Deputy Chief Officer - Population Health Improvement in Birmingham

Do you want to lead the shift from treatment to prevention and shape the future health of our population at scale? NHS Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Cluster Integrated Care Board is seeking an exceptional system leader to join us as Deputy Chief Officer Population Health Improvement. This is a high profile role reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, with responsibility for leading the ICB's population health strategy, prevention agenda and wider system outcomes.

You will provide senior leadership through a commissioning lens to build the infrastructure, insight and partnerships required to improve population health outcomes, reduce inequalities and enable long-term, sustainable change. This includes developing a dynamic, data driven understanding of population need using real-time analytics, predictive modelling and economic analysis to inform strategic planning and decision making.

Working closely with Board members, local authorities, VCSE partners, academia, providers and regional and national partners, you will ensure the ICB strategy delivers the three strategic shifts: from treatment to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital, while leading the ICB's fourth aim focused on social value and wider system outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• Leading development and delivery of the ICB Strategy and supporting plans
• Providing strategic leadership for population health, improving outcomes and reducing inequalities
• Using advanced analytics (segmentation, stratification, predictive modelling) to inform planning and design
• Acting as ICB lead for STAR (Socio-Technical Allocation of Resources)
• Leading Commissioning for Value and Outcomes with finance and commissioning colleagues
• Acting as SRO for prevention and population health transformation programmes
• Leading contribution to social value, economic wellbeing, work and health outcomes
• Overseeing delivery of a five-year population health strategy aligned to the national 10-year plan
• Building partnerships across local authorities, WMCA, VCSE, housing, DWP, academia and providers
• Leading population-level workforce planning aligned to future care models
• Line managing senior teams across planning, analytics, workforce and work & health
• Providing assurance to the Board and committees on delivery, risks and benefits realisation

About us

Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care System brings together the NHS, councils and voluntary sector to serve 2.7 million people. Our vision is to be the healthiest place to live and work, improving life chances and reducing inequalities. You will model system values, champion inclusion and actively address health inequalities, helping create an environment where everyone can thrive.

In return, the Cluster offers a supportive, ambitious and inclusive environment with opportunities to develop and work across partners to deliver meaningful change. The ICB is committed to having a workforce which is representative of the population of Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull Cluster. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as representative as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We would actively welcome applications from women and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds for this role. The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require to participate in the recruitment process.

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: Full details of the duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job description.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

• Strong grasp of and ability to analyse highly complex data and information from multiple sources
• Strong analytical and data evaluation skills, with the ability to solve complex problems often in the absence of required information
• Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do
• Excellent communication skills in all formats with the ability to present highly complex data in multiple clear and concise formats
• Ability to analyse and interpret very complex financial and non-financial data, and present this in a clear and intelligent way
• Able to operate in complex environments where strong and credible leadership is required to diffuse difficult situations
• Able to demonstrate an aptitude for working in a complex matrix management environment involving very senior staff both internally and externally
• Able to impart difficult and sensitive information to staff in an appropriate manner
• Able to respond to challenging internal and at times externally driven deadlines
• Able to communicate to seek agreement and cooperation against objectives with strong influencing skills
• Commitment to and focus on quality, promoting high standards in all that you do

Experience

• Expert knowledge of integrated care system and new care models
• Significant knowledge and experience of how to facilitate collaborative working in complex systems
• Significant expertise in leading system change
• Excellent understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
• Significant experience of operating at a senior level in complex organisational environment
• Significant experience of senior level decision making and effective delivery in ambiguous and changing environments
• Substantial experience of working independently with Board level stakeholders to deliver objectives
• Significant experience of working with senior leaders and clinicians with the ability to motivate, persuade and negotiate
• Significant experience of sensitively engaging a broad range of stakeholders in programmes of work, including working with patients and the public
• Previous responsibility for multiple budgets including involvement in budget setting, and working knowledge of financial processes
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office programmes with advanced keyboard skills
• A thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas.

Personal Qualities

• Adaptability, flexibility and willingness to challenge yourself
• Ability to lead, empower and motivate colleagues and stakeholders
• Openness and honesty
• Respectful of others with the ability to listen and provide feedback constructively, acknowledging individual contributions
• An effective team player
• Caring and considerate in all environments
• Professionalism
• Determination, perseverance and resilience

Autonomy

• Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, working to tight and often changing timescales

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level qualification, or significant demonstrable experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area
• Membership of relevant professional body
• Significant evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Postgraduate study in leadership and management or equivalent level of training or experience
• A broad range of extensive knowledge in more than one specialist area, acquired through postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience, plus further specialist knowledge or experience

Mobility

Ability and willingness to travel to sites across the cluster as required.