Associate Director - MH, Learning Dis & Autism & Children's Comm

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care System. As a senior leader in our Strategy and Delivery team, this pivotal Associate Director role will focus on the mental health, learning disability and autism and children's commissioning.

We are looking for a passionate individual who wants to make a real difference in these areas. The post holder will need to have experience of developing strategies, plans and leading change programmes across organisations along with the understanding to bring key stakeholders together to work on solutions.

Closing Date April 7, 2024

Interviews Week commencing 22nd April 2024

Main duties of the job

• They will be responsible for strategic planning, procurement and performance management for all aspects of mental health, learning disabilities and dementia commissioning and the health/clinical aspects of the children's agenda
• They will work with the local authorities, to ensure delivery of all national and local targets and compliance with all national guidance.
• Ensure that the ICB meet NHS England's Mental Health Investment Standard to improve access to mental health services;
• On behalf of the ICB, leading the modernisation, redesigning and commissioning of a range of community based services to meet the needs of the local population, based on the joint strategic needs assessment, national guidance and joint strategic plans;

About us

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the health statutory body for the Derby City and Derbyshire population. ICSs are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Serving a total population of 1,053,000 with a budget of over £1.6 billion the ICB has a staff base of approximately 500 people.

At DDICB we are passionate about making diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We have staff engagement forums, a diversity and inclusion network run by and for our people and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. Together, we are building an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated and people feel able to bring their whole self to work.

We are a disability confident employer and offer a range of family friendly, flexible working arrangements and inclusive employment policies, to support our people in the workplace.