Director / Executive

Job overview

The Chief Integration and Partnerships Officer (CIPO) is a new post, created by Buckinghamshire system partners to accelerate delivery of our shared ambition for thriving, healthy and resilient communities. Partners have a strong track record of joint working, but have agreed that the pace and scale of change now required needs a single, senior leader whose full-time job is integration and developing our partnership working to deliver improved outcomes for our residents.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is the senior leader accountable to partners for the design and delivery of place-based integration in Buckinghamshire to improve outcomes and services for our residents. This includes the development of our six neighbourhoods as integrated planning and delivery units, the creation of joined-up, prevention-focused pathways across the life course, the commissioning of pan-Buckinghamshire models of care to improve healthy life expectancy and use of collective resources, the shared use of
estate, data and workforce, and the development of the system towards an Integrated Health Organisation (IHO) model. They will also be responsible for the development of a deeper partnership across the wider public sector, voluntary sector and business in Buckinghamshire to bring together the health, skills, jobs and growth agenda more closely.

Working for our organisation

Why colleagues think we are ?

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Appropriately qualified for the role

Skills & Experience

Essential criteria

• Appropriate skills and experience for the role

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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