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Better Care Fund Senior Manager | NHS England
| Posting date: | 09 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 November 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B2 4BH |
| Company: | NHS England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6646411/990-MID-6646411-E |
Summary
The better care fund (BCF) is a partnership between NHS England, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Local Government Association. The BCF is designed to promote integration between health and social care. Its pooled budget is aimed to incentivise the NHS and local government to work more closely together.
The role of the Better Care Manager (BCM) is to assure and share best practice across the integrated plans each year on howthey will spend the funds held within their single pooled budget in a way that will support the health and wellbeing of their local population.
The BCF programme sits within the Midlands Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) team. The BCM role is to leadthe management of the BCF programme across the Midlands , assisting with the oversight, co-ordination and delivery of the programme. This is alongside the wider team.
The current BCF planning framework for 2024/25 covers, but is not limited to:
• Alignment in NHS/BCF/Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) planning processes
• Improving capacity demand plans
• Support systems with planning in financially challenged times for both sectors
• Strengthening the quality of planning and reporting submissions
• Improving integrated planning and local operational activity to pull together robust plans that are deliverable and have a clear line to activity, metrics and impact on BCF objectives
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.
To manage relationships with the Local Authorities in implementing
Better Care Fund plans including:
• Working alongside NHSE, liaising between local sites and with the
regional and central teams, building relationships with local
government leads and networks.
• Ensuring explicit strategic coherence between Better Care Fund
plans and the integration agenda including making connections to
other programmes and priorities and avoiding duplication wherever
possible.
• Coordinate NHS and LA held data and intelligence regarding
implementation of Better Care Plans, leading/supporting the
development of effective tools to assist HWBs to oversee and
monitor the delivery of BCF outcomes.
• Ensure reporting of progress is consistent and accurate across the
region through utilisation of agreed reporting methodologies
• Mitigate local risks as far as is practical by offering support and
advice to areas based on good practice approaches and
experience derived elsewhere
• Ensuring appropriate support is in place for sites to accelerate
implementation, provide value for money and remain within the
financial allocations provided. This includes:
• providing support directly, eg: facilitation or technical
expertise
• supporting HWB to access resources available through
other support programmes
• brokering additional/specialist support where required
Further information is detailed in the job description
This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Oct 2024