Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 818-COR244-QIA2089
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beech House
- Town
- Lincoln
- Closing
- 12/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Director of Integration
NHS AfC: Band 8d
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at LCHS.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our teams – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
We have adopted a vision of "Caring and building a healthier future for all" and three values to show what we stand for, how we want to be known and how we behave. Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:
Compassionate
Collaborative
Innovative
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the LCHG team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
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Job overview
The Associate Director of Integration (operations) is a key leadership role helping to engage and bring together teams to create a vision, culture and approach to delivery that aligns with corporate priorities and group wide initiatives. Ultimately supporting the provision of the highest quality and safe patient care through professional operational and strategic leadership and management actions creating a culture of continuous improvement in accordance with NHS management standards.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support and deputise for the Deputy Group Chief Integration Officer (Operations) in the delivery of safe, effective, efficient and integrated operational services across the organisation and system.
This influential corporate leadership role will contribute to the development and delivery of strategic and operational plans across Out of Hospital care, system integration, clinical group performance, and Group-wide transformation. The post holder will lead key programmes of work, provide senior operational leadership, and build strong relationships with internal and external partners to support delivery of Group and system objectives.
The role demands high-level autonomy, political awareness, and proven ability to lead transformational change across organisational boundaries.
The post holder will take the lead on managing complect healthcare contract portfolios across the CIO operational services, working closely with internal and external partners to endure high quality, value for money services that meet the need of local populations.
The post holder will be the go-to expert for colleagues in commissioning, finance, patient safety & quality and performance, leading with specialist advice to ensure every contract in the CIO portfolio not only meets regulatory standards but empowers patient choice and drives excellence for the residents of Lincolnshire.
Working for our organisation
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for a detailed breakdown of the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Highly specialist knowledge of healthcare at master’s level or holds a master’s Qualification
- A recognised change management, analytical or finance qualification, or equivalent experience with highly specialised knowledge in this area.
- Evidence of CPD
- Significant senior leadership experience in the NHS in either a senior corporate operational role, commissioning or general management role
- Experience of working in a multi-professional team
- Demonstrable experience of performance management against key indicators/ productivity metrics improving operational service delivery, quality and patient experience
- A track record of applying a collaborative approach to implementing changes
- Managing significant budgets for all areas relating to the role for both pay, non-pay and capital including the identification & delivery of savings targets
- Strong understanding of the challenges facing the NHS and the Trust over the next 10 years
- Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the NHS and social care system and the challenges and opportunities facing the NHS
- Experience of implementing change in service delivery to improve patient outcomes and quality of patient care
- Experience of working across traditional boundaries to achieve improvements in service delivery
- Strong evidence of sensitivity to the needs and expectations of patients
- Understanding of clinical and corporate governance requirements
- Strong evidence of the ability to communicate and collaborate at Senior Leadership
- Strong evidence of the ability and desire to innovate and the drive service change and improvement – focussing on both quality and productivity
- Leadership skills and able to influence across internal and external boundaries and get results
- Experience in complex stakeholder engagement and co-design, working collaboratively with partners to develop solutions that benefit patients and key stakeholders
- Experience in strategically identifying and managing transformation projects from inception to closure, supporting across the lifecycle of project delivery and benefits realization at Board level and across organisations
- Demonstrate skills to develop short-, medium- and long-term plans that may involve major changes to services delivery across the organisation or organisational boundaries
- Strong evidence of the ability and commitment to manage resources effectively
- Ability to build strong working relationships at all levels internally, as well as including at a strategic partnership level across complex healthcare settings
- Highly analytical and numerate to be able to evaluate and use the complex information relating to the out of hospital portfolio
- Evidence of the ability to think and act strategically at a level appropriate
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Strong evidence of leadership skills at a level appropriate to the scale and challenge of the post
- Evidence of the ability to develop effective problem-solving alliances and partnerships
- Personally committed to the promotion of equality
- Ability to work in a challenging environment and meet demanding deadlines
Desirable criteria
- MBA or equivalent senior and/or strategic management experience
- Commissioning and contracting experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikki Pownall
- Job title
- Deputy Group Chief Integration Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07581 014232
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