Job description

Job responsibilities

Chair's Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:

• Work with the Operational Lead and Directors to shape, develop and oversee delivery of the organisation's strategic objectives.
• Ensure the organisation remains responsive to emerging NHS workforce priorities and changes within primary care and neighbourhood health services.
• Support the development of innovative workforce solutions that respond to local and system-wide need.
• Promote continuous improvement and organisational learning.
• Ensure strategic decisions support the long-term sustainability and resilience of the organisation.

Financial Sustainability and Organisational Resilience:

• Provide Board leadership on financial sustainability and long-term organisational viability.
• Support the development of income diversification strategies and business development opportunities.
• Ensure effective oversight of financial performance, reserves, risk management and organisational performance.
• Promote assurance arrangements that support effective stewardship of public resources.
• Ensure strategic risks are identified, monitored and mitigated appropriately.
• Support organisational resilience planning and business continuity arrangements.

Executive Leadership, Succession and Transition:

• Establish and maintain an effective and constructive working relationship with the Operational Lead.
• Provide support, guidance and appropriate challenge to the executive leadership function.
• Lead the appraisal of the Operational Lead on behalf of the Board.
• Support succession planning and leadership development arrangements.
• Provide governance oversight during periods of executive transition and organisational change.

Partnership Working and External Representation:

• Act as an ambassador for the South West London Training Hub CIC.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with NHS England, South West London Integrated Care Board, Primary Care Networks, locality Training Hubs, education providers and other strategic partners.
• Promote collaboration and partnership working across organisational boundaries.
• Represent the organisation at relevant strategic meetings and forums.
• Champion the importance of workforce development and the contribution of Training Hubs to the wider health and care system.

Board Leadership and Governance:

• Lead the Board in setting and overseeing the strategic direction of South West London Training Hub CIC.
• Ensure the Board operates effectively and in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, statutory requirements and governance framework.
• Ensure the Board focuses on strategy, governance, assurance, scrutiny and organisational sustainability, while enabling the operational leadership team to focus on implementation, management and delivery of the Training Hub's offer.
• Support the organisation with next years re-procurement of Training Hubs by Heath Education England/NHS England.
• Promote the highest standards of integrity, accountability, transparency and ethical conduct.
• Foster an inclusive and effective Board culture that encourages constructive challenge, respectful debate and collective decision-making.
• Ensure Directors understand and fulfil their statutory and fiduciary responsibilities.
• Ensure actual, potential and perceived conflicts of interest are appropriately identified, declared and managed.
• Lead regular reviews of Board effectiveness and governance arrangements.
• Support the recruitment, induction, appraisal and development of Board members.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• An understanding of primary care workforce development and the role of Training Hubs as well as the NHS, Integrated Care Systems and partnership working.
• Understanding of Directors' statutory and fiduciary duties.
• Knowledge of financial governance, assurance and risk management.
• Independence of judgement with accompanying sound judgement, integrity and personal resilience.
• Ability to identify, declare and appropriately manage conflicts of interest.
• Strong strategic thinking and leadership capability.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Strong facilitation and meeting-management skills with the ability to support and challenge appropriately.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to balance strategic governance with operational delivery.

Desirable

• Experience within primary care or of working with Training Hubs, Primary Care Networks or Integrated Care Boards.
• Understanding of or experience of working within a Community Interest Company, social enterprise or not-for-profit organisation.
• Experience of developing commercial opportunities or diversified income streams.
• Knowledge of neighbourhood health models and workforce transformation programmes.
• Established professional networks across health, education or public service sectors.

Experience

Essential

• Governance and Leadership-
• Board-level leadership experience as a Chair, Non-Executive Director, Trustee or senior executive.
• Evidence of successfully chairing Boards, committees or senior governance forums.
• Experience of creating effective Board cultures that promote inclusion, accountability, constructive challenge and collective decision-making.
• Experience of managing constructive disagreement and achieving consensus amongst diverse stakeholders.
• Experience of leading organisations through periods of strategic change, transformation or growth.

Organisational Development

Essential

• Experience of supporting executive transition, succession planning and organisational resilience.
• Experience of overseeing organisational performance, assurance and risk management

Financial Sustainability

Essential

• Experience of overseeing financial sustainability within a complex organisation.
• Experience of managing risk associated with funding uncertainty, organisational change or shifting strategic priorities.
• Experience of supporting income diversification and long-term business sustainability.

Partnership and System Leadership

Essential

• Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries.
• Experience of influencing senior stakeholders within health, education, public service or related sectors.
• Experience of operating within complex systems involving multiple organisations and competing priorities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sutton Primary Care Networks

Address

South West London ( Hybrid)

120 The Broadway

Wimbledon

London

SW19 1RH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.suttonpcns.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description for full details.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Postholder will:

Propose, develop and implement new initiatives aimed at improving appropriate prescribing of nutrition products across SWL ICB to actively contribute to the overall management of the prescribing budgets

Ensure that the recommendations and strategies for change are thoroughly evaluated and seek opportunities for publication.

Develop and monitor the ICB work programme and projects reflecting the objectives of the SWL ICB Medicines Optimisation team, ensuring the priorities of the ICB are addressed

Manage the development and maintenance of systems to capture appropriate information about the prescribing of nutritional products and outcomes.

In collaboration with the Medicines value and productivity team, develop tools that help to better track or monitor performance in line with the SWL Medicines Optimisation workplan where required e.g. clinical audit, significant event audit, monitoring and addressing variation.

Ensure that all work streams including financial, and performance are regularly communicated via the SWL Integrated Medicines Optimisation Committee (IMOG) and Finance Medicines Optimisation Group (FMOG) as appropriate

Advise, consult and lead on the managed entry of new nutritional products locally into the NHS, review new indications for existing drugs and monitor the effectiveness of those strategies,

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Dietetics
• Registered with the HCPC
• Extensive knowledge of specialist area, acquired through post graduate qualification or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge. including membership of a specialist group
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Member of British Dietetic Association
• Recognised management or leadership qualification
• Project management qualification or relevant experience (e.g., PRINCE2)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of leading programmes
• Experience in teaching and development of staff and non-health professionals
• Financial management experience
• Experience in service improvement and innovation
• Experience of working in both acute and community setting
• In-depth knowledge of current evidence-based treatment approaches in dietetics and experience of providing advice in line with approach
• In-depth knowledge and experience in the analysis of need and production of business cases and reports
• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of operational and governance activities, including risk management
• Evidence of experience in transformation programmes
• Experience of working with commissioners
• Experience of planning, organising, carrying out and reporting on audits or research
• Experience of working with suppliers of dietetic products
• Experience of managing enteral feeding contracts, liaising with external company providers and procurement

Skills & Ability

Essential

• Ability to ensure implementation of current evidence-based treatment approaches in work programmes
• Team leadership skills and the ability to understand team dynamics to ensure efficient working
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills demonstrating the use of a variety of media
• Effective written and verbal communication skills demonstrating the use of a variety of media
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to lead within the dietetic profession and multi professional working: within an organisation and across organisational boundaries
• Able to prioritise complex activities which require forward planning and project management skills
• Able to quickly understand complex clinical situations and provide advice to dietetic and other staff
• Change management skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent IT skills, including word processing, PowerPoint, excel spreadsheets and e-mail
• Knowledge of ePACT and GP patient record systems

Other

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
• Flexibility to work from any base within South West London ICS with travel when needed
• Demonstrates commitment to NHS and organisational values and behaviours
• Demonstrate commitment and role model behaviours and actions that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion
• Strong compassionate and inclusive leadership

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South West London Integrated Care Board

Address

Medicines Use and Safety Team (555400) L4

129 The Broadway

London

SW19 1RH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southwestlondon.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)