Value for Patients Director

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications - Academic/Professional

Essential criteria

• Master's degree or equivalent job related experience/graduate caliber
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• The post holder will require in-depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines e.g. financial management, performance and improvement, information systems, staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period

Desirable criteria

• Programme management qualifications or certifications

Experience

Essential criteria

• 5 years' experience at senior level in large organisation within NHS or within consultancy providing healthcare PMO services
• Leading Programme Management Offices or large scale programmes across one or more NHS Trusts
• Working with Boards and multiple stakeholders to deliver change.
• Proven experience and ability in managing operational performance with tight financial constraints demonstrating effective budget management
• Experience of capacity planning and translating organisation strategy and vision into operational objectives.
• Evidence of successfully leading significant organisational change in developing new models of healthcare delivery
• Demonstrate experience of building, maintaining and utilising successful relationships with all staff especially clinicians within complex organisations
• Knowledge of the strategic direction of the system
• An understanding of healthcare improvement methods and key national healthcare issues
• Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull people together across systems and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets
• Demonstrate significant experience of situational leadership, human resource management and people development.
• Knowledge and experience of handling the media

Desirable criteria

• Experience of developing alliances and partnerships within and across organisations

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Highly effective communication skills -must be able to articulate complex issues to a wide range of recipients, both written and verbally
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to engage and influence diverse audiences
• Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills, with the ability to engage, build and sustain relationships both within the Trust and within external organisations
• Able to demonstrate sound financial management skills and understand business centred approach to healthcare provision
• Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet competing priorities
• Able to take 'tough' decisions and calculated risks and see required action through
• Demonstrates strong commitment to achieve equality and diversity in the NHS workforce and for the community
• Excellent project management skills as project manager or sponsor. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Well developed IT literacy
• Ability to share vision and engender ownership in others
• Exhibits a drive, energy and enthusiasm and resilience to drive through and achieve end results and improvements

Desirable criteria

• ICB/Health economy

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
• Ability to establish and maintain credibility
• Ability to persuade, negotiate with and influence others
• Demonstrates drive and energy
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects
• Demonstrates drive and energy
• Demonstrable customer awareness
• Ability to communicate at all levels requiring tact and diplomacy to achieve results.
• The post holder will require access to transport.

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 528.3KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)