NHS Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
Chief Transformation Officer
Salary – Competitive/ VSM in line with national guidance for newly established ICB’s
If you are looking for a stimulating challenge in an environment of positive change, come and work with the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership (BLMK). BLMK ICS is a group of four local councils, two acute NHS Trust hospitals, and local voluntary and community organisations. Their aim is to support local people to live longer, healthier lives and by default that means happier ones too. They will achieve that aim by working together with health, housing, education, and social care partners by making the best use of all their resources.
The BLMK region is one of the most interesting in the country. In Bedford borough alone there are 100 different ethnicities and 149 spoken languages. In Milton Keynes 140 languages are spoken in schools and the population is young with 27% of residents aged 19 or younger. In green and pleasant Central Bedfordshire over half of the population live in the countryside, while others reside in bustling historic market towns. There is affluence in many areas but there is severe need too. Luton is a clear example of this, the town is diverse and densely populated with over 150 languages and dialects spoken. It has above average levels of unemployment and deprivation and high levels of child poverty. That said, with 2 million jobs they are one of the fastest growing economies in England, contributing £110bn to the economy.
Are you a natural fit for BLMK’s needs?
You’ll be working with dedicated professionals who have applied their working lives and natural skills and talents to getting the job done well. People like Felicity Cox, Chief Executive Officer Designate, of the Integrated Care Board (ICB), and the Chief Finance Officer, Designate and Chief Medical Director, Designate. As a suitable candidate you will be able to demonstrate significant board level experience, have strong strategic leadership skills and a track record of leading transformational change within a politically charged environment. You will have exceptional personal integrity and be committed to championing diversity, inclusion, and equality of opportunity for all.
This is a role that BLMK want you to get your teeth into. They are ambitious and they need you to be more than capable of developing the strategic vision and direction for the Health and Care Partnership. In a succinct nutshell, you need to be able to weave their awesome aspirations into clinically led strategies and transformation programmes.
The role may also involve taking on an Executive Director portfolio for one of the Places in the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership. You will successfully and seamlessly manage key relationships with their colleagues across the system to ensure this reflects and integrates the strategies of all relevant partner organisations within the Partnership and the needs of local communities.
And that’s on top of being the executive lead for strategy, transformation, relationship management with NHSEI, being able to pathway redesign, take the lead on tackling inequalities, population health driven ICS commissioning, place design and development, continuing health care, personal health budgets, commissioning delegated by NHSEI (except primary care) and procurement.
As the senior system executive lead for strategy and transformation you will have the skills to work in a highly political and sensitive environment and steer proposals for large scale service change through the necessary legislative and governance assurance requirements at both organisational and system levels.
You will be the executive lead for the Health and Care Partnership strategy, transformation, and manage the relationship with NHSEI to enable pathway redesign. Other areas of the role will be to take the lead on tackling inequalities, population health driven Health and Care Partnership commissioning, place design and development, continuing health care, personal health budgets, commissioning delegated by NHSEI (except primary care) and procurement.
BLMK will look to the Chief Transformation Officer to know how and where to make improvements to services to ensure high standards of safely delivered healthcare with a keen eye on getting value for money. It’s your job to make wise decisions and confident choices that will inspire their partners and enthuse their people to go the extra mile on the journey all are on at the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership.
Are you ready?
If you share BLMK’s ambition, vison, and values, then they look forward to receiving your application and meeting with you in due course. BLMK ICS would particularly encourage applications from candidates with protected characteristics, as they are committed to improving diversity within their system.
Recruitment Timetable:
Applications close: 24th April 2022
Shortlisting Interviews: w/c 25th April 2022
Final interviews and Assessments: 19th May and 23rd May 2022
To request a copy of the information pack, please contact enquiries@finegreen.co.uk
Applications are by CV and Covering Letter and should be submitted to: applications@finegreen.co.uk
For further details or a confidential conversation about the post, please contact – Joe Joyce joe.joyce@finegreen.co.uk or Natasha Parmar natasha.parmar@finegreen.co.uk