Job summary

Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic team that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate about high quality care as we are.

The four acute Trusts in Humber and North Yorkshire have come together to form the Collaboration of Acute Providers (CAP), to work together on transformational change programmes at scale.

The Collaboration of Acute Providers is hosted by York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is an integral part of the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System. As a system we are embarking on major transformational change across our urgent care, elective care and diagnostic services. As part of a dynamic Programme Team, we are looking for enthusiastic and experienced people to drive our change programme and deliver on our ambitions for our patients.

As Programme Manager you will take the lead on high impact elective care programmes, reporting to the Programme Lead/ Director and working closely with the clinical and operational leadership teams within the acute trusts and across system partners to drive and facilitate change.

Main duties of the job

The Elective Programme Manager is a key member of the CAP and is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction on the delivery of the elective programme across the Humber and North Yorkshire, working closely with colleagues across the Integrated Care System (ICS).

The post holder will be responsible for assurance of the elective programme, ensuring effective system wide engagement with a range of key stakeholders.

The post holder will be a subject matter expert ensuring that support and advice is always available to the CAP on issues regarding elective services. This will require highly effective analysis and interpretation of elective data and guidelines to recommend and make judgments on service recovery and transformation across the CAP.

The post holder will provide senior representation for Humber and North Yorkshire (HNY) at regional meetings and other senior meetings as required.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

About us

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

The NHS Staff Council has accepted the pay offer made by the government for Agenda for Change staff in England, which you will see is reflected on the salary for this role. Thenew salary rates for this year(2023/24)willtake effect from 1 April 2023. Eligible staff can expect to receive the additional 2022/23 payment and the new 2023/24 pay rates (including back pay to 1 April) as part of their pay in June.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Knowledge and understanding of current challenges and expectations within NHS elective services

Desirable

• Experience of working in a NHS acute hospital

Skills

Essential

• Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to elective pathways.
• Proven senior level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
• Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies or a Prince 2 or managing successful projects practitioner

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
• Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (verbal, written and numerical).
• Demonstrable ability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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