Alliance Performance and Planning Lead – Band 8b Job Vacancy in Grays, England, UK

Job summary

Are you passionate about interpreting local population health management data to understand local needs and improve outcomes?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Performance & Planning Leads in the Mid & South Essex ICB Alliances, working collaboratively in Alliance teams and with partner organisations you will analyse and interpret population health management data to understand local populations defined by health need, inequalities, ethnicity, geography and other characteristics.

We are looking for motivated individuals who are experienced in planning and performance, you must a self-starter, able to adapt to new strategies, ideas and ways of working as they enable delivery of the Alliance and wider ICB ambitions.

Main duties of the job

The Alliance Performance and Planning leads play a key role in providing insight, intelligence, performance reporting and strategic advice within the Alliance. Using data driven insight and advanced analytics, you will drive improved performance and outcomes for residents and support the achievement of system-wide efficiencies.

Performance and Planning Lead roles are available in the South East Essex Alliance and the Thurrock Alliance, both roles are for 0.5 wte or 18.75 hrs per week. Applications are welcome for 0.5 wte or 1.0 wte (full time working across both Alliances).

About us

Mid and South Essex ICB is a statutory organisation responsible for the planning and delivery of local health and care services, across Mid and South Essex and is part of the wider integrated care system. Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. The headquarters for the organisation is Phoenix Court, Basildon, but there is a hybrid model of working, which includes working across Mid and South Essex and home working.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, 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 adjustment for people who have a disability.

Unfortunately, the organisation does not have a Sponsorship licence.

Date posted

17 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£56,164 to £65,262 a year plus, fringe London allowance

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

D9708-MSE113

Job locations

Phoenix House

Christopher Martin Road

Basildon

Essex

SS14 3HG

Civic Offices, 2nd Floor

New Road

Grays

Thurrock

RM17 6SL

Civic Centre, 6th Floor

Victoria Avenue

Southend On Sea

Essex

SS1 9SB

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System will comprise the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.

The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition.

The postholder will be part of the Place-based team, who will work in partnership with local communities to improve local population health.

The Alliance Performance and Planning lead plays a key role in providing insight, intelligence, performance reporting and strategic advice within the Alliance. The role is crucial to support the development of the Mid Essex Alliance, Primary Care Networks and the transformation agenda. Working with Transformation & Engagement leads and managers, the role will analyse and interpret local population health management data to understand local level needs.

By working in collaboration with district and partner organisations, the postholder will seek to understand local populations defined by health need, inequalities, ethnicity, geography and other characteristics. Using data driven insight, the role with drive improved performance and outcomes for residents and support the achievement of system-wide efficiency savings by 2024/25 by identifying health resource consumption.

The postholder will be a dynamic, motivated individual who is a self-starter, able to adapt to new strategies, ideas and ways of working as they enable delivery of the ICB ambitions.

You will have a dotted line responsibility to the Data and BI team with professional accountability to the Director of Data and BI.

You will work as part of a virtual Data and BI team across the ICS where activities may need to be adjusted based on wider system priorities and pressures. You will be expected to support other directorates from time to time.

COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES

Responsible and accountable for decisions made during the course of their duties, escalating significant issues where appropriate

Contribute to setting long term strategy ensuring the aims and objectives of the organisation/system are embedded and progressively built upon within the setting of the strategy, as well as taking responsibility for the implementation of one or more plans which align to this strategy

Management of multiple members of staff

Management of multiple senior members of staff

Accountable and responsible for multiple budgets and or income streams of delivery

Can demonstrate and deliver acute business acumen in their area of responsibility ensuring value for money, understanding the business of partners and the driving factors for delivery in multiple sectors.

Lead on the processing, collation and interpretation of robust data from a diverse range of sources and formats.

Utilise Population Health management techniques to understand local populations defined by health need, inequalities, ethnicity, geography, culture and other characteristics and wider determinants of health.

Drawing on this information, lead on intelligence and scenario modelling to identify challenges and priorities across the local population, supporting system wide transformation, assessing health resource consumption and identifying efficiency opportunities.

Lead on development and management of outcomes measures, through application of highly effective analytics and data quality assurance.

Develop good collaborative relationships with partners at all levels across the wider Alliance in order to ensure all data and reporting is accurate, timely, consistent, of the highest standard and valuable to the delivery of Place ambitions.

Assist the development of PCNs as the foundations of out-of-hospital care and building blocks of place-based partnerships through provision of comprehensive, timely and valuable intelligence systems.

Through analysis and interpretation of data, provide expert advice to colleagues and develop a data driven culture within the ICS.

Work with transformation leads to plan services in order to optimise outcomes and achieve performance targets at a local level

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System will comprise the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.

The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition.

The postholder will be part of the Place-based team, who will work in partnership with local communities to improve local population health.

The Alliance Performance and Planning lead plays a key role in providing insight, intelligence, performance reporting and strategic advice within the Alliance. The role is crucial to support the development of the Mid Essex Alliance, Primary Care Networks and the transformation agenda. Working with Transformation & Engagement leads and managers, the role will analyse and interpret local population health management data to understand local level needs.

By working in collaboration with district and partner organisations, the postholder will seek to understand local populations defined by health need, inequalities, ethnicity, geography and other characteristics. Using data driven insight, the role with drive improved performance and outcomes for residents and support the achievement of system-wide efficiency savings by 2024/25 by identifying health resource consumption.

The postholder will be a dynamic, motivated individual who is a self-starter, able to adapt to new strategies, ideas and ways of working as they enable delivery of the ICB ambitions.

You will have a dotted line responsibility to the Data and BI team with professional accountability to the Director of Data and BI.

You will work as part of a virtual Data and BI team across the ICS where activities may need to be adjusted based on wider system priorities and pressures. You will be expected to support other directorates from time to time.

COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES

Responsible and accountable for decisions made during the course of their duties, escalating significant issues where appropriate

Contribute to setting long term strategy ensuring the aims and objectives of the organisation/system are embedded and progressively built upon within the setting of the strategy, as well as taking responsibility for the implementation of one or more plans which align to this strategy

Management of multiple members of staff

Management of multiple senior members of staff

Accountable and responsible for multiple budgets and or income streams of delivery

Can demonstrate and deliver acute business acumen in their area of responsibility ensuring value for money, understanding the business of partners and the driving factors for delivery in multiple sectors.

Lead on the processing, collation and interpretation of robust data from a diverse range of sources and formats.

Utilise Population Health management techniques to understand local populations defined by health need, inequalities, ethnicity, geography, culture and other characteristics and wider determinants of health.

Drawing on this information, lead on intelligence and scenario modelling to identify challenges and priorities across the local population, supporting system wide transformation, assessing health resource consumption and identifying efficiency opportunities.

Lead on development and management of outcomes measures, through application of highly effective analytics and data quality assurance.

Develop good collaborative relationships with partners at all levels across the wider Alliance in order to ensure all data and reporting is accurate, timely, consistent, of the highest standard and valuable to the delivery of Place ambitions.

Assist the development of PCNs as the foundations of out-of-hospital care and building blocks of place-based partnerships through provision of comprehensive, timely and valuable intelligence systems.

Through analysis and interpretation of data, provide expert advice to colleagues and develop a data driven culture within the ICS.

Work with transformation leads to plan services in order to optimise outcomes and achieve performance targets at a local level

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of working at a senior level in the specialism.

Experience of leading, managing and delivering significant change projects involving stakeholders

Experience of holding responsibility for budget/s, budget setting and demonstrable knowledge of financial processes within own service

Experience of managing incoming and outgoing information requirements, handling correspondence/queries which may be highly complex, sensitive or highly confidential.

Experience of negotiation with senior stakeholders which may include difficult and controversial issues, presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups

Experience of working at strategic level, able to recognise direction and implications of policy and the potentially competing priorities/interests

Experience of leading, managing, developing, influencing and inspiring staff.

Desirable

Experience of working in the NHS/public body

Partnership Working/Leadership/Managment

Essential

Can demonstrate partnership working and the understanding of how and when partnerships should be built, navigating and understandinl local, regional and national political positions in order to solutions that span across multiple stakeholders

Responsible for the implementation of the NHS People Promise and ICB Values across functional areas of responsibility.

Provide effective, inclusive and compassionate leadership across own areas of responsibility, ensuring all voices are heard and creating and nurturing a culture where staff feel safe to speak up

Champions the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion both within and outside of the organisation

Challenges within areas of responsibility and escalates appropriately where these principles are at risk of not being upheld

Role model core behaviours including equity and diversity and maintaining a professional image at all times ICB template Professional and approachable manner

Good communicator, with ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels

Able to persuade and influence in areas of conflict

Flexible and adaptable to meet deadlines

Ability to work as part of a team or independently

Evidence of successfully leading, developing and motivating staff

Takes personal responsibility for actions and their impact

Ability to work in a collaborative way across organisational/sector boundaries in order to achieve the highest quality outcomes for patients

Ability so support strategic thinking in discussions by being aware of the bigger picture

Knowledge/Understanding

Essential

Advanced knowledge of relevant systems and procedures

In depth understanding of policies and practices within required field of work

An in-depth understanding of health care provision and awareness of current NHS policies and priorities.

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant Masters degree or extensive knowledge, skills and experience to equivalent level OR Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience

Plus either

Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience OR Advanced Analytics skills qualification or equivalent level of on the job experience

Evidence of continuing personal development

Member of a professional body aligned with Healthcare data or business analysis

Skills

Essential

Well developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels using from the full range of methods as appropriate

Demonstrable ability to formulate arguments and express them clearly to lay people and to persuade clinicians and senior management over a course of action

Demonstrable ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information where there are barriers to understanding

Advanced IT skills in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Standard keyboarding skills

High level of attention to detail

Prioritisation and organisation skills

Able to be assertive in negotiation on difficult and controversial issues such as performance and change

Able to deliver training/briefings/ updates to large groups of staff at all levels

Able to lead the development of policy and strategy to enhance relevant service

Able to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues and often to changing timescales.

Ability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making

Demonstrates ability to use sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate

Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required

Demonstrable ability to prioritise own work and teams workload considering conflicting priorities and tight deadlines

Demonstrable ability to analyse and interpreted highly complex data, facts or situations to interpreted these and make reasoned and logical deductions, compare a range of options and formulate plans

Demonstrable ability to plan over short, and medium term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Demonstrable ability to provide informative reporting to Senior Management on progress against operational outcomes and associated impact

Demonstrable ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and interpret complex information using problem solving skills

Excellent data analysis and interpretation skills involving highly complex data, with outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirable

Demonstrable negotiation skills and contract monitoring

Other

Essential

Personal qualities of integrity, adaptability and motivation

Possess a confident and positive attitude and be self motivated

Personal attributes include emotional intelligence, resilience, tenacious and agility and flexibility, able to respond to competing demands as they arise.

Demonstrable ability to influence and command respect and establish credibility quickly

Requirement to sit for long periods during meetings maintaining high levels of concentration and interaction

Requirement to spend significant amounts of time inputting at a keyboard or reviewing computer information via the VDU

Ability to travel to attend meetings and attend for work at several locations, including home, for the purpose of hybrid working.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of working at a senior level in the specialism.

Experience of leading, managing and delivering significant change projects involving stakeholders

Experience of holding responsibility for budget/s, budget setting and demonstrable knowledge of financial processes within own service

Experience of managing incoming and outgoing information requirements, handling correspondence/queries which may be highly complex, sensitive or highly confidential.

Experience of negotiation with senior stakeholders which may include difficult and controversial issues, presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups

Experience of working at strategic level, able to recognise direction and implications of policy and the potentially competing priorities/interests

Experience of leading, managing, developing, influencing and inspiring staff.

Desirable

Experience of working in the NHS/public body

Partnership Working/Leadership/Managment

Essential

Can demonstrate partnership working and the understanding of how and when partnerships should be built, navigating and understandinl local, regional and national political positions in order to solutions that span across multiple stakeholders

Responsible for the implementation of the NHS People Promise and ICB Values across functional areas of responsibility.

Provide effective, inclusive and compassionate leadership across own areas of responsibility, ensuring all voices are heard and creating and nurturing a culture where staff feel safe to speak up

Champions the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion both within and outside of the organisation

Challenges within areas of responsibility and escalates appropriately where these principles are at risk of not being upheld

Role model core behaviours including equity and diversity and maintaining a professional image at all times ICB template Professional and approachable manner

Good communicator, with ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels

Able to persuade and influence in areas of conflict

Flexible and adaptable to meet deadlines

Ability to work as part of a team or independently

Evidence of successfully leading, developing and motivating staff

Takes personal responsibility for actions and their impact

Ability to work in a collaborative way across organisational/sector boundaries in order to achieve the highest quality outcomes for patients

Ability so support strategic thinking in discussions by being aware of the bigger picture

Knowledge/Understanding

Essential

Advanced knowledge of relevant systems and procedures

In depth understanding of policies and practices within required field of work

An in-depth understanding of health care provision and awareness of current NHS policies and priorities.

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant Masters degree or extensive knowledge, skills and experience to equivalent level OR Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience

Plus either

Project Management Qualification or equivalent level of experience OR Advanced Analytics skills qualification or equivalent level of on the job experience

Evidence of continuing personal development

Member of a professional body aligned with Healthcare data or business analysis

Skills

Essential

Well developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels using from the full range of methods as appropriate

Demonstrable ability to formulate arguments and express them clearly to lay people and to persuade clinicians and senior management over a course of action

Demonstrable ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information where there are barriers to understanding

Advanced IT skills in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Standard keyboarding skills

High level of attention to detail

Prioritisation and organisation skills

Able to be assertive in negotiation on difficult and controversial issues such as performance and change

Able to deliver training/briefings/ updates to large groups of staff at all levels

Able to lead the development of policy and strategy to enhance relevant service

Able to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues and often to changing timescales.

Ability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making

Demonstrates ability to use sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate

Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required

Demonstrable ability to prioritise own work and teams workload considering conflicting priorities and tight deadlines

Demonstrable ability to analyse and interpreted highly complex data, facts or situations to interpreted these and make reasoned and logical deductions, compare a range of options and formulate plans

Demonstrable ability to plan over short, and medium term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Demonstrable ability to provide informative reporting to Senior Management on progress against operational outcomes and associated impact

Demonstrable ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and interpret complex information using problem solving skills

Excellent data analysis and interpretation skills involving highly complex data, with outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirable

Demonstrable negotiation skills and contract monitoring

Other

Essential

Personal qualities of integrity, adaptability and motivation

Possess a confident and positive attitude and be self motivated

Personal attributes include emotional intelligence, resilience, tenacious and agility and flexibility, able to respond to competing demands as they arise.

Demonstrable ability to influence and command respect and establish credibility quickly

Requirement to sit for long periods during meetings maintaining high levels of concentration and interaction

Requirement to spend significant amounts of time inputting at a keyboard or reviewing computer information via the VDU

Ability to travel to attend meetings and attend for work at several locations, including home, for the purpose of hybrid working.