Band 8C
Main area: Director of Strategic Planning & Business Development Grade: Band 8C Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 371-CS238 Site: Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development Town: Bracknell Salary: £76,412 - £87,723 per annum (Incl of HCAS) Salary period: Yearly Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59 Interview date: 03/03/2025 Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) across two Integrated Care Systems, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berks West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS) and Frimley ICS, developing and implementing our approach to provider collaboration across mental health, physical health and children and all age family services. Berkshire Healthcare is rated as an Outstanding Trust by the CQC. We pride ourselves in recruiting staff who display our values and the right behaviours and work hard to create a culture which respects all our staff for the unique contribution they make to ensuring high quality care is delivered. The Programme Director for Provider Collaboratives will lead the BHFT approach to working in collaboration with other providers, primary care, local authorities, the voluntary and community sector and our acute partners in a collaborative approach to transforming services, addressing health inequalities and embedding the approach to coproduction across our collaborative working. Whilst this is a full-time post, flexible working and working from home can be accommodated in agreement with the line manager. Main duties of the job
Provider Collaborative Strategy development, including vision, ambitions and outcomes. Programme governance, planning and leadership. Developing an evidence-based methodology/approach to framing our ambitions and outcomes for the provider collaboratives. Leading on the organisational development that ensures collaborative working becomes the norm for BHFT and its partners. Providing expert advice, guidance and support to BHFT clinical, operational and non-clinical colleagues supporting collaborative working. Developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across BOB and Frimley. Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are: Caring for and about you is our top priority Committed to providing good quality, safe services Working together with you to develop innovative solutions Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include: Flexible working options to support work-life balance 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell Excellent learning and career development opportunities ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave Free parking across Trust sites Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role: Educated to master’s degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification. Significant experience of working at a senior level in specialist area supported by professional development. Extensive experience or qualifications achieved through further study or practical experience in relevant areas, including analysis, complex report writing at a strategic level and/or project management or negotiation. Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development. Specific training/experience in application of quality improvement methodology. Prince2 or MSP qualified. Significant experience of complex healthcare programme management. Significant knowledge of community and/or mental health and social care services. Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in this area. Experience of working with and leading a multifunctional team within a complex high-profile change programme. Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time and to budget. Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions. Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution. Extensive experience of working with multiple stakeholders. Experience of implementing change through team working. Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders. For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. Interview will be held on 3rd March 2025 Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Educated to master’s degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a senior level in specialist area supported by professional development. Additional extensive experience or qualifications achieved through further study or practical experience in relevant areas, including analysis, complex report writing at a strategic level and/or project management or negotiation. Can evidence recent and ongoing professional development. Specific training/experience in application of quality improvement methodology. Significant experience of complex healthcare programme management. Prince2 or MSP qualified. Significant knowledge of community health and social care services. Previous Experience
Experience of working with and leading a multifunctional team within a complex high-profile change programme. Significant experience of system wide working. Experience of working in complex environments. Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time and to budget. Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution. Extensive experience of working with multiple stakeholders. Experience of implementing change through team working. Experience of running meetings and workshops with multiple stakeholders. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly. Awareness of NHS infrastructure, governance, and healthcare policy. Experience of preparing and presenting complex information to stakeholders. Ability to research and analyse numerical and written data, assess options, and draw appropriate conclusions. Affective use of relevant Microsoft Office applications and relevant information systems; Advanced Keyboard skills. Demonstrated ability of continually striving to meet high quality standards. Comfortable working in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment. These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare: Caring
for and about you is our top priority. Committed
to providing good quality, safe services. Working Together
with you to develop innovative solutions. We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us. Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role. At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs. We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria. Please note we may close positions before the advertised date. Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers. No agencies, please. Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Main area: Director of Strategic Planning & Business Development Grade: Band 8C Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 371-CS238 Site: Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development Town: Bracknell Salary: £76,412 - £87,723 per annum (Incl of HCAS) Salary period: Yearly Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59 Interview date: 03/03/2025 Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) across two Integrated Care Systems, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berks West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS) and Frimley ICS, developing and implementing our approach to provider collaboration across mental health, physical health and children and all age family services. Berkshire Healthcare is rated as an Outstanding Trust by the CQC. We pride ourselves in recruiting staff who display our values and the right behaviours and work hard to create a culture which respects all our staff for the unique contribution they make to ensuring high quality care is delivered. The Programme Director for Provider Collaboratives will lead the BHFT approach to working in collaboration with other providers, primary care, local authorities, the voluntary and community sector and our acute partners in a collaborative approach to transforming services, addressing health inequalities and embedding the approach to coproduction across our collaborative working. Whilst this is a full-time post, flexible working and working from home can be accommodated in agreement with the line manager. Main duties of the job
Provider Collaborative Strategy development, including vision, ambitions and outcomes. Programme governance, planning and leadership. Developing an evidence-based methodology/approach to framing our ambitions and outcomes for the provider collaboratives. Leading on the organisational development that ensures collaborative working becomes the norm for BHFT and its partners. Providing expert advice, guidance and support to BHFT clinical, operational and non-clinical colleagues supporting collaborative working. Developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across BOB and Frimley. Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are: Caring for and about you is our top priority Committed to providing good quality, safe services Working together with you to develop innovative solutions Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include: Flexible working options to support work-life balance 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell Excellent learning and career development opportunities ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave Free parking across Trust sites Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role: Educated to master’s degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification. Significant experience of working at a senior level in specialist area supported by professional development. Extensive experience or qualifications achieved through further study or practical experience in relevant areas, including analysis, complex report writing at a strategic level and/or project management or negotiation. Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development. Specific training/experience in application of quality improvement methodology. Prince2 or MSP qualified. Significant experience of complex healthcare programme management. Significant knowledge of community and/or mental health and social care services. Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in this area. Experience of working with and leading a multifunctional team within a complex high-profile change programme. Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time and to budget. Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions. Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution. Extensive experience of working with multiple stakeholders. Experience of implementing change through team working. Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders. For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. Interview will be held on 3rd March 2025 Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Educated to master’s degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a senior level in specialist area supported by professional development. Additional extensive experience or qualifications achieved through further study or practical experience in relevant areas, including analysis, complex report writing at a strategic level and/or project management or negotiation. Can evidence recent and ongoing professional development. Specific training/experience in application of quality improvement methodology. Significant experience of complex healthcare programme management. Prince2 or MSP qualified. Significant knowledge of community health and social care services. Previous Experience
Experience of working with and leading a multifunctional team within a complex high-profile change programme. Significant experience of system wide working. Experience of working in complex environments. Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time and to budget. Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution. Extensive experience of working with multiple stakeholders. Experience of implementing change through team working. Experience of running meetings and workshops with multiple stakeholders. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly. Awareness of NHS infrastructure, governance, and healthcare policy. Experience of preparing and presenting complex information to stakeholders. Ability to research and analyse numerical and written data, assess options, and draw appropriate conclusions. Affective use of relevant Microsoft Office applications and relevant information systems; Advanced Keyboard skills. Demonstrated ability of continually striving to meet high quality standards. Comfortable working in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment. These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare: Caring
for and about you is our top priority. Committed
to providing good quality, safe services. Working Together
with you to develop innovative solutions. We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us. Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role. At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs. We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria. Please note we may close positions before the advertised date. Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers. No agencies, please. Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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