Strategic Support Officer

NHS; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Strategic Support Officer to enhance community engagement in sexual health services within Leicestershire & Rutland. This role involves project management, budget planning, and building partnerships to improve health outcomes. Candidates should have a non-registered nursing qualification or relevant healthcare experience.

Benefits

Group pension

Free tea and coffee

Membership of My Reward Hub

Access to wages as you earn

Mental and physical wellbeing support

Continuing professional development opportunities

Innovation funding for staff ideas

Commitment to high clinical standards

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or community services preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills to manage projects and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor non-clinical project initiatives.
• Manage relationships with Condom Distribution Partners.
• Support the Service Manager in budget planning and reporting.

Skills

Project Management

Budget Planning

Communication

Partnership Development

Education

Non-registered nursing qualification or healthcare-related background

Job description

Do you hold a non-registered nursing qualification or have a background in healthcare? Are you looking for a dynamic role that broadens your skills and promotes sexual health within the community? If so, this opportunity is perfect for you!

The Leicestershire and Rutland Sexual Health Hub are advertising this newly created role that will be a critical function for developing and embedding the strategic development, engagement, and partnerships to ensure that sexual health needs of the community are met.

The purpose of the role is to support the Strategic Lead in developing effective and collaborative partnership working and engagement, to ensure the sexual health needs of the community of Leicestershire & Rutland, particularly those who are vulnerable, are met.

The role will take ownership of the implementation and management of the new Condom Distribution Scheme (Condoms Now) as well as linking in with partners across statutory and voluntary services that support positive and healthy lifestyles.

This position is essential for ensuring the success of the Strategic Vision with Leicestershire & Rutland Sexual Health Hub and requires someone who is highly motivated and enthusiastic.

If you think that you have the passion and drive to fulfil this exciting role it would be great to hear from you. If you would like any additional information or would like further discussion, please contact Craig Everitt, Service Manager at [e-mail].

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the below:

• Developing, co-ordinating and monitoring projects developed in the non-clinical aspects of the sexual health contract
• Be the single point of contact for support for all Condom Distribution Partners
• Establishing a directory of partner agencies and organisations
• Supporting the Practice Educator with non-clinical network delivery
• Work closely with the partner agencies and the Service Manager / Strategic Lead to ensure all aspects to the non-clinical delivery have appropriate support plans and the appropriate competencies / resources in place for ongoing delivery
• Support the Service Manager / Strategic Lead and Practice Educator with the administration in developing clear pathways and referral processes across Primary Care, Secondary Care, and other partners.
• Supporting the Service Manager / Strategic Lead in budget planning and being part of the development of short- and long-range budgetary forecasts.
• Data collation in respect of non-clinical activity to generate invoices, financial reports including cost and price analysis
• Participating in and/or leading cost reduction initiatives, improvement events, and other improvement initiatives
• Managing partner agencies communication and queries and resolve issues where appropriate
• Responsible for conducting initiatives to gain patient satisfaction & feedback, partner agency feedback and generate this into quarterly report.

Please see list of responsibilities on the job description attached.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2.

Job responsibilities

As a Strategic Support Officer, you will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Salary of £26,000-£29,000 per annum (depending on experience), with group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.