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We are seeking an experienced and strategic leader to join our team as Associate Director of Primary Care . This is a pivotal senior role within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB), leading the commissioning, contracting, performance and transformation of primary care services across the system.
You will play a key role in shaping the future of primary care by driving innovation, transformation and service improvement, ensuring robust governance, financial sustainability and high performance across all commissioned services.
This is an ideal opportunity for a credible and influential leader with a strong track record in primary care commissioning and transformation, who is passionate about improving outcomes and reducing inequalities.
- Provide senior leadership for primary care commissioning, contracting, assurance and performance management across the ICB
- Lead the development and delivery of strategic programmes that support transformation, innovation and continuous improvement in primary care services
- Oversee the commissioning cycle for existing and new services, ensuring robust contract management and delivery of outcomes
- Develop and implement a clear, prioritised work programme aligned to national, regional and local priorities
- Work collaboratively with GP practices, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), system partners and NHS England to deliver integrated care and neighbourhood working
- Drive improvements in quality, access, performance and population health outcomes using data, insight and evidence-based approaches
- Provide expert advice and leadership on complex commissioning, contractual and performance issues, ensuring risks are effectively managed
- Lead the development of the primary care provider market, supporting resilience and future-fit service models
- Ensure strong governance, procurement and compliance processes are in place across all primary care commissioning activity
The postholder will provide expert leadership to the Primary Care Team, working closely with senior system partners, NHS England, and primary care providers to deliver high-quality, sustainable services that meet the needs of our population.
We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
NHS pension scheme
Sick pay policy
Occupational health services including staff counselling services
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers
Health Service Discounts - offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) has (or can draw down on) technical/ legal/ financial capabilities to analyse and make decisions in highly complex/ expensive/time bound issues. Where a complex programme is at risk the Associate Director would be required to use their expertise to appraise options and find solutions that mitigate risk to the organisation, residents and partners.
Support the development and delivery of outcomes-based commissioning and performance plans against the defined priorities and promoting innovation and supporting excellence across ICS performance.
Support strategic commissioning using all steps within the commissioning cycle to deliver realised benefits and continuous improvement ensuring clinical leadership is
central to the delivery of all the commissioning activities.
To use the commissioning cycle to develop a rigorous approach to all stages for both existing and new services and maintain the rigorous technical management of the current contracting arrangements. Use evidence based approaches and population health management to inform commissioning decisions, ensuring that effective engagement and consultation applies to existing and new services and those we seek to de commission.
Exercise expert judgement in interpreting complex, ambiguous or conflicting information from multiple systems, providing authoritative recommendations that inform high-risk commissioning, contractual and performance decisions.
Ability to navigate complex working environments at place level and work innovatively to develop solutions to challenging market conditions.
- Ensure that the contracting and assurance programme of work remains high quality and effective across the ICB.
- Provide strategic leadership in the design and application of system-wide analytical methods, performance models and decision-support tools used across the ICB and ICS.
- Interpreting and implementing national policy and direction, using local population health intelligence to drive the primary care commissioning and performance approach.
Develop performance management reports for ICB Executive
Review a rich mix of performance, operational and financial data and identify key areas for performance improvement and future commissioning.
Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the organisational strategy. Report progress against the strategy
through personal representation at senior management forums and by written reports to appropriate boards and groups of staff.
Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate, and influence other senior managers to realign their practice where necessary and ensure appropriate governance routes are used for all decision making relating to Primary Care services.
