Chief Executive Officer - BOB ICB

at  Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

You will be accountable for devising and delivering a 5-year Joint Forward Plan for the ICB in conjunction with your boards, your partners across the ICS and your local community. This will include measures to address elective recovery times, tackle health inequalities and deliver the objectives of the NHS Long Term Plan. The plan must deliver digital innovation and transformation in the delivery of health and care services across the ICS and a sustainable People Plan for the ICS workforce. You will allocate and manage the NHS budget across your system in line with the plan agreed by your Board, the ICSs Integrated Care Strategy, the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS People Plan.
You will be accountable for ensuring financial balance for the NHS, good value for money for tax-payers and long- term financial health in your system. You will establish performance oversight arrangements with each provider of NHS services within the ICS. You will lead on the identification of performance risks and issues related to the quality of patient care and work with relevant providers and partners to enable solutions. You will actively address poor performance, working with NHSE regional teams to agree intervention as required.
The CEO will ensure effective governance systems are in place throughout the ICS to do this, to secure the ICS plan and ensure the highest quality and safety of care is delivered. Innovation in the delivery of patient care and particularly in improved access, better patient experiences, increased patient safety - and reduced inequalities in these regards - will be a key priority. The CEO will lead this transformation and encourage activity to accelerate this across their system The CEO will ensure their ICB is Well Led and lead the development of a system-wide workforce strategy securing workforce supply and productivity. This will include workforce planning, training and activities to secure the NHS People Promise.
Arrangements for driving significant improvements in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion will be key. The CEO will also play a lead role (with the NHS Leadership Academy) in the development of leaders, leadership teams and next generation leaders in their system and across their Region. They should ensure their ICB is well positioned as an anchor employer in their system. This role is dependent on strong relationships with local patient communities, their representatives and ICS partners.
The CEO will invest in an engagement and communication plan which builds confidence through routine listening events and involvement in the design of care improvements. Reducing health inequality and improving equal access to care will be prioritised. You will lead the Emergency, Preparedness, Prevention response and hold civil contingency responsibility for the ICB reporting through to the Regional NHS England team

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