job descrption

Clinical Senates support decision making concerning major service re-design to achieve optimal use of resources for the health of their populations by providing early patient-focussed ‘critical friend’ advice on one or more occasion to inform developing plans, and final clinical assurance to ICS/ICBs and NHS England (and by extension patients and the public) on completed proposals.

The South East Clinical Senate Works Collaboratively To Provide a Source Of Strategic And Objective Advice And Leadership To Support Systems To Deliver The Best Health And Care Outcomes For Patients, Their Families And Communities. We Do This By
• Providing independent clinical advice on major service change to support the NHSE assurance process
• Acting as a clinical critical friend across the south east region
• Enabling leadership development
• Supporting learning and sharing across systems regionally and nationally
• Working through our strong patient and public partnership model.

As Clinical Senate Programme Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic small team in supporting high quality, effective and efficient clinical senate activity across the South East region.

The post holder will support the Head of Senate in planning and managing the delivery of work making sure it is executed effectively and to agreed deadlines.

The postholder will deputise as required for the Head of Senate with support of the Senate Chair and Vice Chair.

The post holder will be responsible to the Head of Senate. Key aspects of the role will be to:
• Support the Head of Senate with delivering the Clinical Senate activities.
• Delivery of agreed areas of the Clinical Senate independent clinical reviews.
• Supporting the writing of clinical senate assurance and non-assurance reports as appropriate.
• Collaborative working with clinical senate chair, vice chair and council members and relevant stakeholders.
• Deputise as required and appropriate for the Head of Senate in planning the delivery of work making and ensuring it is executed effectively and to agreed deadlines.

Please see job description and personal specification for a full description.

The NHS England Board Have Set Out The Top-level Purpose For The New Organisation To Lead The NHS In England To Deliver High-quality Services For All, Which Will Inform The Detailed Design Work And We Will Achieve This Purpose By
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emily Steward Job title: Head of Senate Email address: emily.steward@nhs.net Telephone number: 07702 427396