Programme Director - Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Description

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit

Job overview

In 2021, the West Yorkshire Community Healthcare Provider Collaborative was created to tackle common healthcare issues together. Our goal is to improve care results, make the most of resources, and provide excellent care close to where people live.

The Community Collaborative is one of three operating across the West Yorkshire footprint and is made up of the following organisations:

• Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
• Bradford District Care Trust
• Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust
• Harrogate and District NHS Trusts
• Leeds Community Healthcare Trust
• Locala Health and Wellbeing
• Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospital Trust
• Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

Following the continued successful development of the Collaborative we are looking to recruit a Programme Director who will be responsible for programme leadership and management of our large, multi-organisation community provider collaborative.

We want to offer personalised care for everyone, ensuring a good quality of life. We work with various community providers, like social care, GPs, hospices and mental health services. Our focus is on teamwork, making programmes better, and dealing with challenges like money, workforce, technology, data, and buildings together.

Main duties of the job

Key areas of work include:

• Oversight of delivery and transformation programmes, for example virtual wards and community dental services
• Working together to deliver efficiency and value,
• Joint delivery of quality improvements

Every month, leaders from each organisation meet to make decisions together, and prioritise tasks.

We concentrate on issues like helping people leave the hospital, reducing wait times, supporting those in need, and contributing to urgent care plans.

Working for our organisation

This role is hosted by Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

The post-holder will be accountable to the Lead Chief Executive of the West Yorkshire Community Collaborative, and work in collaboration across the 8 members.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role:

• Is accountable to the Chief Executives of organisations belonging to the provider collaborative, delivering its extensive collaborative programme and managing relationships with the wider West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership Integrated Care System (ICS).
• Is a challenging and complex role operating with CEOs, and Executive Directors across all community healthcare providers in the region
• Works at a strategic system level responsible for overseeing the delivery of large scale, system wide change to benefit the patients and population
• Strategic leadership of a range of system wide significant programmes of work, with fully responsibility and accountability for the achievement of outcomes
• Is responsible for the establishment and performance of the Collaborative, ensuring oversight and successful delivery of complex, multifaceted collaborative strategic programmes of work
• Is responsible for ensuring the West Yorkshire Community Health Services Provider Collaborative has the required governance , structures, processes, capabilities, and resources to deliver effectively.
• Directs and leads a strategic system programme approach which includes setting goals, objectives, managing resources, risk management, milestones and measures of success
• Develops long term strategic plans , in a complex and emerging / uncertain environment. This role makes a major contribution to system wide plans, strategy and development
• Provides strategic direction to the provider collaborative, realising the opportunities/benefits and mitigating risks.
• Line management responsibility for a range of posts as the programme progresses, as well as 'matrix management'.
• This is a senior demanding role, working in an environment where the post holder must demonstrate outstanding communication skills and ability to influence at senior level. The role requires resilience and tenacity; the ability to deliver under pressure, with urgency where needed, and under considerable scrutiny, as well as a strategic forward thinking approach.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• Education to Masters degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Formal qualification in Programme Management (MSP) or significant equivalent programme leadership experience

Desirable criteria

• Formal qualification in Lean management and change techniques.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Significant senior leadership experience in health or social care
• Significant programme leadership and management experience within a complex large scale and multi-stranded programme, and complex environment
• In-depth professional knowledge and expertise over a range of disciplines e.g. financial management, performance management, staff management acquired through experience over extended period
• Experience of translating a vision into strategy, delivery plans and resource plans
• Experience of overseeing and delivering large scale, multiple organisation/system change
• Experience of participating in / co-ordinating formal meetings / Steering Board and associated governance arrangements
• Budgetary and financial management expertise, including managing income and supplier contracts
• Strong partnering and consultancy skills with a track record of building highly effective and trusting relationships, particularly at a senior level, collaborating across challenging agendas in a complex system

Desirable criteria

• Experience of applying continuous improvement methods
• Experience of business case development
• Experience of working at ICS/system level or in a system leadership role

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential criteria

• Experience of producing a range of strategic and operational documents and presentations including: programme plans, financial business cases and proposals for service innovation
• Able to build credibility to win support, influence stakeholders and develop collaborative plans
• Able to make sound decisions and judgements based on analysis of information available, including financial, risk, and programme information
• Ability to analyse complex information and develop potential options and recommendations
• Able to communicate effectively on issues in a variety of different ways.
• Ability to prioritise conflicting demands and to work to tight deadlines. Able to work under pressure without compromising quality.
• Ability to find solutions in complex situations that are acceptable to a number of stakeholders, experience of consultation, negotiation and influencing different stakeholders
• Significant experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid knowledge of financial process requirements
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work with people at all levels of teams and organisations
• Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate a vision and engage followership.
• Drive and enthusiasm
• Personal integrity and commitments to ensuring openness and transparency
• Well-developed negotiation, influencing and motivational skills
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise own workload
• Holding people and teams to account

Desirable criteria

• Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact for assistance.

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Documents to download

• Programme Director - job description and person specification (PDF, 354.2KB)
• Job Description Appendix A (PDF, 512.3KB)