199837 - NL HSCP Business Manager

The Role

The post holder, reporting directly to the Chief Officer of the North Health and Social Care Partnership (NH&SCP), will oversee the management of all Health and Social Care Partnership Services to fulfil the NH&SCPs Business Objectives, aligning with the Board's Corporate Objectives and provide strategic direction, leadership, management and development across a portfolio of corporate governance functions including board governance, compliance and executive support.

This role entails providing comprehensive managerial and leadership support to the North H&SCP Management Team and Integrated Joint Board, ensuring their efficient operation in accordance with the North H&SCP Scheme of Establishment. As the primary advisor to the partnership on corporate governance matters, the post holder will ensure effective support to the Board, committee structures, and other mandated meetings including ensuring robust governance overview of all relevant meeting papers.

Key responsibilities include developing and executing service delivery plans for the Board and its standing committees to facilitate the implementation of annual work plans. Additionally, the role involves providing strategic support to the IJB and Chief Officer in managing the HSCP strategic portfolio within a robust corporate governance framework.

The post holder will also be responsible for facilitating seamless communication and information exchange between the partnership, its committees, and senior management governance structures, ensuring alignment and adequate support for each. Furthermore, the role involves facilitating the smooth functioning of partnership offices.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring 

Knowledge, training, and experience

In depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines e.g. corporate governance, information systems, staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period. Strong evidence of knowledge and understanding of best practice in corporate governance, Scottish Government NHS policy and procedures, and legislation and regulations pertinent to the public sector.

Qualification and Training

Essential:

         Degree qualification.

         Relevant postgraduate qualification to masters or equivalent level.

         Record of continued professional development.

Experience/Skills

Essential:

         Demonstrable management experience, at senior level, within a large complex organisation, preferably within the NHS or Public Sector.

         Evidence of the application of expertise in good corporate governance, internal control, and risk management, through initiating, leading, facilitating and evaluating the development of systems and practices in an organisation. Evidence of providing professional advice to Boards and senior managers in a public sector organisation.

         Evidence of team leadership and management skills with the ability to influence and negotiate with all levels of management and staff, external organisations, and other stakeholders.

         Evidence of being able to produce written reports to a professional standard.

         Evidence of excellent communication skills including oral and presentational communication, combined with good listening skills.

         Evidence of highly developed influencing, negotiating and facilitation skills.

         Well-developed problem solving and analytical skills.

         Evidence of ability to critically evaluate processes and systems and proposing recommendations.

         Experience and clearly demonstrated competency for managing others, managing change, managing projects, and contributing to developments within identified timescales.

         Understanding of the legal and regulatory environment in which an NHS Board operates

         Budget management experience.

         Ability to demonstrate integrity, effective leadership, and management skills.

         Working with, leading, and influencing staff at a senior management level.

         Working across organisational and professional boundaries.

         Good interpersonal skills including diplomacy and discretion using ability to develop and maintain effective, positive relationships.

Knowledge

Essential:

         In depth working knowledge of the health and care sector with an emphasis on political astuteness

         Practical knowledge and understanding of the political context of NHS Scotland including when, how and with whom information can appropriately be shared, locally and nationally.

         A comprehensive understanding and expertise in legislation and guidance affecting the NHS including Scottish Statutory Instruments relating to corporate governance issues.

         A highly developed specialist understanding of, and expertise in the principles of governance and public accountability.

Attributes

Essential:

         Excellent written and oral communication and influencing/advocacy skills.

         Ability to work on own initiative.

         Demonstrable leadership skills.

         Record of continuing successful working across professional boundaries.

         Well organised and able to work under pressure whilst delivering high quality in constrained timescales.

It would be great if you also have

 Educated to degree and relevant post graduate qualification. with extensive experience at senior level and a proven track record of working across multi-professional groups and levels within an NHS organisation and across statutory and voluntary sector agencies.

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Project Management

Resilience/ Emergency Planning

Risk Management

Knowledge of the Health and Social Care Partnership and associated partners Governance processes, reporting and audit. 

Knowledge of organisation and management development

Knowledge of Health and Social Care Partnerships and Integrated Joint Boards

Car driver a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence

Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment 

Full time

37 hours

Please note this is a fixed term post until for 18 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post. 

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Kirklands, Bothwell

The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00.

Looking to find out more?

If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Claire Rae, Chief Officer, Claire.Rae@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshires benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received.  Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced.  Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer.  If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

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