Programme Manager

This fixed term post will require the post holder will have day-to-day leadership and management responsibility for the delivery of strategic programmes for specific conditions and patient groups in a defined geographical area.

This will include ensuring effective engagement of patients, professionals and constituent organisations in programme activities that support the delivery of national outcome ambitions in line with local needs and resources.

The post holder will lead the provision of an efficient, effective, and high quality professional and well-co-ordinated service capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements ensuring alignment with the activity of the NHS England and local system., As Programme Manager, the post holder will support the effective delivery of the Specialist Neurorehabilitation Programme across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

• Manage the specialist inpatient and community neurorehabilitation workstream and improvement support function, including developing and managing the workstreams work programmes, progress and reporting risk and issue management.


• Undertake scoping and mapping exercise around the modelling of neurorehabilitation beds and current provisions across L&SC


• Develop a regional neurorehabilitation service in conjunction with the Lead commissioner.


• Develop an Integrated End to End Service Specification for neurorehabilitation to mirror the Stroke service specification.


• Manage delivery of the Specialist neurorehabilitation work programme and related boards and steering groups


• To liaise with the complex network of stakeholders involved with improvement, transformation and quality for specialist neurorehabilitation care.


• Develop and implement a system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the workstream, Directorate, the wider NHS organisation including ICSs/HCPs.


• Work closely with the Clinical Leads across specialist rehabilitation and lead key projects on their behalf where necessary


Working for our organisation

Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

Our integrated Stroke & Neuro Therapy Team provides specialist rehabilitation to adults within the acute & community rehabilitation setting at Royal Blackburn Hospital, Pendle Community Hospital, and Rakehead Rehabilitation Unit. The integrated therapy team consists of a whole MDT team including Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Psychology, Assistant Practitioners & AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation., As Programme Manager, the post holder will support the effective delivery of the Specialist Neurorehabilitation Programme across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning, and service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.

The post holder will support and be accountable to the Specialist Commissioner for Neurorehabilitation and their team to ensure that their work programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery:


• Manage the specialist inpatient and community neurorehabilitation workstream and improvement support function, including developing and managing the workstreams work programmes, progress and reporting risk and issue management.


• Undertake scoping and mapping exercise around the modelling of neurorehabilitation beds and current provisions across L&SC


• Develop a regional neurorehabilitation service in conjunction with the Lead commissioner.


• Develop an Integrated End to End Service Specification for neurorehabilitation to mirror the Stroke service specification.


• Manage delivery of the Specialist neurorehabilitation work programme and related boards and steering groups


• To liaise with the complex network of stakeholders involved with improvement, transformation and quality for specialist neurorehabilitation care.


• Liaise with appropriate functions within the regions, ICSs, HCPs PCNs and Place leads


• Develop and implement a system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the workstream, Directorate, the wider NHS organisation including ICSs/HCPs.


• Work closely with the Clinical Leads across specialist rehabilitation and lead key projects on their behalf where necessary
  
  educated to master level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area


• Extensive knowledge of specialist area


• comprehensive experience of project management
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.


We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.


• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.


• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.


• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.


Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.