The post holder will lead a complex change programme across 13 children's hospitals. The 13 member Trusts of the Children's Hospital Alliance will be working together to improve the delivery of palliative care, pathology and cardiac surgery. The postholder will work across Trusts to develop approaches to shared working and support Trusts to implement this.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this key role is to lead a complex change programme of work that will support and facilitate the successful delivery of the Children's Hospital Alliance's programme to support Fragile Services.

The role will provide deputy leadership in absence of the CHA Senior Programme Manager and will be accountable to the CHA Managing Director. The post holder will be required to work closely with, and in support of, the CHA Trust's executive directors, divisional directors, operational managers, finance managers, and clinical leaders to ensure the maintenance of a robust programme management framework, which ensures that programme activities are well supported and have the necessary programme management to underpin delivery.

As a champion of programme management, the post holder will need high levels of self-motivation, tenacity and resilience. Success in the role will necessitate the establishment and development of strong and effective working relationships at all levels across multiple organisations, with the ability to challenge and effectively support the delivery of a complex, multifaceted programme, through the application of structured project management processes and interventions.

About us

The Children's Hospital Alliance brings together specialist and large children's hospitals across the UK. We use our voice as a group of children's providers, collaborating

oToadvocatefor children and young people.

o To learn from each other and innovate

o To lead on service transformation and elective recovery, tackling health inequalities

Through our shared work programmes we aim to improve working lives of staff and access & experience of hospital care for children, young people and their families.

The group first convened in 2016 and transformed in 2021, leveraging a �20m grant from the NHS Covid Recovery Accelerator scheme. The 10 Accelerator trusts all exceeded pre-Covid activity levels and worked together on innovation and improvement. The Paediatric Accelerator became a national case study for best practice & won the 2022 HSJ Award for Performance Recovery.

Member trusts are now self-funding a programme team to maintain momentum & realise the potential of this new collaborative way of working.

The CHA is hosted by Alder Hey and co-chaired by Matthew Shaw (CEO GOSH) and Ruth Brown (CEO Sheffield Children's). It is run by a PMO team led by Managing Director, Alexandra Norrish (also Development Director Sheffield Children's), supported by the senior leadership teams within member trusts. The network is growing, with 13 member trusts in England and an associate member in Wales (Cardiff).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Strategy and programme leadership

• Take responsibility for developing and driving forward the fragile services programme of work in line with the CHAs priorities and objectives
• Consistently questions perceived solutions to ensure other solutions and alternatives have been considered
• Consistently promote meaningful engagement with service users and ensure that their voice is heard and considered when making changes
• Deputise on occasion for the CHA Programme Manager and Managing Director
• Develop, deliver, monitor and report progress to individuals Trust and on a national basis across the alliance , escalating risks affecting the successful delivery of the programme of work you are leading
• Provide expertise in project and programme management standards and support any training required across the Alliance in relation to project management
• Lead on the preparation of papers for your programme of work and present to relevant stakeholders
• Consistently promote project management standards to support the successful delivery of projects, both small and complex
• Encourage a culture where employees are empowered to take personal responsibility, are well motivated and able to understand and commit to the objectives of the trust
• Develops policy /programme standards and support to embed change across the alliance members

Staff Management

• Manage any team members aligned to your programme, allocating work, monitoring progress and providing support through objective setting, appraisal and the agreement of personal development plans.
• Ensure any learning is shared with the wider team and promote team learning wherever possible

• Manage any seconded or contracted interim staff where necessary
• Manage any budgets linked to programmes you are leading on effectively and in line with the hosting Trusts financial governance framework
• To ensure that your assigned programme delivers is objectives through strong and effective collaboration with colleagues across all sites and disciplines across the Alliance.

Corporate

• To work as part of the CHA senior team to develop and implement operational plans and to contribute and participate in decision making
• To work with Governors (if required) and the membership of the member Trusts to deliver agreed initiatives and implement agreed plans
• To act as an ambassador for the CHA at all times and to promote the Trusts philosophy and objectives whenever appropriate while participating in the promotion of efficient and effective public relations between the member Trusts and all users of its services and those in the wider health economy
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion wherever possible and specifically with the robust use of Equality Impact Assessments for all changes
• Contributing to the establishment of Trust-wide standards to maintain, monitor and improve the quality of care and the efficient use of resources
• To work to develop constructive relationships with Senior Managers from within the CHA and with all external partners (including the relevant Royal Colleges and NHS England)

Information and Analytics

• Analysis and interpretation of potentially highly complex issues and data across a range of areas and services
• Interpret national guidance, best practice and research relevant for the programme
• Develop and establish robust monitoring and evaluation systems for measuring the impact and outcomes of service change

Financial Responsibility

• Managing any budgets assigned to your programmes of work
• Identifying the resources required within the CHA team and broader alliance membership to support the projects required going forward, helping to secure them through negotiation and agreement.

Mental Effort

• Periods of prolonged concentration is required which may include but not excluded to the review of detailed and complex documentation.

People Management

• Provide operational management to members of your programme teams directing, counselling and motivating team members and appraising individual performance. Ensure all team members are engaged, informed and mobilised from the commencement of each programme and remain so until the programme is concluded
• Role model the Alder Hey values and behaviours both individually and throughout the team
• Ensure that behavioural expectations of team members are established
• Ensure all responsible staff have clarity of their role within the programme
• It is the post holders responsibility to ensure they have undertaken all mandatory training, in line with the hosting Trust policies and procedures.

Line management
Although the postholder will not have line management responsibilities they will be expected to lead and monitor progress of teams and individuals who they do not have formal line management responsibility for.

Person Specification

Education and training

Essential

• Programme management training eg PRINCE2 qualification
• Educated to master degree level, or equivalent

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• oDetailed knowledge of, and demonstrable experience in, the application of best practice programme and project management methodologies.
• oEvidence of successfully managing, delivering and implementing large-scale change programmes at a senior level
• oExtensive experience working at a senior management level in a large complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
• oExperience of managing and developing multi- disciplinary teams, across multiple organisations
• oPrevious experience of delivering effective workforce planning, service developments and operational change within in the NHS
• oRecent experience of internal/external partnership working at a senior level

Skills

Essential

• oHighly developed interpersonal and facilitation skills, with ability to gain and maintain credibility at all levels of the organisation, including with senior clinicians and external partners
• oExcellent oral and written communication skills
• oExcellent analytical and strategic visioning skills
• oExcellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
• oAbility to motivate and enthuse colleagues
• oAbility to build credibility quickly and sustain it within the organisation
• oDemonstrates the ability to make sound judgments and generate new ideas in complex situations.

Personal attributes

Essential

• oDemonstrates responsiveness and resilience in leading change and reaching goals
• oAble to work autonomously
• oInitiative - sees opportunities and acts on them proactively
• oFlexible and willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Flexible - any Children's Hospital Alliance Trust

Flexible - any Children's Hospital Alliance Trust

L14 5AB

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