Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.
Roles can be based in our Belfast or Dublin (Bray) office
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Become part of the team

We are recruiting Consultants and Senior Consultants to support our growing health and social care work across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. You will work on complex improvement and transformation programmes, using analysis, practical problem-solving and hands-on delivery to create measurable and lasting value for clients.

Across Ireland and the UK, we work extensively with Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSC), the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the Republic of Ireland, NHS organisations and wider public services. All our local roles sit within Northern Ireland and Ireland Government & Public Sector, so you will also have the adaptability to contribute to adjacent public service projects where your skills can add value.

You should understand, or be motivated to develop a strong understanding of, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland health, social care and wider public service markets.

Our areas of focus

In the Republic of Ireland and UK, we work directly with individual health and social care organisations including provider trusts, health regions and systems, and departments of health and arm’s length bodies. Our primary areas of focus are:

Financial and operational improvement and transformation
Workforce productivity and transformation
Health and social care analytics
Procurement and supply chain
Service and clinical pathway redesign
Organisational and PMO design and deployment
Transformation delivery and implementation support

What you will do

Work collaboratively with clinical, operational, financial, corporate and public service teams to diagnose challenges and implement improvements.
Analyse financial, workforce, activity and performance information and turn it into clear, practical recommendations.
Support the design and delivery of improvement, recovery and transformation programmes, including programme governance, benefits tracking and implementation.
Facilitate workshops, produce compelling evidence-based insights and support senior stakeholders through complex decisions.
Improve processes, patient flows, capacity, workforce deployment, procurement or enabling services.
Create compelling analysis and recommendations and present them confidently to senior leaders and boards.
Track outcomes and benefits, manage delivery risks and embed capability so improvements are sustained.
Build strong client relationships and work as part of diverse PA and client teams to deliver sustainable outcomes.

Qualifications

We are looking for people with experience in healthcare, health and social care, management consulting or wider public services, from clinical, operational, analytical, financial, commercial or corporate backgrounds.

Experience delivering improvement or transformation in health and social care, healthcare or another complex public service environment.
Experience supporting large-scale financial improvement, productivity, service redesign or transformation programmes.
Understanding of the HSC Northern Ireland and/or HSE environment, with relevant NHS or wider UK public sector experience also welcomed.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret financial, workforce, operational and service data.
Experience working with clinical, operational and corporate teams to deliver improved performance and measurable benefits.
Ability to work confidently across different levels of an organisation and influence senior stakeholders.
Strong project and programme delivery skills, with experience of PMO, implementation, benefits realisation or change delivery.
A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience; relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications are desirable but not essential.

The ideal candidate will also bring experience in one or more of the following

Financial controls, recovery and sustainability
Workforce productivity, planning and optimisation
Operational improvement and service redesign
Health and social care analytics and modelling
Procurement, commercial improvement and supply chain
Urgent and emergency care, outpatients or elective services
Corporate services, estates or facilities management
Wider public service transformation and delivery

Our consultants are expected to be hands-on, working alongside clients to bring energy, structure and expertise to difficult operational and transformation challenges. We are committed to supporting the personal and professional development of our people through meaningful delivery experience, coaching and progression opportunities.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard or equivalent however, some roles, if they involve working in the UK, may a require higher levels of Security Vetting.

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Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
Generous company pension scheme
Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
Annual performance-based bonus
Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]

Health and Social Care Improvement Consultant

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