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Job overview

The West Midlands has 25+ clinical and diagnostic networks. Accountability for some of these networks is already transitioning to ICBs and other are likely to transition in 2025. The Programme Director role will oversee the delegation of NHS networks into ICBs and will steer programmes of work in line with agreed principles and governance arrangements.
The Programme Director role will work alongside a range of senior NHS stakeholders as part of a dynamic team in delivering effective West Midlands networks and will manage the operational and financial risks associated with the new network operating model. The role will work closely with the Office of the West Midlands to provide the ICB CEOs improved situational awareness of the programmes of work and impact on health systems.
The role will be hosted by NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) which is a statutory organisation bringing the NHS together locally to improve population health and establish shared strategic priorities within the NHS.

Main duties of the job

• manage the identification, mapping, and transitioning of all delegated networks.
• assess and manage the ongoing impact on ICB teams pre, mid and post delegation.
• provide leadership throughout and beyond a general election and possible change of government.
• develop current and future operating models.
• calculate the full ICB costs of managing delegated networks.
• pro-actively manage the programme plan with NHSE allowing the ICBs to control transitioning at their pace.
• coordinate network funding into the Lead ICB in the West Midlands rather than piecemeal across West Midlands ICBs.
• manage networks and influence outcomes:

- hold networks to account for their deliverables ensuring focus on large scale cost reduction opportunities.
- ensure alignment with Trust, ICB and national priorities.
- coordinate with the East Lead ICB.
- assess each network to identify effectiveness and impact to patient care and make recommendations for development, cost reduction and/or cessation.
- Collaborate with pathology network chairs, SROs and stakeholders to shape the large-scale strategic deliverables as outlined in the NHSE LTP across the West Midlands.
- Prioritise financial self-sufficiency/sustainability assessments/value for money and consolidation/cessation programmes to control the cost of all directly managed networks whilst promoting high quality patient care.
- Maintain oversight of ICBs diagnostics transformation programmes as part of the overall portfolio of work.

Working for our organisation

Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area.

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, with a chair, chief executive officer and board.