Head of Networks (Permanent)

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British Society for Rheumatology is a membership organisation that brings together expertise from across the rheumatology profession. Involving patients and carers at every step, we aim to ensure that physicians and clinicians are equipped to provide high-quality care. As BSR’s Head of Policy, you will lead a portfolio of work that truly supports our members’ priorities and works towards creating the conditions that will enable rheumatology care across the UK to thrive and flourish. To excel in this role, you will need to be comfortable working both at a strategic level and with detail and data. You will ensure BSR understands and responds to current and emerging needs in rheumatology practice, identifying gaps in quality, policy, and research.
You will develop BSR’s evidence and intelligence base about our members’ priorities, the state of rheumatology care across the UK, and the challenges and opportunities in rheumatology. Through collaborating with colleagues, you’ll help us ensure this insight informs our policy agenda, our strategic planning and operational decision making, ultimately achieving maximum possible impact in our work to drive up standards in the delivery of rheumatology services and to inspire and activate changes that improve lives.
Leadership and Management:
Work closely with BSR’s Senior Management Team to devise and deliver priorities for the portfolio, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and identifying opportunities to maximise impact
Lead, coach, and support team members, and manage overall team capacity and resource planning
Oversee contract and budget management for the team and across individual projects, ensuring cost-effective allocation of resources
Collaborate with the SMT and other teams to ensure integrated approaches to policy, communications, and member engagement
Policy, Research & Strategy:
Lead BSR’s policy agenda, supporting the Policy Manager to deliver policy analysis and development, produce high-quality outputs, and influence changes in policy and practice
Oversee a programme of proactive research, including data analysis and member engagement, to build a robust body of evidence and intelligence about the key issues impacting BSR members and rheumatology care across the UK
Ensure that evidence, insight, and analysis effectively inform BSR’s policy work, strategic planning, and operational decision-making
Continuously monitor UK-wide policy and practice changes and assess their impact on the rheumatology community and patient care
Ensure BSR’s members and senior leaders receive timely analysis of key policy and practice developments impacting rheumatology
Develop, lead, and support cross-team workstreams and projects that deliver on organisation-wide priorities.
Best Practice and Quality Improvement:
~ Engage members to develop BSR’s evidence base on good practice and quality improvement, and keep abreast of relevant external developments
~ Provide expertise to colleagues on best practice and quality improvement, ensuring that insight and ambitions are effectively communicated and inform BSR’s policy work, strategic planning, and operational decision making
~ Identify and develop opportunities to share and promote best practice and quality improvement to members and external audiences, achieving maximum possible reach and impact
~ Identify and develop opportunities to work with partners across health and social care to promote and support best practice and quality improvement.
~ Significant experience in a senior policy, practice and programme management role in healthcare
~ Extensive knowledge of health policy and/or healthcare systems and how policy is developed and implemented
~ Understanding of audit and/or QI methodology and experience of delivering or supporting quality improvement initiatives
~ Leadership and team management experience, and the ability to coach staff to reach their potential
~ Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex issues to a wide range of stakeholders and prepare high quality, accessible outputs
~ Flexible in response to changes in the external environment and the need to balance proactive and reactive work
~30 days Annual Leave & Bank Holiday
~ Pensions Scheme employer Pension Contribution 9%
~ Life Assurance interest-free Season Ticket Loans
~ Ride-to-work Scheme interest-free loan scheme
~ Parental and family leave
~ Free flu Vaccinations
~ Enhanced sick pay offer is:
~ Hybrid model, working in the London office and remotely

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality, and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability. We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime

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