Commissioning Review Programme Manager

The Commissioning Review Programme Manager role offers an exciting opportunity.

This fixed term post will require the post holder to lead a programme of work with multiple priorities and related Boards and steering Groups to inform the review of current specialist rehabilitation services, as well as undertake scoping for new and innovative initiatives across Cheshire and Merseyside.

This will include ensuring effective engagement of professionals, constituent organisations and patients in programme activities that support the delivery of national and regional ambitions in line with local needs and resources., The role is to support a programme of work for NHS England & NHS Improvement - North West and Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, hosted by The Walton Centre. The role will work at a senior level to support the effective delivery of the commissioning review. The role supports the region in driving pathway improvement and transformation and value for money in planning, commissioning and service delivery. The post holder will support and be accountable to commissioning bodies to ensure that the programme is planned and managed effectively and take the lead in successful development. As Programme Manager, you will provide and receive highly complex information and develop clear concise reports, have the ability to communicate and influence at all levels, have strong planning and coordination skills and be able to grasp critical issues and distil them into clear management priorities, weighing costs and benefits. You will be able to work with a high degree of autonomy, liaising
with the complex network of stakeholders involved with improvement, transformation, quality and commissioning. You will be a strong leader, with a strong value set, driven to improve specialist rehabilitation services.You will have a developed sense of personal resilience when working with stakeholders and proficiently navigate challenging discussions and support in mitigating risks and issue.You will need to travel as the role will work on sites with teams to scope and design improvements.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.