Job summary
- Main area
- Strategy and Partnerships
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-7093752-COR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Community Healthcare
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/05/2025
Employer heading
Band 8a BSOL AHP Faculty Project Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
***Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible***
The post holder will utilise their specialist skills to support achievement the BSOL AHP Council and work streams including Faculty. Strategic objectives through the delivery of a range of prioritised service improvement and business development programmes. These will include undertaking quality, efficiency and developing proposals in response to national procurement where applicable support with applications and bids to secure investment and undertaking service redesign.
The post holder will work in partnership with a range of key stakeholders, both internally and externally, e.g. HEE and will be expected to actively work with local communities and to ensure that our services are inclusive and reflect the diversity of the local population.
A key aspect of the role will be to act as a credible ambassador and role model for transformation, workforce developments and improvements in quality and safety, engage and influence new and innovative solutions and ways of working, providing expert capacity and capability to organise.
Main duties of the job
For full detail of main duties, please see the attached the Job Description.
- Engaging at the front line of service delivery with staff to ensure that they can identify opportunities for service improvement and transformation.
- Lead on the design, development and deployment of service improvement projects and programmes at System wide level reporting at AHP Council level through a combination of attendance at appropriate forums and interaction with operational leads and staff.
- Support the Chair of AHP council and Chairs of AHP faculty for the project or programme in the planning and design of all improvement programme activity, including developing robust business cases, tenders response documentation and all project documentation.
- Assess the impact of any service improvement programmes, including robust processes for measuring the delivery of benefits, quality impacts and risks associated with each project.
- Support services in the identification of improvement opportunities through benchmarking and in depth process analysis using best practice service improvement tools.
- To act as the key point of contact between the AHP Council and Faculty, building relationships with senior colleagues in the system and attending the monthly AHP council and Faculty meetings.
- Assist with the preparation of papers for appropriate AHP Council and Faculty meetings.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
IMPORTANT
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- Also ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully; particularly that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the role, please see the attached full Job Description.
Visit our website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about our Trust
Person specification
Qualifications / training
Essential criteria
- Degree level education or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of management qualification/ Continuous Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Prince2 Foundation Level or equivalent
- Prince2 Project Management Practitioner or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in process-mapping and leading service improvement/ development
- Extensive experience in Project Management
- Extensive experience in delivering projects successfully
- Experience of making complex presentations to clinicians and managers
- Experience of preparing Board level reports
- Extensive use of PC tools to manipulate, analyse and present information
- Experience of working with senior managers and external bodies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting successful bid management
- Experience of partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholder organisations
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Influencing and negotiating skills at operational and senior management level
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent organisation skills, ability to work under own initiative without frequent supervision
- Strong interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills
- Ability to express oneself clearly in writing
- Excellent Project/ Programme management skills
- Excellent presentational skills with the ability to market proposals and overcome barriers to success
- Process mapping skills
Desirable criteria
- Detailed understanding of commissioning
- Knowledge of NHS commercial procurement processes
- Ability to debate highly complex issues with peers and senior colleagues and staff.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Self motivated
- A team player
- Able to work with and through ambiguity
- Willingness to learn and share knowledge
- Confident and innovative Strong influencing and persuasion skills
- Discreet, honest and reliable Commitment to work openly with others
- Confidence and ability to challenge analysis and exercise sound judgment
- Self-confident and resilient
- Able to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work accordingly
- Ability to manage under pressure.
- Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
- Ability to work flexibly
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Clarke
- Job title
- Interim Associate Director of Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Kia Whitcombe
07752398265
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