Better Care Fund Senior Manager • Birmingham NHS England
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nBetter Care Fund Senior Manager with NHS England in Birmingham\n\n To manage relationships with the Local Authorities in implementingBetter Care Fund plans including: Working alongside NHSE, liaising between local sites and with theregional and central teams, building relationships with localgovernment leads and networks. Ensuring explicit strategic coherence between Better Care Fundplans and the integration agenda including making connections toother programmes and priorities and avoiding duplication whereverpossible. Coordinate NHS and LA held data and intelligence regardingimplementation of Better Care Plans, leading/supporting thedevelopment of effective tools to assist HWBs to oversee andmonitor the delivery of BCF outcomes. Ensure reporting of progress is consistent and accurate across theregion through utilisation of agreed reporting methodologies Mitigate local risks as far as is practical by offering support andadvice to areas based on good practice approaches andexperience derived elsewhere Ensuring appropriate support is in place for sites to accelerateimplementation, provide value for money and remain within thefinancial allocations provided. This includes: providing support directly, eg: facilitation or technicalexpertise supporting HWB to access resources available throughother support programmes brokering additional/specialist support where required Further information is detailed in the job description The better care fund (BCF) is a partnership between NHS England, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Local Government Association. The BCF is designed to promote integration between health and social care. Its pooled budget is aimed to incentivise the NHS and local government to work more closely together. The role of the Better Care Manager (BCM)is to assure and share best practice across the integrated plans each year on how they will spend the funds held within their single pooled budget in a way that will support the health and wellbeing of their local population. The BCF programme sits within the Midlands Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) team. The BCM role is to lead the management of the BCF programme across the Midlands , assisting with the oversight, co-ordination and delivery of the programme. This is alongside the wider team. The current BCF planning framework for 2024/25 covers, but is not limited to: Alignment in NHS/BCF/Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) planning processes Improving capacity demand plans Support systems with planning in financially challenged times for both sectors Strengthening the quality of planning and reporting submissions Improving integrated planning and local operational activity to pull together robust plans that are deliverable and have a clear line to activity, metrics and impact on BCF objectives "}