Associate Director - S7A Screening and Immunisations Lead
These services fall under the public health functions agreement (S7a), an agreement between the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and NHS England, as below: NHS Screening Programmes Bowel Cancer Screening Breast Cancer Screening Cervical Cancer Screening AAA Diabetic Eye screening ANNB NHS immunisation Programmes 0-5 years routine programmes At Risk vaccine programmes School aged vaccination programmes Adult vaccination programmes Vaccinations in pregnancy and neonatal Annual Seasonal influenza Covid-19 vaccination programme Child Health Information Services The role will also provide senior leadership for vaccine preventable disease outbreaks for the GM population.
Across each of these programme areas, the role will lead and manage the commissioning, delivery, quality improvement, safety, performance, activity, and outcomes of the programme deliverables, ensuring that they meet national standards, timescales, and address inequalities.They will ensure that the portfolio programme plans are relevant, current, managed, reported, and where required risk is escalated within the corporate governance. They will present and communicate on strategy, delivery, performance, and outcomes of the programmes as required to a wider range of colleagues and stakeholders involved in this and other in GM Vaccination programmes, the Northwest Region and nationally, as well as to senior management and leadership and delivery-level teams within GM Integrated Care and the GM Places.
The role will line-manage the S7A team through senior managers, with a high-profile portfolio of priorities in the directorate. They will ensure that training and development needs of the team are identified and addressed, skill sets are utilised across the scope of work, support the management of vacancies and absences, and team structures, support senior colleagues with the management of budgets and deputise for senior colleagues as required.The role will be responsible for strategically managing the Section 7a budget and any programme investments and project bids. The role will work closely with other colleagues within the Population Health directorate and in the wider GM Integrated Care system together with all stakeholders, they will maintain good, effective working relationships and represent the directorates programme areas as required in GM, the Northwest and nationally.
The role will deputise where required for the Director of Population Health.