Programme Manager - INT Reporting

The South East Integrated Neighbourhood Development team was formed in 2024 to drive delivery of care close to home across the region. The team brings together a range of NHS England programmes focused on proactive, personalised, and preventative care in the community (and in partnership with local government and other community stakeholders who support health in the community). Priorities for the team include supporting our systems to drive local integration whilst transforming community and primary care services., Working as part of a matrix team across regional directorates, priorities for the post will include:
+ Increasing Urgent Community Response, with alignment to Single Point of Access & Alternatives to Emergency Department deliverables
+ Intermediate Care Framework priority actions
+ Improving Community bed productivity and reducing Length of Stay
+ Reducing delays to discharge from Intermediate Care beds, Please note interviews will be for 2 hours, to include a test, presentation of test outcomes and interview.
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We're passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
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The team is currently seeking a highly motivated Programme Manager to support Integrated Care Systems in their development and integration of community urgent care pathways (including Urgent Community Response and Intermediate Care) with other parts of the urgent and emergency care pathway (e.g. acute and ambulance services) in order to improve quality, productivity and flow., + An understanding of urgent and emergency care pathways across acute, community and primary care
+ Understanding of the specific blockers within community to achieving flow
+ Experience of having worked in a programme and project management environment
+ An ability to develop strong working relationships across health and care.
+ The ability to influence and matrix work across a complex stakeholder landscape
We are proud to be a team that supports and demonstrates flexible working arrangements. The location of the role is flexible, with some infrequent travel as required for business need. We also support colleagues who want to work from an office more frequently.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
+ Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
+ Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
+ Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
+ Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
+ Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band., NHS England

NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive - and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.