IHPN Vacancies
IHPN is the membership network for independent healthcare providers and plays a leading role in the sector by bringing all types of independent providers together, supporting them to deliver great care to patients, and enabling them to make a positive contribution to UK healthcare.
We work across a range of disciplines, including policy and analysis, patient safety and quality, communications and media, member relations and business support.
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Senior Policy Adviser
IHPN is the membership network for independent healthcare providers. We play a leading role in the sector by bringing all types of independent providers together, supporting them to deliver great care to patients, and enabling them to make a positive contribution to UK healthcare. Our vision is for a thriving independent healthcare sector delivering great care to NHS and private patients.
Our members deliver a diverse range of services to NHS and private patients including acute care, primary care, community care, clinical home healthcare and diagnostics across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. IHPN’s work programme is covers a similarly diverse range of topics from supporting providers to achieve net zero; working on the contribution of the independent sector to NHS services; understanding the impact of key legislation such as the Health and Care Act; developing a sector wide approach to share and learn from patient safety incidents; supporting the development of medical governance oversight frameworks; and much more. IHPN is both output and delivery focussed, and our policy work reflects this.
PURPOSE
IHPN is currently looking to recruit up to two Senior Policy Advisers. The Senior Policy Adviser position is aimed at bolstering our policy delivery capability, playing an important role in leading and managing key policy projects. You will also be a key member of the policy team, able to respond quickly and expertly to reactive work as well as balance our proactive work programme.
You will need to have great policy development and influencing skills including strong intellectual capacity and the ability to filter information and present it effectively and accessibly to non-expert audiences. You will have a keen understanding of the importance of working with stakeholders including the IHPN membership and external organisations including NHS England, Royal Colleges, regulators and government bodies. You will be able to build relationships drawing on excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have a strong track record of influencing the policy making process.
You will have a passion for representing the IHPN membership effectively in all you do – working on their behalf to shape and influence external policy in line with our organisational strategy. You will be able to work with minimal oversight, while displaying good judgement in seeking the input of colleagues and other stakeholders.
HOW TO APPLY: Please send your CV and a supporting statement to [email protected].
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 13th April.
INTERVIEWS: Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th April 2025.
For more information on the role, please contact [email protected]