Due to a promotion, we are looking to appoint an autonomous and dynamic leader who will be responsible for and lead the Humber Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (HDESP) to deliver eye screening services across the North and South Bank of the Humber.
The Humber Diabetic Eye Screening Programme provides a high performing photographic eye screening service for diabetic patients (approximately 63,000 patients) for the early detection of diabetic eye disease.
The post holder will be responsible for implementing and managing systems and processes to ensure that all services are delivered in accordance with Group-wide policies and the National Screening Service Specification. In addition, the post holder will be integral in the exciting service expansion and roll-out of the Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) surveillance pathway for patients with diabetic eye disease.
Main duties of the job
The Programme Manager will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of all operational issues within HDESP. They will ensure the effective delivery of services to patients in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.
The post has direct line management responsibility for the managers within HDESP and through them for the delivery and performance management of the services. In the first instance, this will include the review and, where necessary, the development of mechanisms for performance management at the programme level and workforce development.
The post holder will work with the Clinical Lead to develop and deliver a strategic vision and ensure service changes meet internal and external expectations and standards.
The post holder will need to understand the business requirements and implement plans for service improvement using modernisation techniques and involve patients to ensure changes to services meet patients' expectations as well as ensure the required capacity to meet key clinical performance targets.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together, we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
Job description
Job Responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.UK website
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate diploma Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Supplemented by post-graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses within a specialist field or equivalent
Desirable
- Management qualification and evidence of continued professional development
- Diploma in Health Screening or equivalent City and Guilds
Experience
Essential
- Management experience and knowledge within screening services, healthcare or other people/patient-focused services
- Demonstrate evidence of sound financial/staff management.
- Experience in staff management, including line management, developing potential (PDP) and performance management.
- Good working knowledge and understanding of the role of corporate services, eg Estates, Facilities and IT
- Evidence of managing change
- Specialist project management knowledge
Desirable
- Experience within a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.
- Business planning and development
Skills
Essential
- Proven ability to obtain and consistently achieve results and targets.
- Proven ability to deal with a wide range of data and information and make appropriate decisions from it.
- A proven ability to come up with flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems
- Excellent collaborative working skills and ability to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups
- Proven ability to influence change in those groups
- Prove ability to lead change through people
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - ability to negotiate influence in difficult and contentious situations
- A strong commitment to openness, honesty and inclusiveness.
IT
Essential
- Working knowledge of MS Office for typing, amending and proofreading documents.
- Knowledge of MS Office Excel
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles of timely local access for the population
- Must be a car driver with a valid manual driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust to meet the needs of the service
Desirable
- Across a broad range of service/subject areas
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Road
Hull
HU32JZ
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