Job summary
Do you have the strategic leadership skills to
shape and deliver integrated, place based health and care
at scale
This is a rare opportunity to join NHS
Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Cluster ICB as Deputy Chief Officer
Care Integration. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, you will play a
key role in delivering the NHS Long Term Plan, driving integrated,
neighbourhood and place based care to improve outcomes, reduce
inequalities and maximise system resources.
As a senior system leader, you will work with
executive colleagues, local authorities, providers, VCSE partners and citizens
to lead commissioning strategy, outcomes frameworks and governance that support
integrated care models across the ICB, ensuring alignment between
commissioning, transformation and delivery.
You will focus on advancing health equity,
strengthening neighbourhood health, building integrated partnerships and
maintaining financial discipline and productivity.
Working closely with Board level
stakeholders, Place Partnerships and system partners, you will operate
confidently in complex environments, influencing across organisational
boundaries and providing assurance at executive and Board level.
Interviews will be held on week commencing 22 June 2026, or shortly thereafter.
Main duties of the job
As Deputy Chief Officer for Care Integration,
you will provide systemwide leadership for integration commissioning
and neighbourhood health, with significant responsibility for strategy,
delivery and assurance.
Key responsibilities include
- Leading
the system-wide integration commissioning strategy and outcomes framework
aligned to national and local priorities
- Designing,
mobilising and overseeing delivery of integrated care and neighbourhood health
models
- Leading
development and operation of Place Committee arrangements and effective
delegation to place
- Leading
commissioning approaches for NHS Anchor organisations to support place-based
outcomes and social value
- Acting
as SRO for integration and community transformation programmes, aligning
commissioning, transformation and delivery
- Providing
professional and line management leadership to Heads of Programme and Programme
Directors
- Ensuring
delivery of quality, access, productivity and inequality outcomes
- Providing
assurance to Executive Directors, Board and committees on progress, risks and
benefits
- Supporting
a system place and Executive Director within Place governance arrangements
- Leading
and influencing regional commissioning, including engagement with West Midlands
Ambulance Service
About us
Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull
Integrated Care System brings together the NHS, councils and voluntary sector
to serve 2.7 million people. Our vision is to be the healthiest place to live
and work, improving life chances and reducing inequalities.
You will model system values, champion
inclusion and actively address health inequalities, helping create an
environment where everyone can thrive. In return, the Cluster offers a
supportive, ambitious and inclusive environment with opportunities to develop
and work across partners to deliver meaningful change.
The ICB is committed to having a workforce
which is representative of the population of Birmingham, the Black Country, and
Solihull Cluster. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as
representative as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We
would actively welcome applications from women and people from Black, Asian and
Minority Ethnic backgrounds for this role.
The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from
applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable
applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable
adjustments you require to participate in the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main
responsibilities:
Full details of the duties and responsibilities
can be found within the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main
responsibilities:
Full details of the duties and responsibilities
can be found within the attached job description.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong grasp of and ability to analyse highly complex data and information from multiple sources
- Strong analytical and data evaluation skills, with the ability to solve complex problems often in the absence of required information
- Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do
- Excellent communication skills in all formats with the ability to present highly complex data in multiple clear and concise formats
- Ability to analyse and interpret very complex financial and non-financial data, and present this in a clear and intelligent way
- Able to operate in complex environments where strong and credible leadership is required to diffuse difficult situations
- Able to demonstrate an aptitude for working in a complex matrix management environment involving very senior staff both internally and externally
- Able to impart difficult and sensitive information to staff in an appropriate manner
- Able to respond to challenging internal and at times externally driven deadlines
- Able to communicate to seek agreement and cooperation against objectives with strong influencing skills
- Commitment to and focus on quality, promoting high standards in all that you do
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas
Mobility
Essential
- Ability and willingness to travel to sites across the cluster as required
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level qualification, or significant demonstrable experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area
- Membership of relevant professional body
- Significant evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Postgraduate study in leadership and management or equivalent level of training or experience
- A broad range of extensive knowledge in more than one specialist area, acquired though postgraduate masters or equivalent experience, plus further specialist knowledge or experience
Experience
Essential
- Expert knowledge of integrated care system and new care models
- Significant knowledge and experience of how to facilitate collaborative working in complex systems
- Significant expertise in leading system change
- Excellent understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
- Significant experience of operating at a senior level in complex organisational environment
- Significant experience of senior level decision making and effective delivery in ambiguous and changing environments
- Substantial experience of working independently with Board level stakeholders to deliver objectives
- Significant experience of working with senior leaders and clinicians with the ability to motivate, persuade and negotiate
- Significant experience of sensitively engaging a broad range of stakeholders in programmes of work, including working with patients and the public
- Previous responsibility for multiple budgets including involvement in budget setting, and working knowledge of financial processes
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office programmes with advanced keyboard skills
- A thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Adaptability, flexibility and willingness to challenge yourself
- Ability to lead, empower and motivate colleagues and stakeholders
- Openness and honesty
- Respectful of others with the ability to listen and provide feedback constructively, acknowledging individual contributions
- An effective team player
- Caring and considerate in all environments
- Professionalism
- Determination, perseverance and resilience
Autonomy
Essential
- Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, working to tight and often changing timescales
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong grasp of and ability to analyse highly complex data and information from multiple sources
- Strong analytical and data evaluation skills, with the ability to solve complex problems often in the absence of required information
- Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do
- Excellent communication skills in all formats with the ability to present highly complex data in multiple clear and concise formats
- Ability to analyse and interpret very complex financial and non-financial data, and present this in a clear and intelligent way
- Able to operate in complex environments where strong and credible leadership is required to diffuse difficult situations
- Able to demonstrate an aptitude for working in a complex matrix management environment involving very senior staff both internally and externally
- Able to impart difficult and sensitive information to staff in an appropriate manner
- Able to respond to challenging internal and at times externally driven deadlines
- Able to communicate to seek agreement and cooperation against objectives with strong influencing skills
- Commitment to and focus on quality, promoting high standards in all that you do
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas
Mobility
Essential
- Ability and willingness to travel to sites across the cluster as required
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level qualification, or significant demonstrable experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area
- Membership of relevant professional body
- Significant evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Postgraduate study in leadership and management or equivalent level of training or experience
- A broad range of extensive knowledge in more than one specialist area, acquired though postgraduate masters or equivalent experience, plus further specialist knowledge or experience
Experience
Essential
- Expert knowledge of integrated care system and new care models
- Significant knowledge and experience of how to facilitate collaborative working in complex systems
- Significant expertise in leading system change
- Excellent understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
- Significant experience of operating at a senior level in complex organisational environment
- Significant experience of senior level decision making and effective delivery in ambiguous and changing environments
- Substantial experience of working independently with Board level stakeholders to deliver objectives
- Significant experience of working with senior leaders and clinicians with the ability to motivate, persuade and negotiate
- Significant experience of sensitively engaging a broad range of stakeholders in programmes of work, including working with patients and the public
- Previous responsibility for multiple budgets including involvement in budget setting, and working knowledge of financial processes
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office programmes with advanced keyboard skills
- A thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Adaptability, flexibility and willingness to challenge yourself
- Ability to lead, empower and motivate colleagues and stakeholders
- Openness and honesty
- Respectful of others with the ability to listen and provide feedback constructively, acknowledging individual contributions
- An effective team player
- Caring and considerate in all environments
- Professionalism
- Determination, perseverance and resilience
Autonomy
Essential
- Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, working to tight and often changing timescales
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
