Job summary
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board is one of the largest and most complex ICBs in England and is working to enable Greater Manchester to be a place where everyone can live a good life, growing up, getting on and growing old in a greener, fairer more prosperous city-region. It is a statutory part of Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, 12 separate organisations which champion joined up working to help people live independent, active and healthy lives, all while making the system work better for the public and professionals who serve it.
If you believe you have the skills, experience and ambition to join the Greater Manchester system, we encourage you reach out to our advisors Thomas Patterson and David Heaton at Alumni Global on +44 7852 003200 for a confidential conversation or visitwww.alumniglobal.com/job/nhs-gmicbfor further information and details of how to apply.
Main duties of the job
The Chief People Officer (CPO) will lead the development and delivery of the long-term people strategy of NHS GM, ensuring this reflects and integrates the strategies of all relevant partner organisations within 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 (ICSs);
- 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.
They are each responsible for their part in the management of the budget of GM Integrated Care.
The CPO reports directly to the ICS Chief Executive and is professionally accountable to the Regional Director of Workforce and Organisational Development.
About us
The Executive Team sets the tone for NHS GM, the team culture and performance. Our NHSPeople Promise the promise we must all make to each other to work together to improve theexperience of working in the NHS for everyone and our leadership way are woven into the NHSleadership competency model.Our Leadership way describes the behaviours that we expect every leader to practice every day.
We are Compassionate We are inclusive, promote equality and diversity, and challenge discrimination. We are kind and treat people with compassion, courtesy and respect.
We are Curious We aim for the highest standards and seek to continually improve, harnessing our ingenuity. We can be trusted to do what we promise.
We are Collaborative We collaborate, forming effective partnerships to achieve our common goals. We celebrate success and support our people to be the best they can be.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will support the production and
delivery of a five-year plan for GM Integrated Care with the CEO, other board
members, partners across the ICS and the local community. This will include
interpretation and implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan, NICE quality
standards and other national strategic priorities. This will include system-wide
plans to deliver the:
- People Plan and People Promise.
- Priority actions set out in the national guidance on
ICS people function.
- Actions set out in Future of NHS HR and OD report.
- ICS specific people priorities.
- ICS specific future workforce plans for health and
care in conjunction with NHS England and NHS Improvement regional teams and
HEE.
- These plans are
designed to support elective recovery times, tackle health inequalities, and
deliver the objectives of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Driving high
quality, sustainable outcomes
- The
CPO will lead the performance oversight arrangements for people issues with
each provider of NHS services within the ICS.
- Leading
on the identification of performance risks and issues related to the workforce
and work with relevant providers and partners to develop impactful solutions.
- Actively
address poor performance, working with NHS GMs Executive Team to agree
intervention as required.
- The
CPO will take a leadership role in overseeing recruitment within ICS and a
direct role in all senior people professional appointments.
- The
CPO will contribute to the people aspects of Emergency, Preparedness,
Prevention response.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will support the production and
delivery of a five-year plan for GM Integrated Care with the CEO, other board
members, partners across the ICS and the local community. This will include
interpretation and implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan, NICE quality
standards and other national strategic priorities. This will include system-wide
plans to deliver the:
- People Plan and People Promise.
- Priority actions set out in the national guidance on
ICS people function.
- Actions set out in Future of NHS HR and OD report.
- ICS specific people priorities.
- ICS specific future workforce plans for health and
care in conjunction with NHS England and NHS Improvement regional teams and
HEE.
- These plans are
designed to support elective recovery times, tackle health inequalities, and
deliver the objectives of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Driving high
quality, sustainable outcomes
- The
CPO will lead the performance oversight arrangements for people issues with
each provider of NHS services within the ICS.
- Leading
on the identification of performance risks and issues related to the workforce
and work with relevant providers and partners to develop impactful solutions.
- Actively
address poor performance, working with NHS GMs Executive Team to agree
intervention as required.
- The
CPO will take a leadership role in overseeing recruitment within ICS and a
direct role in all senior people professional appointments.
- The
CPO will contribute to the people aspects of Emergency, Preparedness,
Prevention response.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Exceptional communication skills that engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnership.
- Strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving; the ability to contribute to a joint strategic plan and undertake problem resolution and action. Analytical rigour and numeracy.
- Sophisticated leadership and influencing skills; building compassionate cultures where individuals and teams thrive at organisation, partnership, and system levels.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or equivalent qualification in a relevant management and leadership discipline.
Experience
Essential
- Executive experience in health, care, or related sectors essential. Additional experience outside of health is desirable.
- Substantial experience of operating at board level and leading within a complex regulated environment.
- Experience of delivering digital and workforce transformation at scale.
- Able to lead complex and sometime contentious change and transformation at significant scale.
- Experience and success in addressing discrimination and inequalities.
Desirable
- Experience of navigating the media and political stakeholders is highly desirable.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Exceptional communication skills that engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnership.
- Strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving; the ability to contribute to a joint strategic plan and undertake problem resolution and action. Analytical rigour and numeracy.
- Sophisticated leadership and influencing skills; building compassionate cultures where individuals and teams thrive at organisation, partnership, and system levels.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or equivalent qualification in a relevant management and leadership discipline.
Experience
Essential
- Executive experience in health, care, or related sectors essential. Additional experience outside of health is desirable.
- Substantial experience of operating at board level and leading within a complex regulated environment.
- Experience of delivering digital and workforce transformation at scale.
- Able to lead complex and sometime contentious change and transformation at significant scale.
- Experience and success in addressing discrimination and inequalities.
Desirable
- Experience of navigating the media and political stakeholders is highly desirable.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).