Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (FTC until 01/09/2026 - Secondment only for NHSE employees)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-MID-6601338-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Midlands (flexible)
- Town
- Midlands (flexible)
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Perinatal Patient and Public Voice (PPPV) Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
NHS England are looking to recruit a Perinatal Patient and Public Voice (PPPV) Chair for the Midlands.
Are you interested in helping develop and improve maternity care and experience for mothers, babies and families in the Midlands? Would you like to represent the views and ideas of women and families in relation to maternity services, whilst supporting transformation through project management?
We know that by working with those who use our services we can deliver better outcomes for families. As a Perinatal Patient and Public Voice (PPPV) Chair, you will bring your knowledge and experience of maternity and neonatal care to:
· Ensure the programme considers and prioritises the perspective of those using our services
· Champion the diversity of the views of all people who use our services
· Provide ‘critical friend’ challenge to the programme and contribute experience and/or expertise
· Have an active involvement in the local Maternity Voices Partnership or Local Maternity System
Main duties of the job
This role requires current knowledge of maternity service issues, along with the necessary strategic experience to manage senior demands within complex political environments, strong communication skills with clinical teams, Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) chairs and members across the region and an enthusiasm for continuous improvement of NHS Maternity Services.
The role will require a commitment of 2.5 days per week at a band 8a level. The recruitment process is likely to comprise a short interview and a discussion with a stakeholder panel.
The PPPV Chair role is for a 2-year period and the start date can be negotiated.
Working for our organisation
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further details can be found in the attached job description.
If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact: [email protected]
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Commitment to continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Programme/Project Management qualification e.g. Prince 2, MSP
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of strategic leadership and accountable decision-making
- Expert by lived experience in maternity and/or neonatal support services from ante-natal to two years
- Knowledge of maternity services in the Midlands and the dynamics and challenges which exist
- Experience of working in partnership with healthcare organisations or programmes with a wider range of people from different backgrounds and organisations to influence, plan and implement a programme of transformation and quality surveillance work
- Experience of chairing formal, multi-disciplinary meetings, preferably an LMNS/MNVP or similar maternity and neonatal-based working group
- Ability and experience of listening well to the voices of people who use maternity and neonatal services and their supporters, giving priority to seldom heard groups, and representing their voices
- Experience of managing senior demands within a complex politically sensitive environment
- In-depth understanding of co-production and ability to advise others in working successfully in co-production
- Understanding of how care and support is delivered via maternity, neonatal and parenting support services across the pathway
Desirable criteria
- Experience of national, regional and local drivers for transformation and quality surveillance across maternity and neonatal services
Interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of speaking confidently in large groups and interacting with multiple stakeholders at senior management level
- Ability to work creatively, respectfully and collaboratively, as equals
- Manage relationships with senior colleagues with confidence e.g. Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), LMNSs, MNVPs etc
- Ability to hold space for multiple, contrasting opinions and worldviews while maintaining safety for marginalized groups
- Experience in managing challenging conversations with a variety of stakeholders
- Demonstrate willingness and ability to challenge existing practice
- Ability to handle sensitive information and scenarios with empathy, tact and kindness
- Ability to communicate complex information to different stakeholders internally and externally
Desirable criteria
- Excellent delegation, people and workload management skills
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
- Champions equality, diversity and differences in the workplace, operating with integrity and openness
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Leah Unwin
- Job title
- Perinatal QI Project Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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