Deputy Director Delivery & Transformation

Deputy Director Delivery & TransformationNHS AfC:
Band 9

NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board has been established to support the wider health and social care needs of the population of Lincolnshire and will focus on to deliver its agreed vision of ‘Better Lives for the people of Lincolnshire’.

This includes:

• Improving the health of children and young people.
• Supporting people to stay well and independent.
• Acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions.
• Supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues.
• Caring for those with multiple needs as populations age.
• Getting the best from collective resources so people get care as quickly as possible.

This post is essential to the effective delivery and transformation of the NHS Derby and Derbyshire, NHS Lincolnshire and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Cluster ICBs All Age Continuing Care/CHC/S117/ Services moving forward. The post is open to those with either a current Clinical or Professional Qualification and will work as the formal Deputy to the Director of Quality, Safeguarding, CHC and Partnerships in respect of these Services.

You will have significant experience of these specialist areas of work and experience of significant service transformation along with a collaborative and compassionate style of leadership and management.

The specific responsibilities of this post are to:

• Lead CHC operational strategy and transformation programmes for the 128 months following appointment developing forward plans for following years
• Manage a significant budget ensuring financial probity and delivery of agreed savings across the Cluster ICBs
• Deliver a new model of operational delivery across the cluster that maximises integration and improvement.
• Oversee all aspects of delivery including appeals, complaints, FOIs and SARs
• Lead S117 oversight and joint funding processes
• Provide strategic leadership for market management and brokerage
• Ensure compliance with national frameworks and statutory guidance
• Lead CHC teams across the three ICB footprints
• Manage change programmes driving efficiency, consistency and high-quality outcomes
• Implement redesigned models of CHC and individual care packages
• Oversee CHC risk, performance, and reporting

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the organisation responsible for:

• planning to meet local health needs
• managing the NHS budget and allocating resources
• ensuring services are in place to deliver against ambitions
• overseeing delivery of improved outcomes for their population.

NHS Derby and Derbyshire is part of the Joined Up Care Derbyshire integrated health and care system, working with partners in our local authorities, the voluntary sector and others, and helping the NHS to support broader social and economic development.

The Deputy Director CHC/AACC/S117 Delivery and Transformation is a senior strategic leadership role responsible for the delivery, transformation and oversight of Continuing Healthcare, Children’s Continuing Care, Section 117 aftercare, joint funding, personal health budgets and individual packages of care across the ICB cluster. The postholder will lead large-scale service improvement and transformation programmes, ensuring services are efficient, consistent, financially sustainable and compliant with national frameworks and statutory guidance.

The role provides expert strategic advice on CHC-related operational, business and financial matters, with responsibility for managing significant budgets, delivering agreed savings and ensuring value for money. The postholder will oversee performance, quality assurance, risk management, appeals, complaints, FOIs and SARs, while developing new models of CHC delivery and care package management.

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level…