Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The post holder will provide programme coordination, planning support and assurance for NHS Lanarkshire vaccination and immunisation programmes from within the Public Health Directorate. The role supports Public Health leadership, governance and assurance arrangements for vaccination, while recognising that the integrated Vaccination Service is hosted within South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and that day to day operational delivery, workforce, finance and service planning remains with the General Manager/Service Manager and operational leads within the HSCP-hosted service.
Approximately 0.8 WTE will be based within the Public Health Directorate focusing on programme coordination, planning support, governance, reporting, programme group coordination, risk and issue tracking, performance improvement and implementation support for national and local vaccination policies.
Approximately 0.2 WTE will provide programme coordination and assurance support to the South HSCP hosted Vaccination Service. The exact division of time will vary depending on the programme and the needs of the service.
Additional Information Specific to the Role
Support mainly the Immunisation Co-ordinator and Director of Public Health to maintain an effective Public Health programme coordination and assurance approach to vaccination across NHS Lanarkshire.
Support a Public Health led approach in which vaccination planning is informed by population need, intelligences, uptake trends, inequalities analysis and prevention priorities.
Translate relevant actions from Scotland’s Population Health Framework and Scotland’s 5-year Vaccination and Immunisation Framework into local programme plans, milestones and measurable outputs, supporting alignment with Public Health priorities and governance requirements.
Support the coordination of the Children and Young People, Adult and Non-routine Vaccination Planning and Assurance Groups. Working with service leads, clinical leads, pharmacy, health intelligence, communications, digital and finance the post holder will track agreed actions, support escalation where required and provide assurance on progress through the appropriate governance route.
Support the preparation of routine assurance summaries and escalation reports to the Vaccination Governance Board. Support business-case development, options appraisal, improvement proposals and planning papers
Coordinate deep-dives, audits, evaluations and improvement reviews commissioned by the Vaccination Governance Board or Vaccination Planning and Assurance Groups.
Coordinate vaccination communication requirements across Vaccination Planning and Assurance groups, Public Health, South HSCP, Communications, Primary Care, maternity services, schools, community partners and other stakeholders, ensuring communications requirements are identified, aligned and escalated through the appropriate routes.
Coordinate Public Health and programme level input into operational workforce planning, ensuring programme assumptions, national requirements, uptake trends, inequalities considerations and assurance requirements are captured
Collate and report programme-level information relating to resource assumptions, cost pressures and delivery dependencies to support governance, escalation and assurance.
Approximately 0.2 WTE of time will be spent providing programme coordination and assurance support to the South HSCP-hosted Vaccination Service. This may include supporting planning documentation, implementation readiness tracking and post-programme learning reviews for seasonal and surge programmes.
Through working across Public Health governance arrangements and the South HSCP hosted vaccination service the post holder will strengthen the feedback loop so that planning, assurance and escalation requirements are practical, timely and informed by operational delivery realities.
Represent the vaccination programme management function at internal, local and national meetings as required.
The Public Health Directorate provides a Public Health service for the whole of NHS Lanarkshire. Our primary objective is to work across Lanarkshire to prevent disease, promote health and wellbeing, and protect the people of Lanarkshire from health-related threats with an overall focus on reducing inequalities.
The Public Health Directorate works with NHS and community planning partners locally, regionally, and nationally to understand and address the health needs of the people of Lanarkshire through three main areas of work: Health Improvement; Health Protection; and, Health Service Development (Health Care Public Health).
Further information on the work areas of the Directorate can be found on NHS Lanarkshire’s website at the following link: https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/services/public-health/
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Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, with a postgraduate qualification (Master’s degree or above) in public health or a related discipline.
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Experience of working in public health/health improvement at a strategic level in service planning, redesign or programme/project management. Demonstrable knowledge and competence to the level of public health consultant in relation to the public health specialism of health information, and general knowledge and capability in the other public health specialist competencies.
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Proven track record of providing leadership to add value to others’ work and a high degree of credibility and acceptance in a leadership role within the public health community.
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Demonstrable experience and success in influencing policy-makers, managers and practitioners to achieve changes beneficial to population health.
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Confident, clear communicator (both verbal & written), with the ability to work credibly with academics and researchers, and to deal with staff at a range of levels and from different organisations and disciplines to achieve results.
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A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
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Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
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Generous NHS pension scheme
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Annual incremental salary progression
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Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
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NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
For informal discussion, please contact Alicja Lavery , Directorate Support Manager on [email protected] or Sarah Wilson , Assistant operational Service manager on [email protected]
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Heather Lamont, Recruitment Administrator on [email protected]
