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Job Description Board Nurse Manchester Health and Care Commissioning and Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group Contract duration: Hours: Salary: 2 year fixed term Up to 4 days per month Accountable to: Chair of Manchester Health and Care Commissioning The post holder will be reimbursed at their current salary rate. If the post holder is retired then salary will be subject to negotiation via the Clinical Commissioning Group’s Remuneration Committee 1. Context The post holder will be a member of the Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group (MCCG) and the Manchester Health and Care Commissioning (MHCC) Board both of which were established on the 1st April 2017. MHCC is a partnership between MCCG and Manchester City Council and will commission health and social care services for the population of Manchester. 2. Role Outline and Responsibilities As well as sharing responsibility with the other members for all aspects of MHCC business, you will bring a broader view, from your perspective as a registered nurse, on health and care issues to underpin the work of MHCC especially the contribution of nursing to the care of local people. The Board Nurse role is a senior clinical leadership position that will hold Board assurance and oversight on behalf of Manchester Health and Care Commissioning (MHCC) for the following roles: Overseeing MHCC’s objectives for quality and safety improvements of care from all commissioned providers of health and care services. Guardianship of the patient quality experience across all care settings. Ensuring that Quality, Safety and Effectiveness are clearly embedded into any MHCC-led service redesign and commissioning of care pathways. Provide a senior nursing voice at Board level representing the profession As an effective senior lead nurse, the role holder will be required to provide MHCC with an essential focus on quality, safety, effectiveness and efficiency. The Board Nurse is there to bring their unique perspective, informed by their expertise and experience. This will support decisions made by MHCC as a whole and will help ensure that: V0.3 the interests of local people remain at the heart of discussions and decisions; the MHCC Board and the CCG’s Governing Body act in the best interests of the local population at all times; MHCC commissions the highest quality services and best possible outcomes for their patients within their resource allocation; Good governance remains central at all times; Ensure ‘Our Manchester’ principles and activity is embedded throughout the work of MHCC. Provide a critical friend role and provide constructive challenge to the Executive Nurse, Director of Performance and Clinical Director on related patient safety, quality clinical and Nursing issues The role holder will also be responsible for chairing the Quality and Performance Committee, will sit on MHCC’s Board and the CCG’s Governing Body, and will be attend other Committee meetings as required. 3. Key partners and stakeholders • • • • • • • • • • • • • Patients, their carers and the public Manchester’s GP practices Manchester City Council Local elected members Local Acute Trusts Local providers of community services Local voluntary and community sector organisations GM Health and Social Care Partnership GM Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust HENW and local educational institutions Greater Manchester CCGs Association of Governing Group (AGG) Other relevant stakeholders, provider organisations. Royal College of Nursing, Unions and other related nursing bodies including the NMC The Role of Board Members The Board’s role is to deliver upon the mission as set out below: We are determined to make Manchester a city where everyone can live a healthier life. We will support you and your loved ones, investing in what you tell us is important to you. We will make sure you receive the right care in the right place and at the right time, delivered by kind, caring people that you can trust. We will make the most of our money by reducing waste; testing new ways of working that improve outcomes and funding the things we know will work. V0.3 We will forge strong partnerships with people and organisations, in the city and across the region, and put health and wellbeing at the heart of the plans for developing Manchester's future as a thriving city. The Board is responsible for discharging all the functions expected of the CCG and to deliver upon all objectives determined by its members. Its key roles are to:Set strategy and shape culture Developing a vision for the organisation and leading by example Develop the Commissioning strategy for MHCC Develop relationships with grass roots primary care to ensure the organisation is responsive to the needs of its members To develop relationships with key partners and stakeholders in Manchester and beyond Make decisions To make decisions according to the scheme of delegation, to empower sub committees of the board to make decisions as appropriate and to refer to the full group meeting for major decisions. To arbitrate where decisions cannot be made at a sub board level. Provide assurance Ensuring delivery of the long term strategy and the annual commissioning plan Ensuring delivery of all statutory duties such as financial balance, public engagement and meeting core targets Adhering to NHS constitution and any other governance frameworks Accountability for safety, quality and access of local services Our values are as follows: Positive Collaborative Fair All Board members are responsible for role modelling the organisational values. Board members will work according out values and to the Nolan principles of public life. Members will promote and adhere to the NHS constitution and ‘Our Manchester’ principles. Standards in public life You will be expected to demonstrate high standards of corporate and personal conduct. Successful candidates will be asked to subscribe to the “Codes of Conduct and Accountability for NHS boards. Conflicts of Interest You should note particularly the requirement to declare any conflict of interest that arises in the course of MHCC business and the need to declare any relevant V0.3 business interests, positions of authority or other connections with commercial, public or voluntary bodies. Disqualification for appointment Not everybody is eligible to be appointed to an NHS body. All appointments are governed by legislation which details the circumstances in which individuals may be disqualified. They do vary, but a lay member cannot also be:o A chair or non-executive of another NHS body including all NHS Trusts. o A practising healthcare professional including practising GPs, General Dental Practitioners and their employees and people who have been removed from or suspended from a list of Part II practitioners, in some circumstances. o A serving MP including MEPs and candidates for election as MP or MEP. Other circumstances People who are not eligible to work in the UK People who have received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of 3 months or more in the last 5 years; People who are the subject of a bankruptcy restriction order or interim order; Anyone who has been dismissed (except by redundancy) by any NHS body; In certain circumstances, those who have had an earlier term of appointment terminated; Anyone who is under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986; Anyone who has been removed from trusteeship of a charity. As a general principle, the Appointments Commission will not appoint serving Civil Servants within the Department of Health, or members/employees of the Care Quality Commission. The CCG will act consistently to this. All remuneration is taxable under Schedule E and subject to Class 1 NI contributions. It is not pensionable. Lay members are also eligible to claim allowances, and we will again use the rates set centrally, for travel and subsistence costs incurred necessarily on MHCC business for Non-Executive Directors. V0.3 Person Specification Board Nurse Values and Behaviours Is committed to and focuses on quality and promoting high standards of care to improve outcomes Involves patients, staff and public in determining what care services are required by the population Values equality and inclusion and operates with integrity and openness Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others Committed to continuous development of self and others Committed to the behaviours as set out in ‘Our Manchester’ Skills and Capabilities Be competent, confident and willing to give an unbiased independent strategic clinical view on all aspects of MHCC’s business Be highly regarded as a senior clinical leader, beyond the boundaries of a single practice or profession – demonstrably able to think beyond your own professional viewpoint Be able to take a balanced view of the clinical and management agenda, and draw on your specialist skills to add value Be able to contribute a generic view from the perspective of a registered nurse whilst putting aside specific issues relating to their own clinical practice or employing organisation’s circumstances Be able to bring detailed insights from nursing and perspectives into discussions regarding service re-design clinical pathways and system reform. Demonstrable ability to exercise sound judgement The ability to understand the limits of his or her management competencies, and the wisdom to seek advice when these are reached The capability to secure assurance of clinical and nursing management expertise, through the senior team, to ensure that the day to day management of all aspects of the MHCC’s business can be discharged Knowledge V0.3 An understanding of corporate governance as a key element of integrated governance, and of the responsibilities that the board nurse role needs to ensure these are discharged to a high standard Have the confidence of local GP practices, demonstrating a thorough understanding of the issues they face and what is important to them. Experience Demonstrable experience of working on a board and chairing committees A track record in delivering improvements for patients or the wider public Able to demonstrate how your skills and abilities can actively contribute to leading the work of the governing body, and how this will enable you to participate effectively as a team member Qualifications V0.3 Be a Registered Nurse who has developed a high level of professional expertise and knowledge