Strategic Performance & Planning Lead

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Performance and Planning Manager to lead performance information, planning and benchmarking across the organisation. You will work with clinicians and managers to embed performance awareness, provide advice on actions, and support strategic objectives.

The role demands strong analytical and communication skills, experience with performance management systems, and ability to influence senior leaders to drive sustainable

Qualifications

• Recent experience in a corporate performance, planning, quality or information role.
• Knowledge of performance management systems and frameworks.
• Experience in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data and information, ensuring accuracy.
• Ability to present analytical reports tailored to audience.
• Experience supporting activity and performance planning including forecasting and trajectories.
• Experience developing and delivering business cases and planning.
• Good working knowledge of NHS Finance.
• Experience using Capacity & Demand models.
• Experience using Power BI reports.
• Experience responding to tender opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that timely, validated and approved performance information, including contextual narrative, is reported to the Board of Directors, commissioners and other relevant bodies, identifying and addressing any discrepancies prior to submission
• Critically evaluate a range of complex information and relevant performance measures, initiating further data analysis and improvement work as required to identify and advise senior managers and clinicians of opportunities for performance improvement, achieving clinical, service and Trust objectives
• Ensure the continuous development of activity and performance monitoring across Clinical Boards in conjunction with the wider Performance and Planning Team, identifying areas requiring additional support to understand, interpret and report performance information and supporting teams to deliver this
• Attend Monthly Quality & Performance Review meetings, contribute to discussion relating to Clinical Board performance highlighting key trends and areas of promise or concern, and produce a formal record of the meeting
• Ensure the continuous development of performance reporting in conjunction with the Trust Information Services Team, producing relevant and forward-looking performance reports and action plans, both for internal and external audiences, focussing on the objectives set for the service/Trust
• Work closely with Operations, Information, Finance and other corporate teams to support Clinical Boards in the development and implementation of action plans to improve performance, understanding local issues and barriers and working collaboratively to overcome these
• Provide performance information and advice to inform complex negotiations and influence commissioning decisions based on the organisations performance
• Lead on and co-ordinate the Trusts participation in benchmarking projects such as those facilitated by the NHS Benchmarking Network, working with colleagues across relevant services to provide accurate information and communicating outputs succinctly and meaningfully to relevant teams, identifying opportunities for improvement
• Develop activity plans and performance trajectories in collaboration with operational and corporate services to support the annual NHSE planning submission, developing expert knowledge to clearly communicate guidance, requirements and outputs
• Develop the use of capacity and demand tools and modelling projections to improve future planning within the Trust and to identify potential problem areas at an early stage
• Support the Trust Business Planning process, identifying key priorities to support performance improvement and delivering robust monitoring of outcomes supported by contextual information
• Support the development of corporate and clinical business cases that contribute to the delivery of the Trust strategy
• Support the running of a robust business planning process in line with Trust SFIs including maintaining a Masterfile and database of investment proposals
• Contribute to regional work to demonstrate Trust performance against other organisations and at an ICB level
• Monitoring key tender portals and co-ordinating Trust-wide responses to tender opportunities

Skills

Analytical ability

Numerical ability

Communication skills

Power BI

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree level education

Master's level qualification or equivalent experience

English Language GCSE grade 4 or above

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Performance and Planning Manager to lead performance information, planning and benchmarking across the organisation. You will work with clinicians and managers to embed performance awareness, provide advice on actions, and support strategic objectives.

The role demands strong analytical and communication skills, experience with performance management systems, and ability to influence senior leaders to drive sustainable