Senior Strategy and Planning ManagerNHS

Job summary

Akey role within the ICB Strategy Directorate, supporting the Head of Strategy and Planning and Director of Strategy to develop, coordinate and deliverhighqualitystrategic and operational plans.

"This role will require a minimum of 2 days 'on patch' working in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland in our 2 main offices or partner sites"

Main duties of the job

The postholder will lead defined strategic workstreams, contribute to systemwide planning, and work collaboratively with partners to improve population health, reduceinequalitiesand strengthen system integration. The role will support the development of strategic, operational and pathway specific plans, ensuring alignment with national policy, regulatoryrequirementsand local priorities.

Job description

• Support delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model.
• Support the development ofhighqualitystrategic and operational plans including the ICB 5 Year Commissioning Plan.
• Keep up to date with policy developments across health and care and assess their impact on the organisation, partners,patientsand the public.
• Lead defined workstreams in developing systemwide strategic and operational plans, ensuring alignment with national policy, regulatoryrequirementsand local priorities.
• Identifyand maximise opportunities created by integrated and collaborative working across the health and care system, including service integration and improved outcomes for patients and the public.
• Draft and coordinate sections of the annual Operational Plan, ensuring clear actions,milestonesand compliance with NHS England and ICB Board requirements.
• Ensure plans support improve population health outcomes, reduce inequalities, deliver value formoneyand embed innovative commissioning practice.
• Collaborate across ICB Directorates and system partners to translate strategic plans into delivery through commissioning,contractingand provider collaboration.
• Use Population Health Management insights andevidencebasedapproaches to inform strategic development andplacebasedplanning.
• Ensure meaningful clinical, patient, public and community involvement in strategic planning activities.
• Monitor policy developments,identifyopportunities for improvement, and leadtimelimitedprojects that support directorate and system priorities.
• Plan and coordinate complex programmes of work, managing interdependencies,risksand deadlines to ensuretimelysubmission ofhighqualityplans and information.

About us

Our vision for the future of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland's health and care services is for a positive lifetime of health, wellbeing and care in our community.

Our mission in working together, the reason we do what we do, is to empower positive futures. Wherever we work and whatever our role we all want people in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland to be able to choose well, stay well, live well.

Each day our values will help to guide our decisions and what is most important to us:

• Our patients and our local population come first
• We work together in an open and accountable way
• We trust, challenge and support each other
• We do what we say we will do.