NHS ‘Productivity Improvement Plan’ (PIP)

In recent weeks, Sellick Partnership (Midlands) has been commissioned to undertake several pieces of recruitment around PIP at a senior level. In order for us to recruit for these highly specialised positions successfully, it has been important for us to fully understand new initiatives and programmes.

PIP has been running for approximately two years, and began with a countrywide diagnostic, which benchmarked all Primary Care Trusts in the Acute sector through a major comparison of financial data. Following on from this, a methodology was developed to understand productivity in community services to improve costing, which is being rolled out across all PCTs.

First and foremost, the successful candidates have strong costing and commissioning experience in either the Public or Commercial sectors, and are experienced in project management. With the ability to work at the front line of a cutting edge innovative policy, they have the aptitude to communicate with finance, non-finance and clinical staff. Driving the NHS forward, to ascertain that quality levels are high in line with quantity, they strive for World Class Commissioning.

One health professional has commented that the project is “ambitious in terms of its scope and time scales…it is innovative and challenging…and the two pilot PCTs have found the output extremely useful.”

Indeed the process has been extremely positive in engaging all levels and categories of staff, which has been extremely valuable as the trusts move together as a body to deliver results and World Class Commissioning.

If this article has interested you, and you feel that you have the skill set to work in a demanding, yet highly rewarding environment then please contact **Lucy Brown** on **01782 572700** or e-mail her at