Job summary
The Sussex Health & Care Provider Collaboratives are due to come into place from 1st April 2024 & will consist of:
- Community, Mental Health & Primary Care Collaborative
- Acute Collaborative
We are seeking to appoint a Managing Director, initially on a 2-year fixed term contract.
The NHS provider organisations in Sussex serve a population of 1.8 million, delivering a range of primary care, acute, community & mental health services:
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Queen Victoria NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
The Acute Collaborative will also include Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Primary Care representation & engagement will include general practice, dentistry, ophthalmology & pharmacy.
The Managing Director is a new post & will play a leading role in driving the design, delivery & implementation of the collaboratives, agreeing priorities with the system's provider chief executives & chairs.
The post holder will ensure the implementation of effective programme management for all streams of work, ensuring effective governance & reporting.
The role will be critical in facilitating providers & partners through the collaboratives, to work across organisational boundaries to tackle complex problems, release collective potential & share resources & insight.
Applicants will need to be available for interview on Tuesday 20th February.
Main duties of the job
The Managing Director will operate across the provider organisations to enable effective & efficient partnership working & deliver the agreed collaborative programmes of work. The post holder will lead the PCs to deliver on their vision & successfully implement the next stage of development.
The Managing Director is an honorary member of the provider Executive Management teams. The Managing Director will be expected to establish effective working relationships with a wide range of senior clinical & managerial staff across the provider organisations.
The post holder will work with partners to develop a clear vision for the collaboratives to strengthen & enhance the effectiveness of relationships, engagement & working arrangements between the provider organisations to meet shared challenges on behalf of the Sussex population.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the PCs have the appropriate resource in place to support the delivery of identified priorities & will work closely with the Sussex Health & Care Partnership (ICS) & partner organisations to ensure resource alignment where opportunities exist to support delivery of shared objectives & identify efficiencies.
The post holder will support effective engagement & communication across the provider collaboratives & with all system partners, including staff, communities, carers, & patients.
Please refer to Detailed job description and main responsibilities for more information.
About us
We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Working with Provider CEOs and Primary Care leadership, the Managing Director will be responsible for:
- The development of the provider collaboratives (PCs) and establishment of an effective programme management (PMO) function, subject to resource/ staff being made available.
- Acute Collaborative
- Community, Mental Health, and Primary Care Collaborative
- Working across a wide and diverse stakeholder group to build commitment to a shared strategic vision for the PCs and aligned areas of focus; and ensuring high visibility of the PCs within ICS plans for Sussex.
- Identifying projects within the ICS Shared Delivery Plan (SDP) work streams which should be governed through the PCs, recognising that the PCs sit alongside the SDP and there is no automatic allocation of work to PCs.
- Working with key stakeholders across the system to establish and evolve mechanisms to support the development and delivery of PCs functions and objectives.
- Developing the infrastructure for the PCs and managing all sources and applications of resources attributable to the work of the PCs as part of the ICS.
- Oversight and leadership of all collaborative priorities and work with the Chair/ Convener and lead CEOs on the strategic development of the PCs, leading on horizon scanning to ensure alignment with local, regional, and national policy.
- Representing the PC at local, place and national meetings.
The post holder is required to lead highly complex transformational change and improvement, working in partnership across the system.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the PCs priorities are consistent with those of NHS Sussex and place-based leadership, and that agreed arrangements facilitate the effective at scale planning delivery, improvement and transformation of services required to meet the ambitions set out in the Sussex Health and Care System Strategy and over time reflect any agreed delegated responsibilities from the ICB.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Working with Provider CEOs and Primary Care leadership, the Managing Director will be responsible for:
- The development of the provider collaboratives (PCs) and establishment of an effective programme management (PMO) function, subject to resource/ staff being made available.
- Acute Collaborative
- Community, Mental Health, and Primary Care Collaborative
- Working across a wide and diverse stakeholder group to build commitment to a shared strategic vision for the PCs and aligned areas of focus; and ensuring high visibility of the PCs within ICS plans for Sussex.
- Identifying projects within the ICS Shared Delivery Plan (SDP) work streams which should be governed through the PCs, recognising that the PCs sit alongside the SDP and there is no automatic allocation of work to PCs.
- Working with key stakeholders across the system to establish and evolve mechanisms to support the development and delivery of PCs functions and objectives.
- Developing the infrastructure for the PCs and managing all sources and applications of resources attributable to the work of the PCs as part of the ICS.
- Oversight and leadership of all collaborative priorities and work with the Chair/ Convener and lead CEOs on the strategic development of the PCs, leading on horizon scanning to ensure alignment with local, regional, and national policy.
- Representing the PC at local, place and national meetings.
The post holder is required to lead highly complex transformational change and improvement, working in partnership across the system.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the PCs priorities are consistent with those of NHS Sussex and place-based leadership, and that agreed arrangements facilitate the effective at scale planning delivery, improvement and transformation of services required to meet the ambitions set out in the Sussex Health and Care System Strategy and over time reflect any agreed delegated responsibilities from the ICB.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification win relevant subject or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
- Evidence of sustained personal and professional development
- Track record of achievement working at senior level in a complex health service environment with experience of building personal and professional credibility with Board, management and clinical teams and staff
- A proven track record of driving improvements in performance and standards of care and delivering change within an organisation, including working closely with clinicians
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Substantial executive board-level health care experience; including a minimum of 3 years at a senior level with a demonstrable track record of success in a large and complex NHS organisation
- Experience working in both acute and mental health NHS Trusts at senior level
- Experience in the management of multi-stranded complex projects
- Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders at the most senior level and across organisational boundaries
- Significant experience in leading and developing strategy across multiple partners and stakeholders, achieving consensus and managing successful delivery
- Substantial experience of providing board level leadership within a regulatory environment and across complex systems with demonstrable impact
- Significant experience of provision of executive level leadership across and within organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification win relevant subject or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
- Evidence of sustained personal and professional development
- Track record of achievement working at senior level in a complex health service environment with experience of building personal and professional credibility with Board, management and clinical teams and staff
- A proven track record of driving improvements in performance and standards of care and delivering change within an organisation, including working closely with clinicians
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Substantial executive board-level health care experience; including a minimum of 3 years at a senior level with a demonstrable track record of success in a large and complex NHS organisation
- Experience working in both acute and mental health NHS Trusts at senior level
- Experience in the management of multi-stranded complex projects
- Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders at the most senior level and across organisational boundaries
- Significant experience in leading and developing strategy across multiple partners and stakeholders, achieving consensus and managing successful delivery
- Substantial experience of providing board level leadership within a regulatory environment and across complex systems with demonstrable impact
- Significant experience of provision of executive level leadership across and within organisations
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Agile Working, with office base nearest home, East Sussex Health Care NHS Trust
Hastings
TN37 7RD
Employer's website
http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
