Senior Manager: Palliative and End of Life Care

We are seeking individuals with significant experience of service redesign, strategy and assurance of delivery in healthcare to join the organisation. Experience or an interest in Palliative and End of life Care would be beneficial for this role and will help our services and out healthcare economy by:

• Developing innovation


• Evaluating projects and sharing learning


• Facilitating and engaging people


• Planning future service models and provision


• Developing specifications


• Supporting services to meet NHS policy


The post holder will be part of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board's (ICB) dynamic Operations & Delivery division, within the Urgent & Emergency Care, Long Term Conditions, Community and End of Life team. The teams work on all aspects of development and delivery of programmes and associated with improvement and transformation of service delivery of agreed ICS priorities across Herefordshire and Worcestershire., The post holder will be required to:

• Support the operational commissioning and service development by the ICS, specifically in the programme of Ageing Well, Community and End of Life services .


• Progress delivery and report on programmes that are either ICS system-wide priorities or projects that support Place Partnerships (Herefordshire or Worcestershire)


• Build and sustain effective reporting to Regulators with information requests and progress reports submitted on time and to satisfactory standards.


• Support the development of strong working relationships with multiple teams and organisations across the ICS, to further health and care delivery and improve patient outcomes.


• Engagement of patients, public, health and care organisations and other stakeholders in delivery of projects.


• Development and delivery of improvement action plans in relation to agreed priorities and commitments.


• Monitor and evaluating projects, demonstrating benefits and impact.


• Identify areas of need or gaps in provision including health inequalities in our communities.


• Delivery of required System wide Best use of Resources Programme outputs.

+ To identify and develop plans to support system improvements that also reduces system cost where possible
+ To lead on the programme delivery of a Getting it Right First Time for a specialty or equivalent programme in other areas., The post holder will work closely with the with the Programme Lead, Clinical lead, other Senior Manager and Programme Managers, in addition to colleagues across the wider health economy.

H&W ICB is seeking highly motivated, organised and approachable senior managers to lead defined programmes of work, contributing to delivery of agreed priorities within the team.

We are looking for applications from people who are able to demonstrate their experience of leading large health or care projects or programmes, developing effective working relationships with wide range of stakeholders and monitoring the impact of developments.

The NHS is a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges and opportunities. Within NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB we are responsible for a range of health services for our population of over 800,000 people who live within a mix of urban and rurally dispersed communities, spanning two of the largest counties in England.

We provide a dynamic, exciting, supportive and collaborative environment where we work with our colleagues to provide opportunities for you to reach your full potential and to develop a rewarding career within an exciting and evolving environment. Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of attractive benefits including:

• Employee Assistance programmes and access to a wealth of on-line health and wellbeing support


• Competitive NHS Pension Scheme


• Comprehensive opportunities to learn new skills and to develop your career within a caring and inclusive environment


• Generous holiday entitlement, which increases in line with service. There is also the opportunity to purchase additional leave.


• Flexible working patterns to support individuals work-life balance.