Job description

Please note this is a fixed-term contract for 12 months

About the role

Would you like to work for the only network that brings together Primary Care with the rest of the health and care system? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where every day is different, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including our innovative, solutions-focused members? Are you a self-starter who can identify new opportunities and build a programme of work? Then this may be the role for you.

As a Policy and Delivery Manager focused on Pharmacy, Optometry, Dentistry and Audiology you will play a significant role to build our profile and influence with wider primary care to support us to grow our membership. You will:

• continue to build relationships with stakeholders and national partners to facilitate the expansion of the Network to include community pharmacy, ophthalmology, audiology and dentistry.
• manage specific policy projects on a responsive basis, individually or working collaboratively with the wider policy team, and across Confed.
• engage regularly with our members, gathering their views and facilitating the sharing of best practice through events, webinars and conferences
• keep abreast of national developments relevant to our membership, translating national guidance into digestible summaries that encourage discussion and different ways of thinking.

About you

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Knowledge of NHS and wider health and care policy, priorities and service delivery challenges – particularly in relation to primary care
• An understanding of the UK political environment and the operation of government, preferably related to healthcare
• Experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and the ability to build strong personal relationships to deliver products/outputs
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to grasp complex issues quickly, and interpret and present them for a variety of audiences
• adopt a professional and values-based approach to the delivery of work.

To apply

Please download the job description found at the end of this page and click apply to complete the application form. Please note we do not accept CVs.

For an informal discussion about the post and the NHS Confederation before applying please contact Rebecca Gale Rebecca.gale@nhsconfed.org or Ruth Rankine ruth.rankine@nhsconfed.org

Application deadline: 26th September 2024

Interview date: W/c 14th October 2024

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £17,224.00 per year

Expected hours: 14.6 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: Remote

Reference ID: NHS1040020