Associate Director Improvement and Personalisation

• Lead transformation and/or delivery programmes operational workstreams aligned to NHS GM strategy, the Locality Plan and national guidance. Deputise for Executive Directors and place partnership leads as required, representing the place partnership at internal and external meetings, including those held in public. Maintain oversight of risk, assurance, and governance for the defined portfolio, ensuringalignment of clinical and organisational governance across the place health and care system. Provide executive-level responsibility for transformation programmes, ensuring compliancewith NHS statutory and legislative requirements. Ensure transformation is based on population health analysis and best practice, integratedinto robust programme plans and models of integrated care. Act with diplomacy while confidently driving change and influencing without formal authority,navigating any tensions between building strong partnerships and ensuring a rigorous focuson quality, value for money and reducing health inequalities. Work collaboratively across the place partnership (e.g. Local Authority, politicians, primarycare networks and individual providers, hospital trusts, mental health trusts and the voluntarysector) to ensure joint working, integrated models of care, and accountability for delivery ofintegrated outcomes. Build strong relationships with local government partners (e.g. adult social care, childrensservices, housing and public health) to develop a shared understanding of the population andwork together to reduced inequalities, improve outcomes and strengthen neighbourhoodhealth. Drive the ongoing identification of underserved communities by assessing the quality,performance and productivity of provision, by integrating person-level data and insights withthe biological, psychological and social drivers of risk and demand. Produce strategic reports and updates for executive oversight (including place and NHS GMforums) summarising performance status, appraising outcomes, monitoring key performanceindicators (KPIs) and evaluation plans. Provide strategic oversight of procurement quality by embedding robust monitoring withinplace based contracts, leveraging contractual mechanisms to drive continuous improvement,and proactively mitigating risks in alignment with National Quality Board standards. Work collaboratively across multiple places and/or across GM as required, engaging withother place partnerships and leading appropriate work across GM, or on behalf of multipleplaces, as required. Support a partnership approach between the statutory Safeguarding accountabilities of NHSGM with place arrangements , providing support, leadership and communication to ensurepartnerships at place are robust and effective for adults and children

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• Current professional clinical registration

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• Educated to master's level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area in strategic management

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• Extensive system leadership experience
• Experience of delivery assurance and development of support for identified areas of poor performance, in conjunction with other specialist colleagues
• Experience of producing high quality, concise and clear briefing material for board member or equivalent
• Experience of leading project and change management
• Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.
• Ability to convene clinical and civic leaders, foster shared decision-making, and ensure transformation reflects patient and community priorities through system collaboration.

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• Significant clinical and management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry, including management of teams and services
• Experience in Organisational Application Interview References Page 11 of 14 Development, and senior operational management working with government / public body organisations
• Ability to lead, motivate and inspire staff to work together to achieve common objectives
• Ability to deal with challenging situations in a formal setting.

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• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issue
• Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation.

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• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issue

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• Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation.