Job summary
An exciting opportunity to support and be part of Place development across 2 vibrant boroughs. Both Merton and Wandsworth have a rich history of collaboration between partners and the recent ICB structure has provided us the opportunity to focus the partnership on integration and improved health outcomes for all our residents and patients, with particular focus on our most vulnerable.
This post will support the Place Executive in making integrated care a reality in the boroughs, working not only with the ICB team but across borough committee partners such as primary care, St Georges NHS Trust, Local Authorities, SWLStG, community health partners and voluntary sector organisations. The role will support new ways of working across partners and be a key linchpin in new partnership.
The role will organise both committee and partnership forums and manage administrators who support the wider team and function. They will also develop and deliver presentations across the partnership focussed on priority areas of health and social care as well as developing ways of working and development opportunities with partners. The role will also manage a programme including savings initiatives, health and inequalities projects which will enable the ICB to meet its statutory finance and performance responsibilities whilst innovating to ensure local residents
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for
overseeing the reporting on both CIP and innovation initiatives across the place team
managing team and partner organisational development
organising and servicing both borough committee and partnership forums
manage administrative staff.
supporting the Place Executive in preparation and delivery of key stakeholder presentations
maintaining the place Executives diary with support staff
for developing and overseeing core programme governance arrangements, including key programme boards, steering groups, and working groups
overseeing key programme systems and processes, including risk management and change control.
About us
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
- an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
- an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
- to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
- tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
- enhance productivity and value for money and;
- help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification
Duties and Responsibilities
Work with the Place Executive across the whole portfolio including: Lead an administrative team in Merton and Wandsworth to ensure the Team andPlace run efficiently and effectively in delivering high quality integrated services,ensuring equitable services are available for the whole population, whilst adapting forlocal need, using health insights from population health tools. Work closely with the Merton and Wandsworth Place team to implement national,South West London and local strategies and priorities, including the SWL ICPstrategy, Joint Forward Plan and local health and care plans. This will requireworking with colleagues across the health and care system to translate national andICS programmes into local schemes, developing business cases and project plans,allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies,considering best practice and options and monitoring the progress of programmes. Lead on the management and delivery of key projects within the Merton andWandsworth Teams portfolio, ensuring that results are delivered within deadlinesand to a high standard. Provide strong project management and business as usual activities, producing clearplans, setting direction and ensuring successful delivery on time, to high qualitystandards and in a cost-effective manner. Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing,interpreting and presenting accurate and timely data and information. Ensure flexibility of programmes to meet conflicting/changing requirements ifrequired. Demonstrate effective stakeholder management across the system and at all levels,with in-depth knowledge to be able to respond to and resolve conflict betweendifferent providers when this arises, through facilitation or other appropriatemechanisms. Consider the impact of any change on existing contract arrangements and overseeany necessary changes, ensuring full ownership and buy-in of providers at seniorand executive levels.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- 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
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Member of relevant professional body
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- 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
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Intermediate (or advanced) Keyboard skill - ability to use Microsoft Office package at intermediate (or advanced) level
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
South West London Integrated Care Board
Address
Merton & Wandsworth Place
120 The Broadway
London
SW19 1RH