Job summary
Gloucestershire
Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking a dynamic and motivated Assistant
Director to lead our Vaccinations, Immunisations and Screening programme and
teams. You will have overall responsibility for the management and development
of vaccine, immunisation and screening programmes in line with accountabilities
allocated to the Integrated Care System (ICS).
As Assistant
Director you will lead the design of the future operating model for the
management of the Covid-19 and other vaccination programmes, including the delegation
of immunisation and screening responsibilities from NHS England to
Gloucestershire ICB by April 2026.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to
the Chief Nursing Officer, the postholder will be a senior member of the
Clinical and Quality Directorate and will have recent experience of working
across large complex organisations with a successful record of delivery,
preferably in vaccinations.
We are looking
for an enthusiasm and self-motivation to embrace the challenges of this role
and continue the great work in the strategic and operational leadership of
delivering the Covid vaccination programme.
The role
presents the opportunity to both ensure the effective mobilisation of the
spring booster programme and to take the learning from our collective
successful Covid and Flu vaccination programmes and shape the future operating
model for delivering both.
The successful
applicant will drive leadership across the ICS and continue to build and
maintain excellent collaborative working relationships with a broad range of
internal and external stakeholders. Lead and develop a high profile, complex
local programmes within a fluid and challenging environment, ensuring highly
collaborative stakeholder relationships, excellent programme governance and
effective and timely delivery of a range of services and initiatives.
About us
Our NHS Gloucestershire
Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire) is responsible for planning and
buying services to meet the health needs of local people. It also
brings partners together to ensure the counties NHS provides the best possible
care. Alongside our communities, we want to improve health, improve access to
high quality care and support when needed and make Gloucestershire a better
place for the future.
NHS Gloucestershire ICB
had the best staff survey result in 2023 for proportion of staff who would
recommend it as a place to work.
More information about our organisation can be found here: NHS Gloucestershire ICB (nhsglos.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide strategic leadership in relation to vaccination, immunisation, and screening programmes across Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).
- On-going roll-out of the Covid-19, Flu and RSV vaccination programmes ensuring effective mobilisation of the booster programmes. The postholder will also have responsibility for delivering any new vaccines that become available as well as responding to local and national infection outbreaks, mobilising vaccination teams to ensure the protection of the Gloucestershire population.
- Lead on the design and mobilisation of the future operating model for the delegation of immunisation and screening programmes with the planned delegation of commissioning responsibilities from NHSE to the ICB in 2026.
- Lead a small vaccination team within the ICB and co-ordinate the ICS Vaccination Delivery Group.
- Establish effective working relationships with primary, community and secondary care vaccination providers, and Public Health Gloucestershire, ensuring effective mechanisms are in place to enable timely delivery of all public health vaccines in line with national policy.
- Support the ICB Chief Nursing Officer in discharging their duties as vaccination and screening SRO.
- Provide leadership on vaccine, immunisation and screening programme delivery to colleagues in the ICB, those leading in Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and general practice.
- Support providers to deliver agreed national and local standards and targets.
- Providing assurance on planning and performance to the ICS via appropriate governance mechanisms as well as regional and national teams.
- Demonstrate commitment to ongoing quality improvement and the transformation of services to achieve better outcomes for the population secured through equity and fairness in respect of access and participation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide strategic leadership in relation to vaccination, immunisation, and screening programmes across Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).
- On-going roll-out of the Covid-19, Flu and RSV vaccination programmes ensuring effective mobilisation of the booster programmes. The postholder will also have responsibility for delivering any new vaccines that become available as well as responding to local and national infection outbreaks, mobilising vaccination teams to ensure the protection of the Gloucestershire population.
- Lead on the design and mobilisation of the future operating model for the delegation of immunisation and screening programmes with the planned delegation of commissioning responsibilities from NHSE to the ICB in 2026.
- Lead a small vaccination team within the ICB and co-ordinate the ICS Vaccination Delivery Group.
- Establish effective working relationships with primary, community and secondary care vaccination providers, and Public Health Gloucestershire, ensuring effective mechanisms are in place to enable timely delivery of all public health vaccines in line with national policy.
- Support the ICB Chief Nursing Officer in discharging their duties as vaccination and screening SRO.
- Provide leadership on vaccine, immunisation and screening programme delivery to colleagues in the ICB, those leading in Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and general practice.
- Support providers to deliver agreed national and local standards and targets.
- Providing assurance on planning and performance to the ICS via appropriate governance mechanisms as well as regional and national teams.
- Demonstrate commitment to ongoing quality improvement and the transformation of services to achieve better outcomes for the population secured through equity and fairness in respect of access and participation.
Person Specification
Communication Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to uphold, demonstrate the values and behaviours of the ICB and ICS.
- Ability to work collaboratively in partnership with senior leaders across all organisations with a facilitative and flexible approach.
- Ability to lead compassionately and inclusively.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with
- experience of effective networking.
- Ability to influence and persuade others by articulating a
- balanced view and provide constructive challenge and
- feedback.
Analytical
Essential
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions.
- High level critical thinking skills.
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives.
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
- Politically astute and aware.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with advanced keyboard skills.
- Attention to detail and able to more accurate and timely information and reports to executive level.
- Car driver essential.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- Extensive knowledge and expertise in governance, project management (benefits realisation and outcomes management), risk management, performance and commissioning and staffing acquired through training and experience.
- Good understanding of the role of effective communications and engagement with patients, public, workforce and stakeholders in achieving/delivering objectives and maintaining the reputation of the ICS.
- Senior Management level experience including working in partnership and supporting effective collective decision making through supporting system wide or local programmes of work or though healthcare partnerships.
- Experience of developing and implementing strong performance management systems against clear business and strategic objectives.
- Track record of success and delivery in a similar senior leadership role and able to provide specific examples of the changes implemented including the benefits realised.
- Experience of senior level decision-making and delivery in an ambiguous and changing environment.
- Confidence to confirm and challenge information and explanations supplied by others, who may be experts in their field.
- Experience of leading and delivering programmes and projects of work in a partnership environment.
- Experience of working with and influencing in a political Environment.
Desirable
- Knowledge of vaccination, immunisation and screening programmes and the legal and contractual frameworks within which they operate.
Management Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in ambiguous and complex environment.
- Ability to chair complex meetings at system level.
- Strong experience in managing people and the successful
- development and implementation of organisational /
- workforce strategies.
- Highly resilient with clear strategies to manage pressure
- within a continually changing environment.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership.
Person Specification
Communication Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to uphold, demonstrate the values and behaviours of the ICB and ICS.
- Ability to work collaboratively in partnership with senior leaders across all organisations with a facilitative and flexible approach.
- Ability to lead compassionately and inclusively.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with
- experience of effective networking.
- Ability to influence and persuade others by articulating a
- balanced view and provide constructive challenge and
- feedback.
Analytical
Essential
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions.
- High level critical thinking skills.
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives.
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
- Politically astute and aware.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with advanced keyboard skills.
- Attention to detail and able to more accurate and timely information and reports to executive level.
- Car driver essential.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- Extensive knowledge and expertise in governance, project management (benefits realisation and outcomes management), risk management, performance and commissioning and staffing acquired through training and experience.
- Good understanding of the role of effective communications and engagement with patients, public, workforce and stakeholders in achieving/delivering objectives and maintaining the reputation of the ICS.
- Senior Management level experience including working in partnership and supporting effective collective decision making through supporting system wide or local programmes of work or though healthcare partnerships.
- Experience of developing and implementing strong performance management systems against clear business and strategic objectives.
- Track record of success and delivery in a similar senior leadership role and able to provide specific examples of the changes implemented including the benefits realised.
- Experience of senior level decision-making and delivery in an ambiguous and changing environment.
- Confidence to confirm and challenge information and explanations supplied by others, who may be experts in their field.
- Experience of leading and delivering programmes and projects of work in a partnership environment.
- Experience of working with and influencing in a political Environment.
Desirable
- Knowledge of vaccination, immunisation and screening programmes and the legal and contractual frameworks within which they operate.
Management Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in ambiguous and complex environment.
- Ability to chair complex meetings at system level.
- Strong experience in managing people and the successful
- development and implementation of organisational /
- workforce strategies.
- Highly resilient with clear strategies to manage pressure
- within a continually changing environment.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership.
