Work and Health Partnership Specialist

Do you have people and project management skills? Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB is committed to working together to empower people to lead their best life and we're looking for a talented individual to work on an exciting project that aims to improve health and work integration.

Through building strong relationships with senior leadership teams within the Integrated Care System (ICS), Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and Department for Social Care (DSC) to influence the direction of the Work and Health project, you will contribute to a thorough understanding of population work and health needs, including identifying provision gaps and opportunities for improvement.

As a Work and Health Partnership Co-ordinator your primary responsibility is to establish and nurture partnerships to improve work and health outcomes across the ICS. Collaborating with key stakeholders including healthcare providers, local authorities, and third sector partners you will drive initiatives to support residents with disabilities and long term health issues in the workplace. This position offers and exciting opportunity to lead operational initiatives aimed at improving work and health integration.

Main duties of the job

Establish and maintain strong networks across the ICS, engaging with NHS colleagues, Local Authority contacts and other stakeholders and to nurture networks internally and externally

Communicate effectively to a diverse range of stakeholders and to present information and issues, explaining highly complex issues, to these stakeholders

Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data, liaising with other managers to share best practice.

To develop and manage the project from inception to completion, providing project advice, expertise and support where requested

Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio of projects/function

Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variance from target/plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.

Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and its proactive resolution and escalation processes.

If you are offered employment with us, you will have the opportunity to join a friendly, quality focused and dynamic team that is supportive and cares about your working experience and your wellbeing.

BSW ICB have adopted agile working so this means the successful applicant will predominately be working from home but may be requested to work in any one of the ICB's office bases across BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire. You will also have a contractual base within the BSW ICB office where your team is based.

Benefits BSW ICB offer include:

• NHS Pension Scheme


• Generous NHS annual leave entitlements commencing at 27 days per year rising to 33 days per year, pro rata, plus bank holidays


• Flexible working


• Modern IT equipment and an in-house IT help facility


• Colleague wellbeing support through a Staff Support Service and a wealth of wellbeing guidance and offers


• Colleague engagement forums and events


• Financial wellbeing guidance and benefits (including NHS staff offers, health service discounts, cycle scheme, car lease scheme, money helper service)


• Opportunities for learning through training and continuous development


• Opportunity to buy additional annual leave