Senior Programme Manager - Long Term Conditions and Prevention inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED TUE 22 OCT 2024

Job Purpose:The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Long Term Conditions and Prevention programmes.

The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery.

The post holder will have senior manager responsibility within Birmingham and Solihull ICS and will be a subject matter expert leading strategically and operationally on the major area of activity. You will be responsible for deputising for the Head of LTC and Prevention as required, expanding on knowledge, skills and experience within professional development.

As a Senior Programme Manager in the Long Term Conditions and Prevention team, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team and will lead one or more programme areas below. The Long Term Conditions (LTC) Programme includes - Circulatory Diseases, CVD Prevention, Stroke, Diabetes, Respiratory, Long COVID, Frailty, Dementia, and End of Life. The Prevention Programme includes NHS Long Term Plan Prevention Priorities including Alcohol, Tobacco, Obesity, TB, & HIV Screening.

This post holder will primarily lead the Respiratory portfolio including Pulmonary Rehab, Home Oxygen Service, Community Diagnostics, Long Covid, LTBI, TB Service, Winter Planning, and Clinical Pathways Development and Integration.

The post holder will have senior manager responsibility within Birmingham and Solihull and will be a subject matter expert leading strategically and operationally on the major area of activity. You will be responsible for deputising for the Head of LTC and Prevention as required, expanding on knowledge, skills and experience within personal and professional development.

As a Senior Programme Manager in the Long Term Conditions and Prevention team, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team and will be leading one or more programme areas including Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, Diabetes, Respiratory, Frailty, and Prevention (Tobacco, Alcohol, Obesity, TB, HIV Screening, Infectious Diseases) work programmes in the ICB.

The LTC and Prevention programme will work closely with Health Inequalities and other ICS programmes to ensure alignment and effective delivery of priorities to develop collaboration and joint working throughout the system. The programme is committed to a wide-ranging portfolio of transformation programmes which draw on the new partnership arrangements within the ICS for delivery.

About us

The post holder will be responsible for a wide portfolio of work delivering against national ambitions and planning guidance at a local level, adopting a population health management approach and will include a quality improvement approach which focuses on reducing health inequalities. As part of a dynamic team you will lead one or more programme area including Cardiovascular, Stroke, Diabetes, Respiratory and Prevention (Tobacco, Alcohol, Obesity, TB) for the BSol ICB.

The post holder will provide senior manager responsibility and support for the development and delivery of the following within the Birmingham and Solihull (BSol) Integrated Care System (ICS):

• Innovation and transformation across the LTC and Prevention Programmes
• Reducing health inequalities across all workstreamsSupporting a BSol ICS shared vision LTC and Prevention programmes
• Improving outcomes and experience for individuals at risk of, or living with long term conditions so that they can live well, age well and stay well
• Change management and improvement science
• Programme and project management

The post holder will also be responsible for;

• This postholder will primarily lead the Respiratory portfolio including Pulmonary Rehab, Home Oxygen Service, Community Diagnostics, Long Covid, LTBI, TB Service, and Clinical Pathways Development and Integration.
• The post holder will work closely with other Senior Managers in the team to support wider LTC and Prevention programmes.
• Development and oversight for the delivery of the LTC and Prevention Programmes
• Responsible for Long Term Conditions and Prevention related policy, guidance and service development and implementation
• Directly managing the LTC and Prevention support team and being responsible for the day-to-day work assigned to the Team
• Line manager for the LTC and Prevention Project Managers and Support Officer
• The roles include responsibility for recruitment, career development and performance management

Key relationships:

You will proactively build good working relationships, including the provision of information and advice, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders such as:

• BSol ICS LTC and Prevention Board
• LTC and Prevention Programme Boards including CVD, Stroke, Diabetes, Respiratory, End of Life, Frailty, and Prevention
• Neighbourhood Networks, Locality Hubs, Primary Care Networks and Providers
• ICS Communications and Engagement ICS leads and Place-based leads
• Secondary care providers, acute trust, community trust and private providers
• NHS health and social care staff within BSol ICS including primary, community and secondary care, LA, voluntary and third sector commissioners, providers, clinicians, managers and contractors, patients and their representatives for diabetes and related topics
• Local, Regional and National lead from NHS England, Local Authority Public Health, OHID, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), AHSN, DUK
• External consultancies working on other related projects and programmes within ICS
• Quality, Business Intelligence, Primary Care Commissioners, Finance, Contracting, Analysts.

As a member of our system you will actively demonstrate system values in all that you do. You will be driven to address health inequalities and create an environment that is inclusive for all people.

In return NHS Birmingham and Solihull can offer you the opportunity to thrive and develop in a team that is supportive, ambitious and inclusive. You will have plenty of opportunities to build your skills and experience, with a chance to work with colleagues across our five Provider Trusts, two Local Authorities, voluntary organisations, Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England to truly effect change and add value.

We know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation and are committed to challenging discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity for all, being a fair and inclusive employer, and creating a place of work in which all of us feel we belong.