This post will work under the direction of the NHSE Health and Justice SE team. The SE Region Specialised Commissioning and Health & Justice team is responsible for managing a significant number of contracts, with a budget of £3.2 billion.

The team is also responsible for all Health & Justice functions in the South East which includes:

• HM Prisons (Category B-D)
• Young Offenders Institutions (prisons for 15-21 year olds)
• Immigration Removal Centres (IRC) (Holding centres for foreign nationals awaiting decisions)
• Secure Children’s Homes (provide care and accommodation for young people who have been placed by local authorities)
• Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC) (one stop location where female and male victims of rape and serious sexual assault can receive medical care and counselling, assist the police investigation, including undergoing a forensic examination)
• Liaison and Diversion (L&D)
• CYP Agenda

NHSE will work in collaboration with the Home Office to deliver healthcare services at the Western Jetfoil and RAF Manston sites. The post is initially for one year but is expected to be extended to two years or permanently.

KEY ASPECTS OF THIS ROLE WILL BE:

Improving quality and outcomes
Ensure that the services that are commissioned demonstrate efficiency, productivity, sustainability and value for money continuously proving the quality of care.
Develop systems within the contracting process that clearly identify the level of expected performance against contracts, monitor and take appropriate action to address variation or poor performance.
Enabling clinical leadership
Ensure that clinical leadership is central to the delivery of all NHS England/NHS Improvement activities.
Work collaboratively across the NHS England and NHS
Improvement matrix, including integrating the National Director’s portfolio with the Domain Leads.
Enabling patient and public involvement
Act as a champion for patients and their interests and involve the public and patients in the policy development and decision-making of NHS England.
Ensure all public and patient contact with the office is of the highest professional standard.
Embed patient and public involvement within NHS England at all levels of decision making.
Set up processes and systems to receive regular patient feedback to inform the commissioning process
NHS England came together on 1 April 2019 as a new single organisation. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to patients at the local level and we can best support the NHS to deliver this as a single integrated organisation.
Our new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by our integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.
We are jointly committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
The seven integrated regions of our joint enterprise will work with local systems to support and improve how care is provided to patients and communities. These regions will be supported by the corporate centre providing expertise and developing policy. The focus will be on guiding and managing the delivery of services through local integrated health systems, sustainability and transformation partnerships, and devolution areas.
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
Key Functional Responsibilities
Operational
Support procurement of scoping work on health services and resilience and translate outcomes into plans.
As senior work stream lead working internally and externally to deliver projects, initiatives and services to time and in a cost effective way.
Operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
Support the portfolio of programmes in demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
Deputise for the Head of Commissioning – Health & Justice, if required.

Promoting equality and reducing inequalities

• Uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality.
• Create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action to ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality.

The team is also responsible for all Health & Justice functions in the South East which includes:

• HM Prisons (Category B-D)
• Young Offenders Institutions (prisons for 15-21 year olds)
• Immigration Removal Centres (IRC) (Holding centres for foreign nationals awaiting decisions)
• Secure Children’s Homes (provide care and accommodation for young people who have been placed by local authorities)
• Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC) (one stop location where female and male victims of rape and serious sexual assault can receive medical care and counselling, assist the police investigation, including undergoing a forensic examination)
• Liaison and Diversion (L&D)
• CYP Agend