Job summary
- Main area
- Process management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 411-COM-25-7186688
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's NHS FT
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Network Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The new Children and Young People’s Gender Service National Provider Network (NPN) brings together specialist paediatric tertiary providers of the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service (CYPGS). The Cass Review was an independent review into children and young people’s gender services that concluded in April 2024 with a final report.
In August 2024, NHS England published an Implementation plan accepting these recommendations, and, the formation of the NPN cited as a key and urgent priority.
The aim of the NPN is to ensure that all CYPGS providers across England share a consistent approach, are high quality and underpinned by research, working closely with NHS England and CYPGS providers.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a collaborative leader to work as the NPN's Network Manager.
The Network Manager will be an integral part of the development and management of the Network and will work with the NPN team and service providers to ensure safe, effective and consistent services across England. Though the role will not ordinarily involve direct contact with patients, the needs of the children and young people and their families are paramount.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the host of the National Provider Network, but the NPN post-holders will work with specialist paediatric tertiary providers from across England, and with NHS England and other stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
The Network Manager will be responsible for leading and providing operational management support to the NPN and its sub-groups. The post-holder will also be responsible for managing and developing business and project support staff.
The post holder will have specialist knowledge underpinned by theory across a range of areas related to NPN business, including programme management and an understanding of children and young people’s services, national policies and reviews, and the socio-political context in which the NPN operates.
The post holder will be responsible for developing and implementing business plans, projects and change initiatives, building key relationships, maintaining oversight of NPN membership and supporting the onboarding of member organisations. The post holder will also be responsible for NPN performance monitoring, coordinating the reporting into local governance and NHS England, and will also coordinate the national clinical audit and any national training.
The Network Manager will also support and operationally manage the CYPGS National Multidisciplinary Team (NMDT), working in partnership with the Business and Project Support Officer as well as supporting the National MDT Chair. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to, robust information governance is in place and quality and outcome monitoring is undertaken within a continuous improvement ethos.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Communication and Relationship Skills
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Planning and Organising Skills
Physical Skills
Responsibility for Patience and Client Care
Please see full JD attached for full Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Degree level education
- Masters level education
- Continued CPD
- Experience in a management role in healthcare
- Experience of working in a network setting
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- CYPGS National Provider Network
- Job title
- CYPGS Providers
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you have any queries about this role, or would like an informal discussion, please contact us on the email above.
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