Programme Director, West Midlands Networks
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £83,571.00 to £96,376.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £83571.00 - £96376.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Warwick, CV1 2NJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | D9105-24-0035 |
Summary
Be the principal leader in developing existing partnerships and identifying new collaborations both within and external to the system. This includes, but isnt limited to, NHS Trust and ICB senior executives, independent sector providers and regional and national NHS England. To develop, agree and co-ordinate an effective NHS Network strategy for promoting excellence and innovation across the West Midlands which aligns to the national planning guidance for the NHS. Ensure the delivery of a programme of innovation and change that drives service improvement and performance in line with national and regional ambitions. Lead the development of commissioning models for NHS Networks. Ensure the NHS Network programme is consistent and resilient and that it has effective plans and behaviours for managing service pressures. Monitor and maintain oversight of performance, overseeing corrective action and return to acceptable performance. Engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of NHS Network strategy and policies. Identify examples of national and international best practice and ensure that West Midlands benefits from relevant innovations. Develop and champion new initiatives or projects as necessary. Provide expertise of best practice methodologies, regulatory requirements, policy imperatives, innovation, and technological developments. Develop and deliver the NHS networks programme, promoting innovation and supporting operational excellence and improvement. Leads an annual planning process bringing together relevant experts in analytics, finance, and workforce across the West Midlands. Promote and facilitate collective responsibility for improving whole pathways and removing organisational barriers to accessing health and care services. Identify challenged areas and initiate and coordinate remedial actions to return to acceptable performance. Provide overall management and leadership to NHS Networks across the West Midlands, including being a point of liaison between a wide range of stakeholders. Personally lead, support, and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level staff from external stakeholders, providing an expert level of negotiating expertise to secure the most advantageous arrangements. Forge positive working relationships to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives. Promote cross-system working across the West Midlands. To manage, motivate and develop staff within the NHS Networks team, and external teams, to ensure that they can deliver the responsibilities of the West Midlands ICBs. Provide expertise and advice to SROs, Chairs, Directors, and other senior stakeholders as required. To distil national and regional priorities, aligning resources of the team and wider area if necessary to deliver against the expectations. Attend, and lead where necessary, assurance meetings with regional and national NHSE. Coordinate performance returns on behalf of the West Midlands ensuring consistent messages and narrative are understood by ICB and Trust executives. Be part of the ICB on call rota.