{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nHead of Pathway Transformation; Planned Care with North Central London Integrated Care Board in London, United Kingdom\n\n Job summary This role sits in the Strategy and Population Health Directorate, responsible for the setting of strategy, development of population health plans and ensuring NCL ICB addresses inequalities through everything we do. Service Development is responsible for the transformation of core healthcare services, working with both NHS and non-NHS providers at system and place. We deliver a structured approach to service improvement through a deep understanding and analysis of the intelligence, generating creative solutions to operational and strategic issues impacting provision and working collaboratively across system partners to implement change. This will encompass prioritised projects (such as the redesign of Ophthalmology services, development of Women's Health Hubs, integration of ENT pathways and others) within the ICB workplan in which service development are best placed to ensure better outcomes and a more efficiently and effectively managed pathway and provider landscape. The postholder will engage clinical teams across the pathway to secure system implementation of best practice. They will have responsibility for proactively managing budgets relating to planned care and effectively utilising commissioning levers through their work with the contracting and procurement team to bring about innovation and lasting change Main duties of the job Programme manage a portfolio of prioritised service development projects within planned care across North Central London, ensuring alignment to national/regional/local expectations, using a clear and developed Population Health approach. Ensure the portfolio of planned care projects are managed in line with best practice programme management principles, and ensure the effective running of any project delivery subgroups. Support providers to identify and deliver both provider productivity and system productivity plans to support the ICS in meeting its challenging financial and operational improvement targets as part of implementing change within planned care. Work directly with the contracting and procurement team in identifying procurement strategies and appraising procurement and contracting options, working with appropriate ICB colleagues and others to ensure that the ICB is operating within the legal and regulatory framework Negotiate and manage individual contracts and the procurement pipeline relating to the planned care portfolio, in collaboration with the contracting and procurement team Lead the planned care team (4 posts) and support the overall Pathway Transformation team, which includes Intermediate Care About us NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington. As an ICB, we're focused on: Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access Enhancing productivity and value for money Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development. It is an exciting time to be joining NCL ICB - we have commenced an organisational change programme to redesign the structure of the organisation and the way that we work to better meet the needs of our population, our people, our system, and our partners. As part of the organisational change programme, we want to re-launch and re-energise the organisation, embed new ways of working and building the capabilities we need to create a thriving organisational culture. Job description Job responsibilities Please download the job description and person specification of the role please see the section titled Documents to download for further information. Job description Job responsibilities Please download the job description and person specification of the role please see the section titled Documents to download for further information. Person Specification Education / Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a commissioning organisation Experience Essential Demonstrable experience in managing a portfolio of pathway transformation projects within planned care including the utilisation of best practice project management methodology. Experience of managing budgets and contracts in related areas including utilising innovation in contract forms to bring about lasting change, and successful negotiation skills. Experience of involving patients and the public, and stakeholders, in transformation programmes and what would constitute best practice. Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities Essential Strong provider stakeholder engagement skills, including the provision of high quality written engagement material for external organisations including Local Authority or NHS Provider meetings. Good level of analytical skills, including analysis of data using Excel/ related tools. Excellent inter-personal, communications and influencing skills, both oral and written. Self-motivated and delivery focussed. Person Specification Education / Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a commissioning organisation Experience Essential Demonstrable experience in managing a portfolio of pathway transformation projects within planned care including the utilisation of best practice project management methodology. Experience of managing budgets and contracts in related areas including utilising innovation in contract forms to bring about lasting change, and successful negotiation skills. Experience of involving patients and the public, and stakeholders, in transformation programmes and what would constitute best practice. Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities Essential Strong provider stakeholder engagement skills, including the provision of high quality written engagement material for external organisations including Local Authority or NHS Provider meetings. Good level of analytical skills, including analysis of data using Excel/ related tools. Excellent inter-personal, communications and influencing skills, both oral and written. Self-motivated and delivery focussed. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer details Employer name North Central London Integrated Care Board Address Euston Road 250 Euston Road London NW1 2PG Employer's website "}