Lead Corporate Governance Manager

at  NHS South West London Integrated Care Board

This role presents a rare opportunity for an outstanding Governance specialist to join South West London ICB as the Lead Corporate Governance manager.
We are looking for a candidate who is, innovative, dynamic, highly motivated, highly competent, and resilient.
The ideal candidate will be a governance specialist and have excellent political aptitude; be a strong and experienced leader and have a proven track record of delivering against objectives. They will exercise sound judgement, providing advice that is routed in robust evidence and experience and will build strong relationships across the ICB and become a trusted member of the team.
The post holder will be responsible for leading the ICB Corporate Governance function.
This is a key role within the Department, you will be a strong leader, with the ability to set and articulate a clear vision, goals, and priorities for your team.
Acting as a central point of contact and expertise for colleagues across the ICB and ICS, you will have in-depth knowledge and experience of Governance in the NHS and, preferably, within a ICB / ICS setting. Importantly you will be able apply this pragmatically to different situations, adapting your style to different audiences.
In leading Corporate Governance, you will oversee and take responsibility for developing and delivering a comprehensive forward look and work plan for the ICB Board and its Committees, the ICP and the Senior Management Team. You will ensure that, through the forward look and work plan, the Board and Committees are fulfilling their responsibilities.
In all aspect of this work, you will exercise sound judgement, providing advice that is routed in robust evidence and experience. You will build strong relationships across the Senior Management Team and the wider ICB and become a trusted member of the team.
You will have an excellent knowledge of governance arrangements and, more general, best practice principles.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

EACH ICS CONSISTS OF TWO STATUTORY ELEMENTS:

• an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
• an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):

• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money and;
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people’s health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.
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• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money and;
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development