Lead Cvd Practitioner

Population health management (PHM) is a partnership approach across the NHS, other public sector services including the voluntary sector and the public, all of which have a role to play in addressing the interdependent issues that affect people’s health and wellbeing. It is an approach that aims to improve physical and mental health outcomes, promote wellbeing and reduce health inequalities across an entire population by working together as a system.
- Identify opportunities, and support GP practices and the local Health and Care Partnership (HCP) to reduce clinical variation and develop a culture of on-going improved care for patients with a focus on population health management.
- Work under the direction of the Clinical Variation Programme Manager and as part of the Integrated Care Partnership Team.
- Provide the data links to support the wider population health management work and as such is the critical link between Medway and Swale, individual practices, the Local Care Teams, local authority and the wider system.

So what else?
- This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
- We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
- We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
- You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

The small print
- Informal visits can be arranged on request.
- We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
- MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

1. Communication and relationship skills
- To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information where there may be significant barriers to acceptance which needs to be overcome by using a high level of interpersonal and communication skills.
- Relationships will be critical to the success of the post. The post holder will pro-actively develop strong working relationships with GPs, Public Health and wider system colleagues to ensure that the objectives of the H&CP population health management programme are met.
- There will be a responsibility to support partnership working with a wide range of stakeholders to promote integrated whole system delivery of safe, effective and personalised care and continuously seek to reduce clinical variation and improve quality outcomes for the Medway and Swale populations.
- Ability to present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information in relation to population health management to a variety of audiences in terms of size and level.
- To be able to appropriately deliver the key messages and deal with any contentious, hostile and difficult conversations across a wide breadth of communications.

1. Knowledge, training and experience
- Experience of working in a primary care setting.
- Knowledge and understanding of the primary care computer information systems is desirable
- Experience of leading, co-ordinating and managing practice improvement projects, including the on-going monitoring and evaluating of any changes, using evidence-based project management approach.
- Good organisational skills and experience or knowledge of service improvement methodology, diagnostic tools and delivering on improvement plans.
- Experience in leading the development of performance monitoring/data collection systems and embedding the usage throughout organisations, including acute and community settings.
- Experience of analysing and interpreting data sets.
- Experience of producing written briefings and reports including text and graphics and having formatted them to a high standard.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with ability to relate effectively with staff at all levels.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.

1. Analytical and judgement skills
- Lead work under the guidance of the Director of HCP Delivery to establish timely and robust data collection and sharing processes for information required to support the delivery of the population health management programme and reduce unwarranted clinical variation.
- Ability to undertake detailed analysis of complex and wide-ranging data sets.
- To be able to make judgements through comprehensive int