Health Equity Programme Manager

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a passionate and engaging Health Equity Programme Manager to improve patient service equity. This strategic role involves collaboration across various stakeholders to achieve better health outcomes in the diverse populations of North West London, combining a commitment to innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Benefits

Career Development

Flexible Working

Wellbeing Programs

Staff Recognition Scheme

Optional Benefits (Cycle to Work, Car Lease)

Qualifications

• Experience in population health and reducing health inequalities.
• Considerable experience of leading strategic change.
• Ability to manage budgets and external funding.

Responsibilities

• Deliver objectives related to population health.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver programmes for equitable health outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Change Management

Collaboration

Data Analysis

Education

Degree Level Education

Postgraduate Qualification

Strategy or Improvement Science Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project Management Tools

Job description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

The work of the strategy, research, innovation & improvement directorate, which is led by our Executive Director Prof Bob Klaber, primarily focuses on the delivery of our third strategic goal - 'to build learning, improvement and innovation into everything we do'. The directorate includes sub-functions of improvement, innovation, strategy & partnerships, sustainability, population health & equity [to which this role directly relates] and life sciences. Each of these sub-functions lead on the development & delivery of key strategic programmes through practical implementation and use of improvement method, capability building and development of partnerships across the specific subject areas which have been increasingly prioritised in the national context.

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY 14TH AND TUESDAY 15TH JULY (VIRTUALLY)

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a passionate and engaging Health Equity Programme Manager to deliver an ambitious set of objectives relating to population health and improving the equity of our patient services. A strategic role, the post holder will be responsible for holding key relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and the development and delivery of several programmes of work both internal to the Trust and externally which aim to achieve more equitable health outcomes for the North West London populations we serve. By way of context, within the boroughs in which this work impacts there is >18 year life expectancy gap between the communities living in the most deprived wards, compared o the wealthiest.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Experience with a track record of delivery and/or qualifications in population health / reducing health inequalities
• Educated to degree level
• Postgraduate qualification or relevant experience
• Strategy, innovation and/or improvement science qualification or relevant experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience in implementation of strategic change programmes
• Completion of formal programme in coaching / mentoring / training delivery
• Project / programme management qualification
• Completed research degree (ie doctorate, MD, PhD)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Considerable experience of leading strategic change in a complex environment
• Experience of using innovation to drive improvements to care within a healthcare system
• Experience of working with staff outside the employing organisation to deliver change such as improvements in performance, quality and efficiency e.g. commissioners and patient groups
• Experience of working with a variety of clinical staff including senior clinicians and clinical academics
• Experience of the design, development and delivery of programmes or project initiatives

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with other corporate teams collaboratively to improve quality and efficiency of care
• Experience of supporting change in a politically sensitive environment
• Experience of working in or with a large, multi-site NHS provider
• Experience of working with local communities and third sector

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Has an excellent understanding of research and evaluation methods including mixed methods evaluation and wider impact evaluation tools such as return on investment
• Able to facilitate multidisciplinary groups of staff to achieve consensus and work towards a strategic goal through a structured improvement and planning process
• Has sound IT skills (incl email and Microsoft Office packages)
• Able to manage budgets, including external grant funding and charitable support
• Able to work in a matrix structure, bringing together different types of expertise to work collaboratively
• Able to work flexibly with a wide range of staff groups across a broad spectrum of change initiatives
• Ability to assimilate and analyse data from several sources (including national benchmarking and other strategic drivers), bringing it into a coherent narrative for project planning and reporting purposes and making recommendations where appropriate.
• Ability to identify and assess risks (both project delivery and impact of changes) and develop suitable mitigations in partnership with key stakeholders
• Outstanding writing and presentation skills to be able to clearly articulate key strategic priorities and rationale in a range of different written and other formats.

Desirable criteria

• Able to undertake complex data modelling and analysis including i.e. demand and capacity
• Good understanding of data visualisation techniques
• Experience of innovative web-based collaborative working tools (eg Trello, Slack, Office 365)

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 644.6KB)
• Functional Request Form (PDF, 45.3KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)