Chief Strategy Officer

at  NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

Our Integrated Care System (ICS) footprint covers a large geographical area of 1,347 square miles and covers a population of around 500,000 people across the area of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. The ICS boundaries are coterminous with our two Local Authority footprints of Shropshire County Council and Telford and Wrekin Council. We have two acute hospitals, with services delivered by one acute trust, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). We also have a specialist orthopaedic hospital, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RJAH).
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (SCHT) provide our community services, and mental health services are provided by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPUFT) which covers Shropshire and Staffordshire. The region is served by the West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS). Alongside this, our partnership includes our 51 GP Practices, social care services, and our diverse voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector. The Role The Chief Strategy Officer is part of the Executive Team who will lead the development of the ICS on behalf of the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin system.
The Chief Strategy Officer will work across organisational boundaries at the highest level across the System ensuring that the approach to an integrated system operating model, leading at scale transformation workstreams, and alignment with strategic planning and commissioning develops in line with the ambitions of the System in the coming years. The Chief Strategy Officer has the following key functions as part of the system operating model: Strategy Integrated Care Partnership Strategy Joint Forward Plan Health Inequalities Green agenda System Development Integrated Care System development Place development Neighbourhood development Provider Collaborative development To further reinforce the focus on integrated system development, the Chief Strategy Officer will be a shared position with an NHS partner executive role. Only colleagues from within the ICS will be considered for this role. The role is being advertised as a 0.4 whole time equivalent (WTE) post.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all and appointments made on merit. We particularly welcome applications from people who are from groups which are underrepresented at senior levels in the NHS and wider society, and we are a Disability Confident Employer. Interviews for this role are scheduled for 3 July 2024 For a confidential discussion with Simon Whitehouse, Chief Executive Officer before applying for this role, please contact Claire Turner via claire.turner31@nhs.ne

Please refer the Job description for details