Job description

Job responsibilities

The Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children is a statutory senior medical role providing system-level clinical leadership, expert advice and independent professional assurance to theBNSSGGloucestershire Cluster Integrated Care Board (ICB) and its partners.

The postholder supports the ICB in discharging its statutory responsibilities for safeguarding children in line with the Children Act 2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children and the NHS Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (SAAF).

Operating with a high degree of professional autonomy, the role provides authoritative medical advice, scrutiny and challenge across all commissioned services including primary care, acute, community, mental health and independent sector providers. They must have consultant level experience in the field of paediatrics.

The postholder works in close partnership with the Associate Director, Designated Nurses and Place-based safeguarding lead to ensure a coherent and robust system of safeguarding leadership, assurance and improvement across the BNSSG and Gloucestershire system.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• Evidence of ongoing appraisal and revalidation.
• Relevant specialty training related to safeguarding children and young people.
• Significant clinical experience working with children and young people.
• Extensive post-qualification clinical experience.
• Significant safeguarding children clinical experience.
• Experience of multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.
• Experience providing senior-level medical advice and challenge.
• In-depth knowledge of safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.

Desirable

• Previous experience as a Named Doctor or Designated Doctor.
• Experience contributing to safeguarding children practice reviews.
• Experience working across system or ICS/ICB footprints.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication, influencing and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage complex, sensitive and contentious issues.
• Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks in a political context like the NHS.
• Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment.
• Ability to provide professional challenge and support to clinicians.
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
• Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments.
• Demonstrates excellent overall digital literacy, with the ability to confidently use computers and digital systems required for day-to-day work.

Analytical

Essential

• Advanced clinical judgement in complex safeguarding situations.
• Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate initiatives.

Planning Skills

Essential

• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Experience of managing and prioritising a large budget.
• Ability to provide informative reporting on finances and impact to Board management.

Desirable

• Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects.

Management Skills

Essential

• High professional integrity and credibility.
• Confident system-level clinical leader , compassionate and learning-focused professional approach.
• Ability to delegate effectively.
• Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required.

Autonomy

Essential

• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Shire Hall

Gloucester

GL1 2TG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The primary purpose of the role is to provide specialist advice and support to the ICB and GP practices across the Integrated Care System on information governance and data protection matters. The role supports compliance with data protection legislation, NHS information governance requirements and national standards, enabling practices to manage patient information safely and securely while supporting the effective delivery of digital services and information sharing across the health and care system.

The post holder will be a subject matter expert on Information Governance (IG) related matters. They are responsible for supporting the Head of Information Governance in managing the IG agenda across the ICBs and in GP practices enabling the management of information safely and securely while supporting the effective delivery of digital services and information sharing across the health and care system. They will provide expert advice and guidance to the ICBs on Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Information Security.

The Primary Care Information Governance Consultant and Data Protection Officer provides specialist advice and support to GP practices and Primary Care Networks across the Integrated Care System on information governance and data protection matters.

The post holder may deputise for the Head of Information Governance Manager as and when required.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training & Expereince

Essential

• Proof of Qualification in Information governance or equivalent or working towards
• IG/GDPR Practitioner with significant relevant experience
• Experience of managing risks, incidents and reporting.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
• Demonstrates good overall digital literacy, with the ability to confidently use computers and digital systems required for day-to-day work.

Desirable

• Understanding of the public sector.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.

Autonomy

Essential

• Demonstrated capabilities to manage and prioritise own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol / Gloucestershire

100 Temple Street Bristol

Bristol

BS1 6AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role is to support place based arrangements and therefore is aligned to a locality, currently Bristol although there is likely to be rotation in the team at some point in 2027/2028.

The contracted work base for this post is located at Temple Street, Bristol. The ICB supports hybrid working however in order to deliver the functions of the services, flexibility and agility are required by the post holder to deliver all aspects of this role. Therefore the post holder must be able to commit to being available to meet in person at short notice. This may include a variety of locations such as being in the office or in the BNSSG or Gloucestershire locality to support the delivery of the requirements of the role and ICBs. The ICB retains the right to request that staff work from any ICB approved location during their contracted hours within the BNSSG ICB locality at the managers discretion.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training & Expereince

Essential

• Registered Health Professional or social worker (NMC, HCPC, GMC, Social Work England, etc.)
• Educated to masters level or evidence of working towards.
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Ability to provide safeguarding supervision to other practitioners
• Demonstrates good overall digital literacy, with the ability to confidently use computers and digital systems required for day-to-day work
• Extensive knowledge of relevant national safeguarding policies and implications for practice
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement and the interaction with safeguarding policy and practice
• A good understanding of the relationship between NHS organisations and wider system, regional and national organisations and the ICBs role in collaboration.
• Sound knowledge of safeguarding process including statutory meetings, reviews, referral process and multi agency working and assessment

Communication Skills

Essential

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Prepare and present written briefings for a variety of audiences
• Able to work flexibly to short deadlines

Analytical

Essential

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Extensive knowledge of the safeguarding escalation process
• Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

Planning Skills

Essential

• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Desirable

• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Management Skills

Essential

• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
• Experience of managing staff/teams/projects
• Experience or appetite support budget holding/management

Autonomy

Essential

• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)

Physical Skills

Essential

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.

Equality & Diversity

Essential

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
• Awareness of cultural competency recognition in all workstreams and commissioning decisions

Other

Essential

• Used to working in a busy environment / Operating in a highly political and sensitive environment
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
• Professional calm and efficient manner
• Effective organiser, influencer and networker
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
• Completer/Finisher
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Ability to self-motivate and have a can-do attitude

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol, Gloucester and hybrid working

Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Bristol Gloucester

BS16AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Educated to master's level or equivalent senior-level experience within technology, digital or data services.

Significant experience leading technology, cloud, platform or data services within a complex or regulated environment.

Strong technical knowledge across cloud infrastructure, data engineering, interoperability, architecture and secure digital services.

Extensive experience leading and developing multidisciplinary technical teams.

Experience setting technology strategy and delivering complex technical programmes, roadmaps and service improvements.

Ability to combine strategic leadership with practical oversight of delivery, performance and technical operations.

Strong understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and relevant compliance frameworks.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders and external partners.

Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, including the ability to manage risk and operate effectively in complex or ambiguous situations.

Experience managing competing priorities and delivering programmes within agreed timescales and resources.

Experience of budget management, financial planning, procurement and supplier or contract management within technology or digital services.

Understanding of NHS structures and digital transformation, or the ability to apply experience gained in another complex or regulated sector.

Commitment to collaborative leadership, equality, innovation and continuous improvement.

Desirable

Experience working with Secure Data Environments, Trusted Research Environments or health research infrastructure.

Knowledge of SATRE, the Data Security and Protection Toolkit, ISO 27001 or related security and assurance standards.

Relevant cloud, cyber security, architecture or technical qualifications.

Experience of DevOps, automation, infrastructure-as-code, platform engineering or agile delivery.

Experience managing cloud services, licensing, platform performance or large-scale technology suppliers.

Experience working across regional or national partnerships and representing organisations in relevant professional forums.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience working at a senior level within a specialist technology, digital or data environment.
• Developed specialist knowledge gained through postgraduate study, professional qualification or significant senior experience in technology, cloud, engineering, digital platforms or data services
• Significant experience leading technology, cloud, platform or data services within complex, regulated or public sector environments.
• Extensive experience of leading multidisciplinary technical teams and managing operational and strategic delivery across complex programmes.
• Strong understanding of NHS structures, healthcare policy, digital transformation and the relationship between local, regional and national NHS organisations.
• Significant experience of secure data environments, cloud infrastructure, interoperability, technical architecture and engineering capability development.
• In-depth understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and relevant compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrates strong digital literacy and confident use of digital systems, cloud technologies and collaboration platforms.

Desirable

• Experience working within NHS Secure Data Environments (SDEs), Trusted Research Environments (TREs) or health research infrastructure programmes
• Knowledge of SATRE, DSPT, ISO27001 or related assurance and security standards.
• Cloud or technical certifications such as AWS, Azure, CISSP, TOGAF or equivalent.
• Experience of DevOps, automation, infrastructure-as-code or platform engineering approaches.
• Membership of a relevant professional body.

Communciation

Essential

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with experience delivering complex and sensitive messages to senior stakeholders, boards and external partners.
• Ability to explain complex technical, architectural and operational concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships and influence across organisational, professional and system boundaries.

Desirable

• Experience representing organisations within regional or national technical, digital or research forums.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to analyse highly complex technical, operational and organisational issues and develop strategic and operational solution
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and implement mitigating actions across large-scale technology and data services.
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Experience interpreting national policy, standards and technical guidance and applying these within operational and strategic environments.

Desirable

• Experience analysing platform performance, cloud consumption, operational metrics or service data to support transformation and improvement activities.

Planning Skills

Essential

• Significant experience planning and delivering complex technology, cloud, infrastructure or data programmes within agreed timescales and resources.
• Experience developing technology strategies, operational plans, technical roadmaps or service improvement programmes
• Ability to manage competing priorities, operational pressures and evolving organisational requirements.

Desirable

• Experience of agile delivery, programme management or enterprise architecture approaches.

Management Skills

Essential

• Significant experience leading, motivating and developing multidisciplinary technical teams and associated resources.
• Experience of financial management, budget setting, supplier management and operational delivery within technology or digital services.
• Experience of leading organisational change, service improvement or capability development o Experience building in-house engineering or cloud capability and reducing reliance on external delivery partners. 9 programmes

Desirable

• Experience building in-house engineering or cloud capability and reducing reliance on external delivery partners.

Autonomy

Essential

• Ability to work independently at senior level, providing expert technical and strategic advice within a complex and changing environment.
• Ability to make autonomous decisions on complex technical, operational and strategic issues.
• Experience interpreting national policy, standards or technical guidance for organisational implementation.

Physical Skills

Essential

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools with appropriate keyboard and system skills.

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

Financial and Physical Resources

Essential

• Significant experience managing budgets, financial planning, resource allocation and financial governance within technology, digital or operational services.

Desirable

• Experience managing cloud consumption, licensing or largescale supplier contracts.

Other

Essential

• Strong leadership, relationship-building and team working skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work flexibly and lead within a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery and technical detail.
• Demonstrates honesty, integrity and commitment to organisational values.
• Positive approach to innovation, change and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Experience working across organisational boundaries within regional or national partnerships

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol, Gloucester and hybrid working

Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Bristol Gloucester

BS1 6AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent senior-level experience within a specialist data, analytics, digital or technical environment.

Significant experience designing, developing and supporting complex data pipelines, transformations and data integration solutions.

Strong hands-on experience using SQL, Python and relevant modern data engineering tools and technologies.

Experience working with large-scale health, research, public sector or similarly complex datasets.

Strong knowledge of data modelling, data quality assurance, metadata management and data validation techniques.

Ability to analyse complex datasets, data structures and technical requirements and determine appropriate engineering approaches.

Experience planning and delivering complex data engineering or integration activity within agreed timescales and resources.

Ability to manage multiple projects, technical priorities and deliverables simultaneously.

Experience providing technical leadership, peer review, mentoring and guidance to engineers or technical colleagues.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements and explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve complex data quality, integration and interoperability issues.

Understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and relevant compliance requirements.

Ability to work collaboratively with data providers, researchers, suppliers and partner organisations across organisational boundaries.

Commitment to technical quality, inclusive working, knowledge sharing, innovation and continuous improvement.

Desirable

Experience working with NHS data, health research infrastructure, Secure Data Environments or Trusted Research Environments.

Knowledge of NHS datasets, coding systems, data standards and healthcare information flows.

Experience of cloud-based data engineering using Azure, AWS or an equivalent platform.

Experience of DevOps, automation, infrastructure-as-code or platform engineering approaches.

Knowledge of interoperability standards or common data models such as OMOP, FHIR or openEHR.

Knowledge of SATRE, the Data Security and Protection Toolkit, ISO 27001 or other relevant security and assurance frameworks.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience working at a senior level within a specialist data, analytics, digital or technical environment.
• Extensive specialist knowledge gained through postgraduate study, professional qualification or significant experience in data engineering, data integration, health informatics, analytics, data architecture or digital services.
• Significant experience designing, developing and supporting complex data pipelines, data transformations and data integration solutions.
• Significant experience working with large-scale health and care datasets within NHS, research or public sector environments.
• Experience of designing, developing and maintaining data engineering solutions using SQL, Python and relevant modern data engineering tools and technologies.
• Experience of data modelling, data quality assurance, metadata management and data validation techniques.
• Experience working with complex NHS datasets, data standards, coding systems and healthcare information flows.
• Understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and NHS or public sector compliance frameworks.
• Understanding of the NHS, wider health and care system landscape and national digital and data priorities.
• Demonstrates strong digital literacy and effective use of modern digital, data and collaboration tools.

Desirable

• Experience working within NHS, health research, analytics or Secure Data Environment (SDE/TRE) programmes.
• Knowledge of SATRE, DSPT, ISO27001 or other relevant standards and assurance frameworks.
• Experience of cloud-based data engineering using Azure, AWS or equivalent platforms.
• Experience of infrastructure-as code, automation, DevOps or platform engineering approaches.
• Experience of interoperability standards and common data models such as OMOP, FHIR or openEHR.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical and data engineering concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to communicate effectively with NHS providers, researchers, suppliers and partner organisations.
• Strong presentation, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Ability to translate operational, research or business requirements into practical technical approaches and engineering solutions.

Desirable

• Experience presenting technical findings, data quality assessments or engineering solutions to governance groups and technical forums.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to analyse highly complex datasets, data structures, mappings and technical requirements and determine appropriate engineering approaches.
• Ability to investigate and resolve complex data quality, integration and interoperability issues where there may be multiple potential solutions.
• Ability to balance technical, operational, information governance and delivery considerations when making recommendations.
• Experience identifying, assessing and resolving technical risks associated with data engineering, onboarding and data processing activities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in complex, ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.

Desirable

• Experience analysing platform performance, pipeline performance, data quality metrics or cloud based engineering workloads.
• Experience applying analytical techniques to support data validation, optimisation and continuous improvement.

Planning Skills

Essential

• Experience planning and delivering complex data engineering, integration and onboarding activity within agreed timescales and available resources.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, projects and technical deliverables simultaneously.
• Experience developing implementation plans, technical specifications and engineering work packages.
• Experience coordinating technical activity across multiple contributors, organisations or datasets.

Desirable

• Experience of agile delivery, DevOps or modern technical delivery methodologies.

Management Skills

Essential

• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to engineers, analysts or technical colleagues.
• Experience coordinating technical activity across multiple projects, datasets and engineering priorities.
• Experience undertaking technical peer review, quality assurance and promotion of engineering standards and best practice.
• Experience supporting knowledge transfer, technical development and capability building within engineering teams.
• Experience working collaboratively with suppliers, provider organisations and delivery partners to support engineering delivery.

Desirable

• Experience of line management, supervision or coaching responsibilities.
• Experience contributing to recruitment and technical assessment processes.
• Experience developing engineering capability within multidisciplinary teams.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol, Gloucester and hybrid working

Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Bristol Gloucester

BS16AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Qualifications and Experience:Registered healthcare professional (e.g. NMC, GMC or equivalent) with no restrictions on practice.Educated to Masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent senior-level experience.Significant senior-level infection prevention and control expertise and at least five years experience operating at a strategic level.Holder of, or working towards, a recognised specialist qualification in Infection Prevention and Control.Experienced in providing expert advice, assurance and leadership at Board and system level.Skilled in working across organisational boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering change within complex healthcare systems.Key Skills:Outstanding communication, influencing and negotiation skills.Strategic thinking, analytical ability and sound judgement.Experience of leading large-scale programmes and service transformation.Strong understanding of NHS policy, commissioning, governance and partnership working.Commitment to reducing inequalities and improving population health outcomes.

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the most influential infection management portfolios in the NHS, working across organisations and sectors to improve health outcomes for local communities. You will join a collaborative, ambitious and values-driven leadership team, with the opportunity to shape strategic commissioning decisions, influence regional and national policy, and make a lasting impact on population health and patient safety. Hybrid working available. For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are encouraged to contact recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Healthcare professional with current registration and no restrictions to practice (eg NMC, GMC)
• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in this field
• Extensive senior level experience in infection prevention and control role with a minimum of 5 years' experience and the authority to provide expert advice and assurance at Board and system level.
• A recognised specialist qualification in Infection Prevention and Control, or demonstrable progression towards such a qualification
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Must have a strong understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and how these impact on the overall strategic objectives; implementing and adapting as required.
• A very strong understanding of and the ability to navigate the relationships between NHS organisations and wider system, regional and national organisations.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Excellent presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
• Demonstrates excellent digital literacy, with the ability to confidently use computers and digital systems.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Analyses performance of area of activity in relation to performance targets, strategic objectives
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution

Planning Skills

Essential

• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
• Ability to formulate long term strategic pans, involving uncertainly, impact on organisation

Management Skills

Essential

• Abilities for financial and staff management.

Autonomy

Essential

• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales. Interpreting national policy for implementation.
• Interpret national policy for implementation.
• Lead manager for a major area of activity, interprets corporate and national policies.

Physical Skills

Essential

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

Financial and Physical Resources

Essential

• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
• Previously responsible for major area of activity; monitors budgets, responsible for overall budget for major area of activity

Other

Essential

• Team working skills
• Self-motivated
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol, Gloucester and hybrid working

Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Bristol Gloucester

BS1 6AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Educated to master's level or equivalent senior-level experience within technology, digital or data services.

Significant experience leading technology, cloud, platform or data services within a complex or regulated environment.

Strong technical knowledge across cloud infrastructure, data engineering, interoperability, architecture and secure digital services.

Extensive experience leading and developing multidisciplinary technical teams.

Experience setting technology strategy and delivering complex technical programmes, roadmaps and service improvements.

Ability to combine strategic leadership with practical oversight of delivery, performance and technical operations.

Strong understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and relevant compliance frameworks.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders and external partners.

Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, including the ability to manage risk and operate effectively in complex or ambiguous situations.

Experience managing competing priorities and delivering programmes within agreed timescales and resources.

Experience of budget management, financial planning, procurement and supplier or contract management within technology or digital services.

Understanding of NHS structures and digital transformation, or the ability to apply experience gained in another complex or regulated sector.

Commitment to collaborative leadership, equality, innovation and continuous improvement.

Desirable

Experience working with Secure Data Environments, Trusted Research Environments or health research infrastructure.

Knowledge of SATRE, the Data Security and Protection Toolkit, ISO 27001 or related security and assurance standards.

Relevant cloud, cyber security, architecture or technical qualifications.

Experience of DevOps, automation, infrastructure-as-code, platform engineering or agile delivery.

Experience managing cloud services, licensing, platform performance or large-scale technology suppliers.

Experience working across regional or national partnerships and representing organisations in relevant professional forums.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience working at a senior level within a specialist technology, digital or data environment.
• Developed specialist knowledge gained through postgraduate study, professional qualification or significant senior experience in technology, cloud, engineering, digital platforms or data services
• Significant experience leading technology, cloud, platform or data services within complex, regulated or public sector environments.
• Extensive experience of leading multidisciplinary technical teams and managing operational and strategic delivery across complex programmes.
• Strong understanding of NHS structures, healthcare policy, digital transformation and the relationship between local, regional and national NHS organisations.
• Significant experience of secure data environments, cloud infrastructure, interoperability, technical architecture and engineering capability development.
• In-depth understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and relevant compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrates strong digital literacy and confident use of digital systems, cloud technologies and collaboration platforms.

Desirable

• Experience working within NHS Secure Data Environments (SDEs), Trusted Research Environments (TREs) or health research infrastructure programmes
• Knowledge of SATRE, DSPT, ISO27001 or related assurance and security standards.
• Cloud or technical certifications such as AWS, Azure, CISSP, TOGAF or equivalent.
• Experience of DevOps, automation, infrastructure-as-code or platform engineering approaches.
• Membership of a relevant professional body.

Communciation

Essential

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with experience delivering complex and sensitive messages to senior stakeholders, boards and external partners.
• Ability to explain complex technical, architectural and operational concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships and influence across organisational, professional and system boundaries.

Desirable

• Experience representing organisations within regional or national technical, digital or research forums.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to analyse highly complex technical, operational and organisational issues and develop strategic and operational solution
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and implement mitigating actions across large-scale technology and data services.
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Experience interpreting national policy, standards and technical guidance and applying these within operational and strategic environments.

Desirable

• Experience analysing platform performance, cloud consumption, operational metrics or service data to support transformation and improvement activities.

Planning Skills

Essential

• Significant experience planning and delivering complex technology, cloud, infrastructure or data programmes within agreed timescales and resources.
• Experience developing technology strategies, operational plans, technical roadmaps or service improvement programmes
• Ability to manage competing priorities, operational pressures and evolving organisational requirements.

Desirable

• Experience of agile delivery, programme management or enterprise architecture approaches.

Management Skills

Essential

• Significant experience leading, motivating and developing multidisciplinary technical teams and associated resources.
• Experience of financial management, budget setting, supplier management and operational delivery within technology or digital services.
• Experience of leading organisational change, service improvement or capability development o Experience building in-house engineering or cloud capability and reducing reliance on external delivery partners. 9 programmes

Desirable

• Experience building in-house engineering or cloud capability and reducing reliance on external delivery partners.

Autonomy

Essential

• Ability to work independently at senior level, providing expert technical and strategic advice within a complex and changing environment.
• Ability to make autonomous decisions on complex technical, operational and strategic issues.
• Experience interpreting national policy, standards or technical guidance for organisational implementation.

Physical Skills

Essential

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools with appropriate keyboard and system skills.

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

Financial and Physical Resources

Essential

• Significant experience managing budgets, financial planning, resource allocation and financial governance within technology, digital or operational services.

Desirable

• Experience managing cloud consumption, licensing or largescale supplier contracts.

Other

Essential

• Strong leadership, relationship-building and team working skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work flexibly and lead within a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery and technical detail.
• Demonstrates honesty, integrity and commitment to organisational values.
• Positive approach to innovation, change and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Experience working across organisational boundaries within regional or national partnerships

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol, Gloucester and hybrid working

Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Bristol Gloucester

BS1 6AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent senior-level experience within a specialist data, analytics, digital or technical environment.

Significant experience designing, developing and supporting complex data pipelines, transformations and data integration solutions.

Strong hands-on experience using SQL, Python and relevant modern data engineering tools and technologies.

Experience working with large-scale health, research, public sector or similarly complex datasets.

Strong knowledge of data modelling, data quality assurance, metadata management and data validation techniques.

Ability to analyse complex datasets, data structures and technical requirements and determine appropriate engineering approaches.

Experience planning and delivering complex data engineering or integration activity within agreed timescales and resources.

Ability to manage multiple projects, technical priorities and deliverables simultaneously.

Experience providing technical leadership, peer review, mentoring and guidance to engineers or technical colleagues.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements and explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve complex data quality, integration and interoperability issues.

Understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and relevant compliance requirements.

Ability to work collaboratively with data providers, researchers, suppliers and partner organisations across organisational boundaries.

Commitment to technical quality, inclusive working, knowledge sharing, innovation and continuous improvement.

Desirable

Experience working with NHS data, health research infrastructure, Secure Data Environments or Trusted Research Environments.

Knowledge of NHS datasets, coding systems, data standards and healthcare information flows.

Experience of cloud-based data engineering using Azure, AWS or an equivalent platform.

Experience of DevOps, automation, infrastructure-as-code or platform engineering approaches.

Knowledge of interoperability standards or common data models such as OMOP, FHIR or openEHR.

Knowledge of SATRE, the Data Security and Protection Toolkit, ISO 27001 or other relevant security and assurance frameworks.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience working at a senior level within a specialist data, analytics, digital or technical environment.
• Extensive specialist knowledge gained through postgraduate study, professional qualification or significant experience in data engineering, data integration, health informatics, analytics, data architecture or digital services.
• Significant experience designing, developing and supporting complex data pipelines, data transformations and data integration solutions.
• Significant experience working with large-scale health and care datasets within NHS, research or public sector environments.
• Experience of designing, developing and maintaining data engineering solutions using SQL, Python and relevant modern data engineering tools and technologies.
• Experience of data modelling, data quality assurance, metadata management and data validation techniques.
• Experience working with complex NHS datasets, data standards, coding systems and healthcare information flows.
• Understanding of information governance, cyber security, data protection and NHS or public sector compliance frameworks.
• Understanding of the NHS, wider health and care system landscape and national digital and data priorities.
• Demonstrates strong digital literacy and effective use of modern digital, data and collaboration tools.

Desirable

• Experience working within NHS, health research, analytics or Secure Data Environment (SDE/TRE) programmes.
• Knowledge of SATRE, DSPT, ISO27001 or other relevant standards and assurance frameworks.
• Experience of cloud-based data engineering using Azure, AWS or equivalent platforms.
• Experience of infrastructure-as code, automation, DevOps or platform engineering approaches.
• Experience of interoperability standards and common data models such as OMOP, FHIR or openEHR.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical and data engineering concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to communicate effectively with NHS providers, researchers, suppliers and partner organisations.
• Strong presentation, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Ability to translate operational, research or business requirements into practical technical approaches and engineering solutions.

Desirable

• Experience presenting technical findings, data quality assessments or engineering solutions to governance groups and technical forums.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to analyse highly complex datasets, data structures, mappings and technical requirements and determine appropriate engineering approaches.
• Ability to investigate and resolve complex data quality, integration and interoperability issues where there may be multiple potential solutions.
• Ability to balance technical, operational, information governance and delivery considerations when making recommendations.
• Experience identifying, assessing and resolving technical risks associated with data engineering, onboarding and data processing activities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in complex, ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.

Desirable

• Experience analysing platform performance, pipeline performance, data quality metrics or cloud based engineering workloads.
• Experience applying analytical techniques to support data validation, optimisation and continuous improvement.

Planning Skills

Essential

• Experience planning and delivering complex data engineering, integration and onboarding activity within agreed timescales and available resources.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, projects and technical deliverables simultaneously.
• Experience developing implementation plans, technical specifications and engineering work packages.
• Experience coordinating technical activity across multiple contributors, organisations or datasets.

Desirable

• Experience of agile delivery, DevOps or modern technical delivery methodologies.

Management Skills

Essential

• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to engineers, analysts or technical colleagues.
• Experience coordinating technical activity across multiple projects, datasets and engineering priorities.
• Experience undertaking technical peer review, quality assurance and promotion of engineering standards and best practice.
• Experience supporting knowledge transfer, technical development and capability building within engineering teams.
• Experience working collaboratively with suppliers, provider organisations and delivery partners to support engineering delivery.

Desirable

• Experience of line management, supervision or coaching responsibilities.
• Experience contributing to recruitment and technical assessment processes.
• Experience developing engineering capability within multidisciplinary teams.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol, Gloucester and hybrid working

Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Bristol Gloucester

BS16AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This directorate is responsible for developing contracting approaches which support the achievement of outcomes by planning and procuring services that deliver value, strategic priorities and health outcomes. This includes commissioning across pathways of care for population and neighbourhood cohorts and taking bold decisions to innovate and at times de-commission services.

As part of the the Strategic Commissioning Unit (SCU) the procurement and contracting team provides strategic commissioning and payer functions to drive the delivery of the population health strategy and ensure placebased priorities are met. The SCU spans a comprehensive portfolio including Primary Care, Community Care, Childrens, Acute, IS, Mental Health and Non-Healthcare.

By commissioning new models of care across pathways and neighbourhood cohorts, and developing robust, outcomebased service specifications, the team supports the transformation and integration of services at cluster level. It plays a central role in shaping and developing the provider market, overseeing performance management of contract outcomes to ensure highquality, valuedriven delivery.

The postholder will provide strategic leadership of the ICBs procurement function, ensuring all procurement activity delivers high quality outcomes, best value for money and full compliance with legislative, regulatory and governance requirements. Acting as the ICBs senior expert advisor on procurement and supply chain matters, the role provides strategic insight, assurance and professional leadership to support system decision making and market management. The postholder leads complex, high value and high risk procurements, develops and delivers the ICBs Procurement Strategy and Policy and maintains oversight of the procurement pipeline to ensure effective prioritisation, delivery and resource use.

Key Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and management of the ICBs Procurement function, ensuring all procurement activity delivers high-quality outcomes and best value for money, complies with internal governance and relevant legislation, and effectively balances statutory, financial, and service delivery priorities.

Act as the senior expert advisor to the ICB on all procurement (healthcare, non-healthcare and goods and services) and supply chain matters, providing strategic insight and assurance to support system decision-making, and offering ongoing professional support to all ICB staff and more specifically the other Associate Directors of Contracts and all contract managers in relation to contract and market management.

Lead and advise on complex, high-value, or high-risk procurements, ensuring appropriate procurement strategies are developed and delivered that support system transformation, market sustainability, and improved outcomes.

Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing delivery of the ICBs Procurement Policy and Strategy, ensuring alignment with national NHS commercial frameworks and local system priorities, and contribute as required to the development of contract and market management strategies.

Lead on the implementation and management of a risk and issues management process, which is embedded across the programme and that the management of risk and issues are mitigated with corrective action and reporting is undertaken in a timely way.

Lead on the development, implementation and ongoing delivery of the ICBs Procurement Standing Operating Procedures

Lead on the development, implementation and ongoing delivery of the ICBs PSR Annual Report ensuring alignment with the regional procurement hub

Develop, maintain, and actively manage a comprehensive procurement pipeline and workplan, providing clear oversight of forthcoming activity, prioritisation of resources, and assurance on delivery against system objectives.

Lead engagement and liaison with the regional procurement hub and other relevant partners, securing appropriate specialist support and ensuring effective use of regional and national procurement capability to maximise value, consistency, and compliance.

Lead effective contract management across the allocated portfolio, ensuring contracts are actively managed to deliver quality, value for money, and improved outcomes in line with NHS priorities and system objectives.

Act as Relationship Manager for the contract portfolio, coordinating contract monitoring and provider performance across a range of services and organisations, fostering constructive partnerships while maintaining robust challenge and accountability.

Lead and manage dispute resolution within the portfolio

Maintain robust frameworks for effective contract and provider performance management

Negotiate and agree effective contracts for non-healthcare and goods and services in line with the commissioning strategy for those contracts delegated to the postholder.

Provide contracting advice to all staff Healthcare / Non-Healthcare / Goods and Services

Implementation of Commercial and Procurement Strategy in the Contract Portfolio.

Provide contract management and comprehensive accurate record management, to ensure good governance, meeting audit requirements, transparency, and accountability.

Ensure a register of contracts is maintained and that the contracts portfolio is kept up to date with contractual variations and reviews completed in accordance with required timescales

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

• Recognised Professional Procurement qualification such as MCIPS
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Must have a strong understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and how these impact on the overall strategic objectives, implementing and adapting as required
• A very strong understanding of and the ability to navigate the relationships between NHS organisations and wider system, regional and national organisations.
• Member of relevant professional body, if applicable.

Communication Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Excellent presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
• Demonstrates excellent digital literacy, with the ability to confidently use computers and digital systems.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Analyses performance of area of activity in relation to performance targets, strategic objectives
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution

Planning Skills

Essential

• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
• Ability to formulate long term strategic pans, involving uncertainly, impact on organisation

Autonomy

Essential

• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales. Interpreting national policy for implementation.
• Lead manager for a major area of activity, interprets corporate and national policies.

Equality & Diversity

Essential

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Address

Bristol, Gloucester and hybrid working

Bristol Gloucester

BS16AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)