Our role as Lead Providers for CAMHS Tier 4 services bring together the providers of CAMHS, Adult Eating Disorder and Perinatal services across the East Midlands to work together in partnership, to reduce delays, gaps in service and improve outcomes for the service users, their families and carers. Our Commissioning Team will lead and facilitate the quality oversight, case management, contracting, finance, business intelligence and organisational development to deliver new ways of working.

This is a unique opportunity for a talented professional to join our established commissioning team as a Performance Lead.

Please note that the base for this role will be the nearest East Midlands NHS base to the applicant's home. The applicant will need to have the ability to travel however although this is likely to be infrequent. Home working due to Covid19 is applicable to this post.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who enjoys partnership and networking, establishing new operating procedures and working across multiple organisations whilst ensuring the underpinning systems and processes are in place that will enable our provider collaboratives to build on our success.

The performance lead will play a key role in the reporting, analysis and monitoring of performance against national, local and internal targets, whilst promoting a positive culture that actively encourages learning, development and knowledge sharing.

If you are an accomplished, confident, self-motivated and innovative professional with a comprehensive understanding of national and local performance standards with the ability to implement a range of performance reports and solutions to help improve quality, please apply. Applications are welcome as a fixed term contract or secondment and a permanent position. Please ensure if you are applying for a secondment you do have the support of your organisation.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT is a CQC Outstanding Trust and as Lead Provider is delivering change in specialised mental health services, giving clinicians and managers in provider organisations the levers and financial incentives to enable service transformation for Children, Young People and their families.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people from a variety of organisations and to build credibility quickly.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise several pieces of work and complex information projects

Desirable

• Resilient, hardworking and can evidence commitment to service delivery.
• Ability to manage a post that will change and develop to meet the needs of the service.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Masters degree or equivalent experience with highly developed specialist knowledge.
• In depth specialist knowledge of information analysis and the use of information across the NHS.

Desirable

• Significant Experience of performance and contract management.
• Evidence of leadership and management abilities.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• High level understanding and knowledge of IT systems relevant to Clinical Information.
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex data and apply problem solving skills.
• Develop systems and produce forward looking reports and action plans for visibility of performance issues by clinical and non-clinical staff.

Desirable

• Supportive of staff and colleagues

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

The base would be the nearest NHS locations within the east Midlands but with the ability to travel such as team meeting

Berrywood Hospital, Berrywood Drive

Northampton

NN5 6UD

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