Deputy Medical Director

Job summary

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our local population. We are accountable for the performance and finances of the NHS across Norfolk and Waveney - a total budget of £2 billion a year. Known as NHS Norfolk and Waveney, the organisation works with local people, health and care professionals, and partner organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of our population.

The organisation is part of the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System. A system dedicated to working with partners in local government, the voluntary sector and others and helping the NHS to support broader social and economic development and to tackle inequalities in health outcomes.

As we continue to embed system changes and further develop our approaches at Place, the ICB are now recruiting a Deputy Medical Director to support the ICB Executive Medical Director, and deputise across all aspects of their portfolio.

The Deputy Medical Director is a new role, established to work across and within the system. This will include leading the implementation of the Clinical and Care Professional (CCP) Leadership and Manifesto, and on matters pertaining to the medical, dental and pharmacy professional workforce for the ICS.

The role is part-time, with a 3-day per week commitment on a 2 year fixed-term basis.

Main duties of the job

Role overview

The Deputy Medical Director will play a pivotal role in supporting the Executive Medical Director (EMD) in ensuring we can discharge the four nationally defined key aims of an ICS, as well as the three goals specific to Norfolk and Waveney ICS and the four key planks of the Joint health and wellbeing strategy for our ICP:

Key Aims of the 42 ICS across England:

• improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
• enhance productivity and value for money
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development

Key goals of Norfolk and Waveney ICS:

1. To make sure that people can live as healthy a life as possible.
2. To make sure that you only have to tell your story once.
3. To make Norfolk and Waveney the best place to work in health and care.

Joint H&WB Strategy for Norfolk & Waveney priorities:

1. Driving Integration
2. Prioritising Prevention
3. Addressing Inequalities
4. Enabling Resilient Communities

To deliver these ambitious goals requires a complete transformation of our system and a new way of working for our staff. We want our clinical and care professionals to feel empowered and supported to speak up, to innovate and together to transform our services. We want to ensure that they feel part of a community and that they have a voice that is listened to and included in all the decision making made by our ICS

About us

Norfolk and Waveney ICS is committed to the two national expectations and five principles of clinical and care professional leadership. Under the leadership of the Executive Medical Director, it has developed and published a manifesto for clinical and care professional (CCP) leadership to ensure that this is embedded within every structure of the ICS. The CCP Manifesto can be viewed here: https://improvinglivesnw.org.uk/~documents/clinical-and-care-professional-leadership-programme-files/nw-cclp-workshop-8-sept-22

The role is part time, requiring six sessions per week (one session is 3.75hrs).

For full details on role description, please refer to the accompanying applicant information pack for further information .

Please complete your application highlighting your knowledge, skills and experience relevant to the role.

Applications should be made via Trac no later than the closing date of midnight on 3rd March 2023.