Head of Screening, Immunisation and Vaccination - Tewkesbury, United Kingdom - National Health Service

Description

Job summaryThe Screening, Immunisation and Vaccination team plays an instrumental part in supporting vaccination uptake in North East London.

We work as a local delivery partner with NHSE (as commissioner).The role is required to support the strategic development, planning and delivery of the NEL vaccination and screening programmes in support of the integrated care system.

Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our NEL Vaccination Strategy and increase awareness of and uptake of vaccinations for our eligible population.

Please note that this advert may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Main duties of the jobThis role has a large focus on increasing access to vaccinations and reducing health inequalities.

You will lead and manage a team responsible for the local delivery of multiple programmes of work including the covid vaccination programme.

You will work closely with NEL ICS teams and stakeholders from across primary, secondary, community, and social care, as well as wider stakeholders and the community to deliver improvements in outcomes for patients/ residents.

The work will also involve collaborating with national and regional NHSE teams.
Please refer to the attached JD for more information.

About usNHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.

We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities.

Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.

We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.

Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy.

Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

EssentialEducated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist areaDesirablePost-graduate degree or equivalent

Experience

EssentialEvidence of continued professional developmentExperience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environmentsExperience of managing risks and reportingExperience of drafting briefing papers and correspondenceAbility to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as requiredAbility to manage teams and team performance, at times without direct line managementCapability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordinglyDesirableExperience of monitoring budgets and business planning processesExperience in a healthcare environment

Knowledge

EssentialKnowledge of financial systems e.g.

monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurementDesirableKnowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft ProjectDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.

Employer detailsEmployer nameNHS North East LondonAddressUnex Tower5 Station StreetStratfordE15 1DAEmployer's websiteFor questions about the job, contact:
Deputy Director Vaccs, Immunisations and ScreeningMoira .net Date posted17 April 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8cSalary
78,163 to 88,884 a year

per annum inc HCA

ContractPermanentWorking pattern

Full-time

Reference number161-NELICB-227-AJob locationsUnex Tower5 Station StreetStratfordE15 1DA