Urgent and Emergency Care Interim Programme Director

London  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Urgent and Emergency Care Interim Programme Director

Summary of the work

To augment current programme and project delivery management capabilities including; Leading UEC teams and managing the portfolio of work including live services and transformational programmes. Updating and improving Governance Plan, managing risks and issues, reviewing and aligning UEC programme and service delivery strategy within NHS-Digital.

Latest start date Monday 3 December 2018

Expected contract length Minimum 6 months maximum 12 months

Location London/Leeds

Who the specialist will work with

Expected to lead the work whilst working across existing programmes including Urgent and Emergency Care, AAMHARI. Stakeholders within NHS and others as required.

What the specialist will work on

  • Deliverable 1: Review and familiarise with UEC programme objectives, structure and governance and produce updated and improved Governance Plan for the Programme.
  • Deliverable 2: Review and align UEC programme and service delivery strategy within NHS-Digital.
  • Deliverable 3: Rapidly develop successful working relationship with NHS-Digital and NHS-England stakeholders.
  • Deliverable 4. Work with the SRO to meet the IPA action plan with a specific focus on the delivery of a supplier strategy.
  • Deliverable 5. Manage the UEC programme
  • Deliverable 6. As member of the AAMHARI SLT, establish new, integrated management structure and approach
  • Deliverable 7. Review and refine the AAMHARI Organisation Design

Address where the work will take place

London or Leeds with travel between the two and to other locations when required.

Working arrangements

At least 4 days on site for the first 2 months. Working arrangements can be reviewed after 2 months.

Security clearance

BPSS Clearance

Essential skills and experience

  • Recent Experience of working at Programme Director/Manager level within a large and complex organisation
  • Experience of working at a senior level in programmes in a Public Sector organisation
  • Recent (last 12 months) experience in working with NHS Acute Trusts, Commissioners (CCGs), Ambulance Trusts, GPs or Urgent Treatment Centres
  • Demonstrable and practical experience at a senior level, in public or private sector, of delivering transformational change to business technologies and processes, to deliver service improvements for users.
  • Digitally literate and capable of effectively engaging with technical staff, suppliers and stakeholders to define the best approach to service design to achieve business/user objectives.
  • Architecture experience: business and technical, designing and articulating complex integrated multi-system models: driving through coherent technology change - articulating the target state and benefits and the transition states
  • Experience of developing technology transformation strategies and managing the delivery of associated technical services, solutions while balancing tight resource constraints, conflicting priorities and a dynamic programme.
  • Experience of current AGILE project management practices, open source, cloud platforms, digital services, and GDS standards.
  • Risk analysis and quantification and mitigation planning including development of viable contingency and business continuity plans for national services and major transformational programmes.
  • Underpin the delivery and iteration of digital services with effective analysis, ensuring that performance data drives the delivery and improvement of individual services, and increases the quality of management information
  • Directing the use of resources, analysing expenditure, controlling the efficient use of £multi million programme funding to maximise value for money.
  • Ensure a robust business cases are developed, and has technical and assurance input from appropriate specialists
  • Ensures programmes and services are delivered within budget and delivery is achieved within an affordable resourcing and operational budget taking opportunities for efficiency.
  • Ability to manage the UEC Directorate and build a collaborative working environment and innovative culture.
  • Evidence of motivating and managing teams to ensure the successful delivery of targets and strategy. The post holder will lead multiple teams, equivalent to several departments, and includes third parties

Nice-to-have skills and experience

  • Working understanding of Urgent and Emergency Care
  • Working understanding of healthcare systems, providers: Acute Hospital Trusts, Ambulance Trusts and Mental Health Trusts; Provider Digitalisation and Digital Urgent & Emergency Care programmes; working knowledge of Urgent Treatment centres
  • Knowledge of procurement and supplier management
  • Knowledge of strategic and benefits realisation models.
Start date
Immediately
Duration
6 months +
(extension possible)
From
Lucid Support Services Ltd
Published at
15.11.2018
Project ID:
1666959
Contract type
Freelance
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