Job summary
Lancashire and South Cumbria aims to have a world class, community centric, integrated care system which has our four places at its heart, driving the transformation and changes that we need to see to improve health outcomes and experiences for our population.
You could be an integral member of the team making this happen in the South Cumbria place.
We are seeking an Associate Director of Strategic Place Delivery who will lead on strategic and operational planning and delivery for the South Cumbria place, ensuring connectivity to organisational and system-wide strategies and plans, and delivery of operational standards and targets. This will include maximising opportunities associated with the Better Care Fund and ensuring that operational teams work together across different organisations and sectors to deliver integrated services.
PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICANTS FOR THIS ROLE MUST BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY A HEALTH AND CARE ORGANISATION WITHIN THE LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA SYSTEM
Main duties of the job
The role will be varied and will adapt over time as the ICB develops. However, the post-holder is expected to fulfil the following key functions:
1. Lead the strategic planning and delivery of health and care integration in the South Cumbria place
2. Lead on the creation of operational plans and ways of working to ensuredelivery of strategic aspirations and required operational standards/targets.
About us
The South Cumbria place is committed to putting our residents at the heart of what we do, listening to people with lived experience, understanding their needs and co-designing solutions that work best for our communities. A geographically large and diverse place, we support residents across coastal and rural areas, with a mixture of affluent and highly deprived populations. Unlike other places in our system, South Cumbria is not coterminous with any one local authority, but instead works with three unitary councils which were formed in April 2023 - Westmorland and Furness, Cumberland, and North Yorkshire. This provides significant opportunities for new ways of working.
You will join us at an exciting time in the development of our place. We are building our team that will implement the Place Integration Deal that was recently agreed by the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) and working with a wide range of public, voluntary, and private sector partners to shape the future of integrated service delivery in our communities and to improve the wellbeing of our residents.
Passionate about improving care and outcomes, you should be an experienced leader in a relevant sector, with demonstrable experience of health and care integration and working across organisational and professional boundaries. You will combine exceptional communication skills and compassionate leadership with analytical rigour and critical thinking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Strategic planning and delivery of health and care integration in the South Cumbria place1. Drive a robust approach to the delivery of health and care integration within South Cumbria facilitating strategic alignment, priority-setting and decision-making between organisations across sectors, from NHS services and local government services, including adult and childrens social care, population health and wider public services, including those provided by VCFSE and other partners, to make a real difference to health outcomes.2. Responsible for the development and implementation of strategic delivery plans that support: Implementation of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Strategy (tailored to the South Cumbria place) Delivery of the Health and Wellbeing strategies from Westmorland and Furness, Cumberland and North Yorkshire Unitary Authorities Delivery of the vision, priorities and agreed work programmes for the South Cumbria place Measurable improvements in population health and wellbeing, with a focus on addressing inequalities.3. Establish and maintain connectivity to and alignment with system-wide transformation programmes across the Lancashire and South Cumbria footprint, understanding how the requirements of the place will be delivered through these programmes and/or how system-wide activities may impact upon the place.4. Identify areas of good practice from elsewhere that can be successfully implemented in the South Cumbria place.5. Lead on identifying and maximising opportunities associated with the Better Care Fund and any other pooled funding arrangements, underpinned by an innovative approach to how the BCF is used to drive integration and improved outcomes.6. Ensure the place is focused on listening and responding to the voice and lived experience of our communities, and that local communities are genuinely involved in service planning and redesign of integrated health and care services.7. Ensure the place uses a population health management approach to service planning and that risk stratification is used to understand how services can meet health and wellbeing needs and reduce inequalities.Operational planning to ensure delivery of strategic aspirations and required operational standards/targets1. Lead on the translation of strategic plans into operational plans, working with operational teams to transition to a new business as usual that delivers the strategic aspirations of the South Cumbria place.2. Lead on the connectivity to and alignment with operational planning activities across the ICB and its directorates.3. Ensure operational teams work together in a one team approach across different organisations / sectors to deliver integrated services.4. Coordinate the operational resources deployed to place from the ICB, ensuring that delivery in place meets national and local requirements.5. Identify key operational standards/targets and quality requirements that the place is responsible for delivering. Create an environment where the place understands and acts upon its performance, knowing where we need to increase grip and focus our improvement activity.6. Establish and maintain a standard approach to reporting progress against strategic and operational delivery, using information systems from all partners to enable internal and external tracking of progress against strategies and ambitions.7. Deliver measurable improvements in key operational standards/targets and quality requirements through actively engaging stakeholders in a more integrated approach to health and care delivery.8. Ensure robust oversight for the operational use of the Better Care Fund from the perspective of the ICB and the place, ensuring that it is used to drive integration and improved outcomes.9. Support the DHCI in operational delivery of the content of the Integration White Paper, seeking opportunities for integrated working across the NHS and local government.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Strategic planning and delivery of health and care integration in the South Cumbria place1. Drive a robust approach to the delivery of health and care integration within South Cumbria facilitating strategic alignment, priority-setting and decision-making between organisations across sectors, from NHS services and local government services, including adult and childrens social care, population health and wider public services, including those provided by VCFSE and other partners, to make a real difference to health outcomes.2. Responsible for the development and implementation of strategic delivery plans that support: Implementation of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Strategy (tailored to the South Cumbria place) Delivery of the Health and Wellbeing strategies from Westmorland and Furness, Cumberland and North Yorkshire Unitary Authorities Delivery of the vision, priorities and agreed work programmes for the South Cumbria place Measurable improvements in population health and wellbeing, with a focus on addressing inequalities.3. Establish and maintain connectivity to and alignment with system-wide transformation programmes across the Lancashire and South Cumbria footprint, understanding how the requirements of the place will be delivered through these programmes and/or how system-wide activities may impact upon the place.4. Identify areas of good practice from elsewhere that can be successfully implemented in the South Cumbria place.5. Lead on identifying and maximising opportunities associated with the Better Care Fund and any other pooled funding arrangements, underpinned by an innovative approach to how the BCF is used to drive integration and improved outcomes.6. Ensure the place is focused on listening and responding to the voice and lived experience of our communities, and that local communities are genuinely involved in service planning and redesign of integrated health and care services.7. Ensure the place uses a population health management approach to service planning and that risk stratification is used to understand how services can meet health and wellbeing needs and reduce inequalities.Operational planning to ensure delivery of strategic aspirations and required operational standards/targets1. Lead on the translation of strategic plans into operational plans, working with operational teams to transition to a new business as usual that delivers the strategic aspirations of the South Cumbria place.2. Lead on the connectivity to and alignment with operational planning activities across the ICB and its directorates.3. Ensure operational teams work together in a one team approach across different organisations / sectors to deliver integrated services.4. Coordinate the operational resources deployed to place from the ICB, ensuring that delivery in place meets national and local requirements.5. Identify key operational standards/targets and quality requirements that the place is responsible for delivering. Create an environment where the place understands and acts upon its performance, knowing where we need to increase grip and focus our improvement activity.6. Establish and maintain a standard approach to reporting progress against strategic and operational delivery, using information systems from all partners to enable internal and external tracking of progress against strategies and ambitions.7. Deliver measurable improvements in key operational standards/targets and quality requirements through actively engaging stakeholders in a more integrated approach to health and care delivery.8. Ensure robust oversight for the operational use of the Better Care Fund from the perspective of the ICB and the place, ensuring that it is used to drive integration and improved outcomes.9. Support the DHCI in operational delivery of the content of the Integration White Paper, seeking opportunities for integrated working across the NHS and local government.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in relevant subject or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Currently employed by a health and care organisation within the Lancashire and South Cumbria system
- Experience and demonstrable track record of planning and delivering customer orientated services in health and care
- Experience of operational planning, ensuring plans make best use of available resources and meet required operational standards/targets, and that reporting mechanisms are established to monitor progress
Skills
Essential
- Exceptional communication skills that engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnership working
- Strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving; the ability to contribute to a joint strategic plan and undertake problem resolution and action
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in relevant subject or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Currently employed by a health and care organisation within the Lancashire and South Cumbria system
- Experience and demonstrable track record of planning and delivering customer orientated services in health and care
- Experience of operational planning, ensuring plans make best use of available resources and meet required operational standards/targets, and that reporting mechanisms are established to monitor progress
Skills
Essential
- Exceptional communication skills that engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnership working
- Strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving; the ability to contribute to a joint strategic plan and undertake problem resolution and action
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).
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).