Job summary
This advert will close promptly at 12pm on Monday 17th February 2025
Virtual interviews for this role will be held in the morning (between 9am-12pm) on Wednesday 19th February 2025.
If you are invited to interview you will receive an email notification as soon as possible from a member of the ICB HR Team.
Please note we are seeking to fill this role from the beginning
of March 2025.
Priority is given to those currently working in the Humber and North Yorkshire system.
We are looking for an experienced operational leader, with a
strong track record of transformational change and delivery, with a passion for
improving health outcomes through their work to undertake the interim role of
Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the ICB.
The interim COO will be responsible for leading on the
day-to-day operations of the ICB, overseeing and coordinating the planning
process and the rapid mobilisation of the plans with system partners to ensure
the system delivers against its objectives, providing leadership across the
system to ensure that opportunities to drive improvements in population
outcomes are harnessed. Working in partnership with wider system leaders, the
role will focus on collaborating to make real transformational differences for
our local communities, leading on service delivery, recovery, and system
development.
The interim COO reports directly to the ICS chief executive and
is a voting member of the Integrated Care Board.
Main duties of the job
The role holder will oversee and coordinate
the planning process and mobilisation of plans to deliver system objectives.
The role holder will focus on performance
improvement and recovery in UEC and elective care.
Lead the work on stabilising and transforming
primary care, working with GP colleagues and leaders across the system.
Provide line managment to the ICB place
directors and support them in the development of joint committees and input to
neighbourhood health service delivery.
Act as the lead for specialist commissioning
and the development of strategic commissioning agenda across the system.
Oversee the work on population heath and
reducing health inequalities.
About us
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning and arranging the provision of NHS services to meet the diverse health needs of a population of 1.7 million people. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and the large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
The ICB is part of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, one of 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS) across England to meet health and care needs, coordinate services and plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequality between groups. The Health and Care Partnership comprises of NHS organisations, local councils, health and care providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose of the Role
The Interim Chief
Operating Officer is accountable to the ICB for all matters, relating to the day-to-day
operations of the ICS and in particular the delivery of agreed goals and
targets for service delivery and recovery, system development and the overall
performance of the ICS. This also includes planning and policy development as
it relates to executing the strategies of the ICS.
The postholder will be responsible for
building partnerships and collaborating with wider ICS system leaders including
provider collaboratives, public health, primary care, local government,
voluntary and community sector, other partners, and local people to make real transformational
differences for the population through local, regional, and national forums.
The postholder will provide leadership and
influence across the ICS to ensure that opportunities to drive improvements in
population outcomes which includes collaborating and providing leadership with
key partners (across health, care and wider) to break down barriers, drive
innovation and achieve agreed deliverables.
Alongside other members of the ICB the postholder
will work to develop digitally enabled transformation and the clinical and care
elements of a sustainable People Plan for the ICS workforce.
Priorities
The Interim Chief
Operating Officer is accountable to the ICB for all matters, relating to the day-to-day
operations of the ICS and in particular the delivery of agreed goals and
targets for service delivery and recovery, system development and the overall
performance of the ICS. This also includes planning and policy development as
it relates to executing the strategies of the ICS.
As a member of the unitary board, each board
director is jointly responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet
the four core purposes of integrated care systems; to improve outcomes in
population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; enhance productivity and value for money and help the NHS support
broader social and economic development.
The Interim Chief Operating Officer reports
directly to the ICS chief executive and is a voting member of the Integrated
Care Board.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose of the Role
The Interim Chief
Operating Officer is accountable to the ICB for all matters, relating to the day-to-day
operations of the ICS and in particular the delivery of agreed goals and
targets for service delivery and recovery, system development and the overall
performance of the ICS. This also includes planning and policy development as
it relates to executing the strategies of the ICS.
The postholder will be responsible for
building partnerships and collaborating with wider ICS system leaders including
provider collaboratives, public health, primary care, local government,
voluntary and community sector, other partners, and local people to make real transformational
differences for the population through local, regional, and national forums.
The postholder will provide leadership and
influence across the ICS to ensure that opportunities to drive improvements in
population outcomes which includes collaborating and providing leadership with
key partners (across health, care and wider) to break down barriers, drive
innovation and achieve agreed deliverables.
Alongside other members of the ICB the postholder
will work to develop digitally enabled transformation and the clinical and care
elements of a sustainable People Plan for the ICS workforce.
Priorities
The Interim Chief
Operating Officer is accountable to the ICB for all matters, relating to the day-to-day
operations of the ICS and in particular the delivery of agreed goals and
targets for service delivery and recovery, system development and the overall
performance of the ICS. This also includes planning and policy development as
it relates to executing the strategies of the ICS.
As a member of the unitary board, each board
director is jointly responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet
the four core purposes of integrated care systems; to improve outcomes in
population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; enhance productivity and value for money and help the NHS support
broader social and economic development.
The Interim Chief Operating Officer reports
directly to the ICS chief executive and is a voting member of the Integrated
Care Board.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial board or system leadership health care experience is essential.
- Substantial experience of providing board level and/or system leadership within a regulatory environment and across complex systems with demonstrable impact.
- Experience of managing highly sensitive situations with patients, families, or carers and/or with wider advocating agencies.
- Experience of managing relationships with the media and political stakeholders.
- Experience of providing leadership, mentorship, and professional development at a very senior level with demonstrable outcomes.
- Experience of leading highly complex change and transformation at significant scale.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or relevant specialist training or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level.
- A qualification in Leadership skills at post graduate level or equivalent leadership experience.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial board or system leadership health care experience is essential.
- Substantial experience of providing board level and/or system leadership within a regulatory environment and across complex systems with demonstrable impact.
- Experience of managing highly sensitive situations with patients, families, or carers and/or with wider advocating agencies.
- Experience of managing relationships with the media and political stakeholders.
- Experience of providing leadership, mentorship, and professional development at a very senior level with demonstrable outcomes.
- Experience of leading highly complex change and transformation at significant scale.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or relevant specialist training or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level.
- A qualification in Leadership skills at post graduate level or equivalent leadership experience.
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.
