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NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
About
NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) was established in July 2022 (prior to this the ICB was a Clinical Commissioning Group).
At the heart of health decision making will be our Integrated Care Board (ICB), delivering our shared strategic priorities within the NHS and connecting to partnerships across Northamptonshire Integrated Care System.
Head of Children and Young People Transformation and Delivery
Accepting applications until: 01-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Haylock House
- Address
- Kettering Parkway Venture Park
- Town
- Kettering
- Postcode
- NN15 6EY
- Major / Minor Region
- Northamptonshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call required)
Salary
- Salary
- £74,290 - £85,601 On Call supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8c)
Specialty
- Main area
- Administrative
Our vision for the future of Northamptonshire’s health and care services is for a positive lifetime of health, wellbeing and care in our community.
Our mission in working together, the reason we do what we do, is to empower positive futures. Wherever we work and whatever our role we all want people in Northamptonshire to be able to choose well, stay well, live well.
Each day our values will help to guide our decisions and what is most important to us:
- Our patients and our local population come first
- We work together in an open and accountable way
- We trust, challenge and support each other
- We do what we say we will do.
Job overview
Northamptonshire Integrated Care Body (ICB) is looking for an enthusiastic and innovative individual with extensive experience of commissioning and wider system transformation to lead on the Children and Young People’s (CYP portfolio.
The Head of Children and Young People’s Transformation will support the Director of Integration to develop the overall strategic programme and take a lead role in the implementation of new models of care.
The ability to influence, develop positive and productive relationships and lead and inspire a team are critical to this role. Improving outcomes for CYP is a key priority for the ICB and as such the post holder will be required to provide formal assurance on progress achieved against key national and local deliverables for children and young people in Northamptonshire.
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This role will oversee the commissioning, planning and service redesign of CYP services across the healthcare system. In addition the post holder will be responsible for the delivery and performance of services across all the programme areas ensuring the portfolio is governed effectively and successfully delivers the ICB children and young people’s vision and strategy.
Co-production and engagement with local children, young people and their families will be central to this, to ensure high standards of delivery and achievement of the NHS Long Term Plan aspirations.
The post holder will also be central to achieving the vision and ambitions set out within the Integrated Care Partnership's CYP Transformation programme
Working for our organisation
As an integrated care system of health and care partners, we have a shared vision to work better together to make Northamptonshire a place where people are active, confident and empowered to take responsibility for good health and wellbeing, with quality integrated support and services available for them when they need help.
The NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board Five-Year Joint Forward Plan sets out how we are working to achieve this vision, linking directly with the Northamptonshire Integrated Care Partnership ‘Live Your Best Life’ Strategy, published earlier in 2023, and also with the Health and Wellbeing Board Strategies for North and West Northamptonshire.
This plan is just the start of a process of working together as health, care and public sector organisations, and with the communities we serve, to achieve our shared vision. We will listen to our communities and ensure their voices are heard as we continue to develop the activity set out in our plan over the five-year plan period.
The successful applicant will be a part of the ICB Chief Operating Officer's (COO) portfolio and will report directly to the Director of Integration.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Undertake a leadership role within the ICB to develop collaborative working to ensure system integration for Children and Young People.
- Support the development and implementation of a CYP delivery plan for the ICB working with system leads and partner organisations to develop the overall CYP system strategic plan.
- Lead and manage the overall development, transformation and delivery of the ICB’s Children and Young People’s commissioning programme:0-25 years.
- Ensure the CYP strategy is formulated, understood and delivered using all available resources efficiently and effectively with appropriate systems and processes in place.
- Lead on strategic system wide initiatives through engaging with key stakeholders to respond to the needs identified by families, children and young people at local and regional level.
- Proactively lead in managing key risks and issues associated with the delivery of the CYP Transformation Programme, ensuring appropriate actions are taken as required.
- Lead on the development and delivery of improvements for CYP through other transformation programme areas, including planned and elective care, primary care, urgent care
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Your Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Your skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidences the ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
- The ability to receive highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information, negotiating with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues and presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- The ability to effectively communicate with internal staff and external agencies to ensure compliance with performance targets and strategic objectives
Your knowledge and understanding
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in commissioning NHS services as well as leading and implementing large scale transformational change.
- Experience of leading the co-production of strategies and plans with a range of stakeholders
- Demonstrable history of managing and leading teams as a senior manager in the NHS.
- Developing business cases and presenting complex issues to committee, boards, senior management teams and a range of stakeholders.
Your Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in commissioning NHS services as well as leading and implementing large scale transformational change.
- Experience of leading the co-production of strategies and plans with a range of stakeholders.
- Demonstrable history of managing and leading teams as a senior manager in the NHS.
- Developing business cases and presenting complex issues to committee, boards, senior management teams and a range of stakeholders.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicki Adams
- Job title
- Director of Integration
- Email address
- [email protected]
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