At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead strategic care initiatives and transform health services across West Yorkshire.
- Company: Join NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, a leader in health and care innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to influence system-wide change and improve patient outcomes.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in community health and shape the future of care.
- Qualifications: Senior leadership experience in health or social care; strong strategic skills required.
The predicted salary is between 112782 - 129783 £ per year.
We are looking for an exceptional and experienced senior leader to join NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board as Deputy Director of All Age Continuing Care (AACC). Accountable to the Executive Nurse Director, you will provide strategic and professional leadership for the ICB's statutory AACC responsibilities, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, personalised and high-quality care across West Yorkshire.
You will lead service transformation, quality improvement, assurance and performance, working collaboratively with NHS partners, local authorities, independent and third-sector organisations, and patients and communities. You will also provide expert advice on commissioned services and service redesign, drive improvements in outcomes and reduce unwarranted variation.
We are seeking a credible, compassionate and resilient system leader with significant senior leadership experience, a strong understanding of the health and care landscape, and a proven track record of leading complex, system-wide change. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of All Age Continuing Care across West Yorkshire and make a significant difference to the quality and experience of care for our population.
Main duties of the job:
- Provide strategic and professional leadership for the ICB's All Age Continuing Care function across West Yorkshire.
- Ensure the delivery of safe, effective, personalised and high-quality care in line with statutory, regulatory and national requirements.
- Lead service transformation, quality improvement and assurance programmes, reducing unwarranted variation and improving outcomes.
- Oversee performance, activity and financial information to ensure services are effective, efficient and deliver value for money.
- Work collaboratively with NHS organisations, local authorities and wider system partners to develop integrated services and jointly commissioned care.
- Lead, inspire and develop multi-functional teams, creating a culture of inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Provide expert advice on commissioning, service redesign and national policy, translating strategic priorities into effective delivery.
- Build strong relationships with senior leaders, partners, patients and communities, influencing across organisational boundaries to deliver system-wide change.
- Manage significant budgets and resources, ensuring strong governance, financial control and sustainable delivery.
About us:
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) works with NHS organisations, local authorities and wider partners to improve health outcomes, reduce inequalities and deliver high-quality, safe and personalised care for communities across West Yorkshire. We are committed to collaborative and integrated working, making the best use of our collective expertise and resources, ensuring services respond effectively to meet the needs of our diverse population. We promote an inclusive and supportive working environment, promoting equality and diversity, built on dignity, respect, openness and transparency, where colleagues are valued and supported to make a positive difference. We are committed to being a carer-friendly organisation.
Person Specification:
Qualifications:
- Essential: Masters degree level education or equivalent experience; professional clinical qualification (e.g. nursing, AHP or social work); evidence of continuing professional development.
- Desirable: Postgraduate leadership and/or management qualification.
Experience:
- Essential: Senior leadership of multi-function teams; leading complex/contentious change and service transformation; accountability for multi-million-pound budgets; multi-agency strategy and planning; influencing system-wide strategic change; translating policy into strategy and transformation; experience of highly sensitive situations involving patients, families, carers or advocates.
- Desirable: Board-level experience; experience leading organisations.
Additional Requirements:
- Essential: In-depth knowledge of NHS, social care and local authority systems; NHS policy, planning, commissioning, performance and governance; AACC and improvement knowledge; ability to travel across the ICS/ICB footprint; flexible working, including occasional weekends; commitment to continuous improvement.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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