Qualifications Essential criteria Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. Desirable criteria Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional with considerable post registration experience. Knowledge and experience Essential criteria Acquired knowledge of Children and Young Peoples Continuing Care and transition services.Proven and significant senior leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.Have knowledge and experience in delivering large scale transformational change. Desirable criteria Subject matter knowledge across a number of key areas relating to Children and Young Peoples Continuing Care.Should have an appreciation of the relationship between Department for Health and Social Care, Department for Education, the Operations Directorate, CCGs/ICSs/ICBs, Local Authorities, Health Education England, Public Health England, the Analytics Team, and other Directorates in NHS England as well as individual provider and commissioning organisations. Skills and capabilities Desirable criteria Good Excel skills and ability to produce/interpret improvement models.Have the ability to work from an unestablished base and build and deliver the work programme. Communication skills Essential criteria Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations.Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and all levels of staff. Desirable criteria Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement. Analytical skills Essential criteria Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions.Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate. Desirable criteria High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives. Planning and Management skills Essential criteria Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership. Autonomy/ Freedom to Act Essential criteria Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues. Financial and Physical Resources Management Experience Essential criteria Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes. Values and behaviours, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Essential criteria Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and seeks out innovation.Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness.Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness. Physical skills and Other Essential criteria Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.Determination, perseverance, and resilience.Flexibility, and the ability to handle a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment.
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