Job overview

The PHB Manager acts as a key clinical resource and subject matter expert to support the patient flow and experience through the All Age Continuing Care (AACC) Personalisation agenda and Personal Health Budget (PHB) process

The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day line management of the PHB team
The post holder will be the PHB subject matter expert for the AACC team and wider ICB
The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money.
A key aspect of the role will be to provide professional leadership, within their field of expertise to wider teams and support patient flow.
The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.
To arrange, procure & monitor individual placements in relation to Personal Health Budgets (PHB) for NHS All Age Continuing Care.
A key part of this role is to lead on providing clinical leadership and professional expertise. To ensure each package of care delivers high quality care representing value for money within agreed available funding.
To act in a specialist advisory role to health, local authority & independent sector staff on NHS AACC PHB related issues. Influencing best practice by providing professional nursing advice on a range of physical health nursing issues to ensure patients health care needs are met appropriately and effectively, whilst achieving outcomes in a timely and appropriate manner.

Main duties of the job

The Manager plays a key operational role within the Integrated Care Board (ICB), taking responsibility for the effective delivery of services, projects, and programmes within their area of work.

This role is responsible for the line management and coordination of activities within a defined area, ensuring that performance, quality, and improvement objectives are achieved, considering options for action to deliver on the requirements and any adjustments to plans that may be needed.
Communicating with a variety of stakeholders, ensuring that complex information is a communicated in a way that is understood, and ensuring tact and diplomacy where this may be contentious. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, the postholder provides professional and supportive leadership, ensures operational delivery, and contributes to service improvement and transformation.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people’s differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.

We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.