Group Chief Integration Officer

Job summary

The Group Chief Integration Officer is a full Executive (voting) Director of the Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust & United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (the Group) and member of the unitary Group Board and is expected to work as part of an integrated team and take lead responsibility for strategic and corporate issues both within and external to their immediate portfolio, making a major contribution to the achievements of the Groups vision and strategic goals.

As a key member of the Group Board and Group Executive Leadership team, the Group Chief Integration Officer will provide strong and effective leadership across the Group and advise the Group Board on all aspects of their portfolio.

The Group Chief Integration Officer has the crucial leadership function overseeing the complex and interconnection with the out of hospital community-based operational delivery along with the Chief Operating Officer who oversees the interconnected hospital operational delivery, within a wider Integrated Care System. The postholder will build strong and lasting relationships with Primary Care and Third Sector partners.

Main duties of the job

• Accountability for operational delivery of the community and out of hospital and corporate performance, working across the Group and wider system to ensure a sustainable model that meets constitutional standards and provides the best possible patient experience and the best possible staff environment.
• As a member of the Group executive leadership team, contributing to the key business decisions of the Group and contribute to the development, communication and promotion of Group purpose, vision, aims and objectives.
• Create a compassionate, just and positive culture where the skills and behaviours needed to develop great teams and organisation cultures are implemented.
• Working closely with the Group Chief Executive and the Group Executive Leadership Team to lead plans to achieve positive changes in organisational culture within operational delivery areas, implemented at site level.
• The Group Chief Integration Officer is the accountable Executive lead for the operational management of all the Group out of hospital services.
• The Group Chief Integration Officer will lead the development and delivery of the Group Integration Strategy.
• Group wide responsibility for IT & Digital, managing EPR project, the IM&T programme and the sustainability plan.
• Group wide responsibility for Strategy, Planning, Transformation and Delivery.

About us

Our Group is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire, serving a population of more than 750,000 people. Lincolnshire is such a wonderful place to live and work with many opportunities to grow and develop as well as spend time on hobbies, activities and taking in local historic sites. Find out more on the Visit Lincolnshire website.

Our Group provides community, acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. Our 2023/24 Group annual income was c£874m, and we employ approximately 11,000 WTE staff.

We provide services at Lincoln County Hospital, Grantham and District Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, as well as running services from community hospital sites and other community locations across Lincolnshire.

We are looking for an inspirational leader to move our Group into the next phase of integration. We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people working to co-design services with our population.

Relocation available in line with Trust policy.