Group Director Primary Care & Community Services Policy & Development

NHS England; London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Group Director for Primary Care and Community Services. This pivotal role involves leading strategic reforms, enhancing integration, and improving community health services. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills, with a strong background in senior management within healthcare. You will be at the forefront of delivering national priorities and initiatives that directly impact patient outcomes. Join this dynamic environment where your expertise will drive meaningful change and contribute to high-quality healthcare services for all.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience at a senior level.
• Significant management experience at or near Board level.

Responsibilities

• Promote integration of primary and community services.
• Deliver community recovery and integration priorities.
• Improve access to community services through quality improvement.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Stakeholder Management

Programme Delivery

Education

Postgraduate Qualification in Relevant Discipline

Job description

Group Director Primary Care & Community Services Policy & Development

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Job Summary
The Primary Care and Community Services - National Advisor is a key part of the Primary Care and Community Services Senior Leadership Team. The post holder will be responsible for a number of key priorities across primary care and community services, with a particular focus on reform. The post holder will advise at the highest of levels and design and deliver a complex, multi-faceted reform programme, with initial focus on reform in general practice. This requires exceptional stakeholder management skills and a deep understanding of primary care and community services. The post holder will also lead areas of strategic importance on behalf of the organisation pertaining to PCCS, such as primary care data, working in collaboration with DHSC and deliver specific strategic programmes to advance the reform agenda, such as the PCN test sites programme.

Main Duties of the Job

The Group Director of Primary Care and Community Services - Policy and Development will:

1. Promote effective integration of primary and community services and work across NHSE in line with the operating framework.
2. Deliver the community recovery and integrations priorities.
3. Develop initiatives to support recovery of community care waiting list.
4. Deliver the proactive care framework.
5. Deliver National End of Life priorities.
6. Deliver initiatives in community health service programmes that support the primary care and UEC priorities.
7. Identify the impact of community health services to upstream care and develop longer term system resilience.
8. Improve access to community services through pathway development and quality improvement.

About Us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work.

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit NHS England.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Promote effective integration of primary and community services and work across NHSE in line with the operating framework.
2. Deliver the community recovery and integrations priorities.
3. Develop initiatives to support recovery of community care waiting list.
4. Deliver the proactive care framework.
5. Deliver National End of Life priorities.
6. Deliver initiatives in community health service programmes that support the primary care and UEC priorities.
7. Identify the impact of community health services to upstream care and develop longer term system resilience.
8. Improve access to community services through pathway development and quality improvement.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential:

• Post graduate level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience working at a senior level in a specialist area.

Knowledge and Experience Essential:

• Significant Senior Management level experience, at or near to Board level operations in the NHSE, Senior Civil Service or a relevant third sector organization.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes Essential:

• Excellent leadership skills and the ability to build, lead, develop and motivate high performing teams.
• Delivery skill to shape and run a number of discrete national programmes so that the benefits are clear.

Values and Behaviours Essential:

• Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.

Employer Details

Employer Name: NHS England

Address: Leeds/London, Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UG

Employer's Website: NHS England Careers