Senior Strategy and Policy Lead, Community Care

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Our Organisation

NHS England and NHS Improvement came together on 1 April 2019 as a new single organisation. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to patients at the local level and we can best support the NHS to deliver this as a single integrated organisation.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have an ‘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.

Our new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by our integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.

We are jointly committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

Are you passionate about transforming Community Care – if so, please read on.

The Community Care Team is at the forefront of delivering NHS England’s ambition of “boosting out of hospital” care and developing and testing new models that provide support to patients closer to home.

As set out in the 22/23 NHS planning guidance, the transformation of out-of-hospital services is a key element of the NHS recovery. Systems have been asked to increase overall capacity of community services to provide care for more patients at home and address waiting lists, develop and expand new models of community care and support timely hospital discharge.

The Community Care Team is recruiting to several roles across its Strategy and Policy and Service Policy, Design and Implementation functions, to deliver the Community Care portfolio across England. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a major high-profile national programme and make a difference to specific population groups, such as those with multi-morbidities, in England.

The Community Care portfolio currently includes:

• development of Community Care strategy and policy, particularly working closely with primary care, social care and urgent and emergency care colleagues and partner organisations
• designing new models of Community Care in partnership with other parts of the health and care system (e.g. Anticipatory Care Operating Model development)
• driving roll out and effective implementation of new models of care (e.g. Anticipatory Care and Urgent Community Response)
• working to understand the impact of Community Care models and enable quality improvement (e.g. delivery of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework)
• developing and delivering the transforming children’s community services programme, with a particular focus on reducing waiting lists and provision of community care services for children with special educational needs and disabilities).
  
  

As part of the Discharge and Community Services Team in NHSE-I, you will be at the centre of work that makes an impact on the lives of thousands of people every single day.

This is an exciting time to join us at the heart of the Community Care agenda. Please apply for one of the several posts listed below.

• Band 9 Deputy Director, Service Policy, Design & Implementation
• Band 8c Service Policy, Design and Implementation Lead
• Band 8b Service Policy, Design and Implementation Senior Manager
• Band 8a Service Policy, Design and Implementation Manager
• Band 7 Project Manager, Service Policy, Design and Implementation
• Band 6 Project Coordinator, Service Policy, Design and Implementation
• Band 5 Project Officer, Service Policy, Design and Implementation
• Band 8c Strategy and Policy Lead
• Band 8b Senior Strategy and Policy Manager
• Band 8a Strategy and Policy Senior Analyst
• Band 8a Children’s Community Services Manager
• Band 6 Strategy and Policy Coordinator
  
  

For more information and to set up a call, please contact recruitment.communityservices@nhs.net

For further details contact:

Email address: recruitment.communityservices@nhs.net

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s 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 in place 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.

Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.

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