guidance and support.
- Ensure identification and escalation of best practice and outliers to the GIRFT Senior Programme Manager for action and spread of good practice
- Maintaining oversight of GIRFT governance within provider Trusts and within ICS structures.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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.
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Worked within the NHS in a clinical or management role, with exposure to clinical pathways or similar knowledge of NHS gained through a partner provider organisation
- Knowledge of GIRFT methodologies.
- Understanding of clinical and operational data, particularly relating to identification and management of variance
- Knowledge of clinical specialties and clinical processes.
Documents
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 512.6KB)
- Occupational Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 69.8KB)
- 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
- Tyrone Blackford-Swaries
- Job title
- Deputy Director for Integrated Improvement
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07892 762693
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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