Head Of Clinical Office

Job summary The role is an excitingopportunity for someone looking to make a difference across the integrated careservices and wider system.
The successful candidate will work collaborativelywithin a dynamic team to improve quality and drive improvements across allservices.
The postholder will be required to engage with a wide range ofkey clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to support and deliver a range ofexisting and new work and ensure governance requirements are met.As the Head of Clinical Office, you will lead an effective Programme ManagementOffice and be accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing andQuality.
You will work closely withother ICB Directorates, including the Head of Office for the Executive DirectorClinical & Care Professionals, and play a pivotal role in ensuringconnectivity and unison between the Medical and Nursing portfolios.
Thepost-holder will be accountable for providing both strategic and operationalleadership to the Nursing and Quality Team overall, and specific initiativeswithin it.
You will have the skills to influence and drive change and keypriorities at both levels, and work with relevant stakeholders to deliver this.This will include ensuring that the Executive Director of Nursing and Qualityand the Directorate more broadly, deliver on all statutory and regulatoryrequirements.
Main duties of the job Leading and managing all aspects of theDirectorate Head of Office function and Programme Management Office.Acting as a visual focal point and seniorpoint of escalation for the Directorate, connecting with functions within theDirectorate, the wider ICB and external stakeholders / organisations, andalways upholding the Directorates purpose and vision.Acting as the single conduit fordevelopment of ICB Nursing & Quality Strategies and/or policies in responseto National guidance or ICB gap analysis.Establishing, leading and managing thedelivery of multiple highly complex, and sometimes contentious, major changeprojects that impact on several organisations in the health and care systemThe lead point within the Directorate toprovide strategic and operational advice, information and challenge tocolleagues and key stakeholders including the Executive Director of Nursingand Quality and Executive Director Clinical & Care Professionals,Directors, Deputy Director, and the Place-based Senior Nurses within the team.Developing and implementing project and programme managementmethodologies, ensuring that workstreams are managed with clearaccountabilities and appropriate project documentation, and ensuring theseproducts and processes are available to and embedded within the widerDirectorate.
About us Annual Leavestarts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays.TheICB/Directorate structure is based on functional working; matrix/portfolioway of working.
This will maximise the opportunities to build open,inclusive, collaborative teamworking which does not let boundaries get in theway of doing the best for patients and the public.
It enables teammembers to support one another and help reduce the potential for developingsilo working, by developing a flexible and transferable quality teamresource.
Staff will be required to work dynamically and flexibly in arange of cross-functional team settings and have the capability to workeffectively within a matrix/portfolio structure with shared accountability andresponsibility for the delivery of specific goals and programmes.Ourorganisation is driven by organisational values and we look for people who arestrongly aligned with them.
Job description Job responsibilities As the Head of Clinical Office, you will lead an effectiveProgramme Management Office and be accountable to the Executive Director ofNursing and Quality.
You will workclosely with other ICB Directorates, including the Head of Office for theExecutive Director Clinical & Care Professionals, and play a pivotal rolein ensuring connectivity and unison between the Medical and Nursing portfolios.Thepost-holder will be accountable for providing both strategic and operationalleadership to the Nursing and Quality Team overall, and specific initiativeswithin it.
You will have the skills to influence and drive change and keypriorities at both levels, and work with relevant stakeholders to deliver this.This will include ensuring that the Executive Director of Nursing and Qualityand the Directorate more broadly, deliver on all statutory and regulatory requirements.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience Further managerial/professional/ clinical qualification in relevant field or equivalent through experience (, Diploma in management studies) Highly developed management knowledge of managing large scale change projects across several organisations Excellent understanding of governance, corporate, clinical and integrated with an understanding of corporate governance as a key element.
Excellent understanding of health and care and an appreciation of the broad social, political and economic trends influencing them Understanding of the ICS reform agenda and associated legislation Commissioning expertise in a health and care environment Knowledge of the NHS agenda, national priorities, challenges and the reform agenda Desirable Registered clinician Experience Essential Significant experience of leading programmes and teams Experience of setting up and embedding new structures and programme functions Significant experience of applying project and programme management methodologies Experience of working in the NHS Significant experience of leading and managing change Significant experience working at senior management level in a large organisation Experience delivering major change projects in several organisations Significant demonstrable experience applying project and programme management techniques at a senior level Demonstrable experience of managing teams of staff and other managers working to a common goal but on disparate projects and tasks.
Experience of managing and prioritising a large budget Skills and Attributes Essential Standard keyboard skills Demonstrable ability to translate policy and strategy into deliverable action plans A track record in delivering improvements for patients or the wider public at a senior level Ability to understand and analyse highly complex issues and data and use it to make difficult decisions The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written, listening to others and actively sharing information Capability to understand and analyse highly complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data that needs to inform deliberations and decision-making, and the wisdom to ensure that it is used ethically to balance competing priorities and make difficult decisions Computer literate with the ability to use a range of systems and office packages Ability to take an objective view, seeing issues from all perspectives and especially external and user perspectives Ability to effectively develop networks and alliances, building and maintaining relationships by encouraging contribution and working in teams Able to develop management reports using a range of information sources and systems Ability to develop and implement policies and procedures which impact across several organisations Ability to change plans as necessary following the identification of unexpected issues to delivery The confidence to question information and explanations supplied by others, who may be experts in their field Has the ability to influence and persuade others articulating a balanced, not personal, view, and to engage in constructive debate without being adversarial or losing respect and goodwill.
Able to create a compelling vision for the future by being future focused and seeing the bigger picture, setting and articulating the strategic direction of travel