About this role
Job summary
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed by the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Southeast Integrated Care Boards; and current at-risk employees within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts.
The post holder will provide senior leadership for Kent and Medway ICB's performance, regulation and oversight responsibilities under the NHS Oversight Framework and wider corporate priorities.
The role will support the ICB to maintain a clear, evidence-based view of provider performance, regulatory risk, improvement requirements and escalation issues. The post holder will work closely with NHS England regional colleagues, provider organisations, clinical multidisciplinary teams (CMDTs) and internal ICB teams to ensure risks are understood, actions are tracked, and appropriate assurance is provided through ICB and NHS England governance routes. Through these links the postholder will support their CMDTs to develop a strategic commissioning plan and evaluate service changes that emerge.
Main duties of the job
Operate across three flexible elements; MDT link responsibilities, Cross-cutting oversight metrics and Provider oversight link responsibilities. Act as senior performance, regulation and oversight link to two clinical MDTs. Lead oversight of a number of metrics that do not directly align to individual MDTs, ensuring cross-cutting risks are identified, owned, triangulated and escalated. Direct responsibility for ICB provider oversight link arrangements for a number of providers. Provider allocation will be confirmed following appointment and will operate co-operatively with NHSE-led oversight arrangements and ICB contracting where applicable. Work closely with strategic commissioning colleagues to ensure that pathway design, provider delivery, regulatory assurance, performance risks and improvement requirements are understood and acted upon. Act as the senior ICB link for assigned providers, contributing evidence, intelligence, assurance, risk assessment and follow-up actions on behalf of the ICB.
About us
We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.
Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That's why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.
We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.
We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.
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Person Specification
Experience of performance management Essential
Understand the key elements of NHS and Local Authority performance management and experience of delivery at a senior level
Understanding of the National Oversight Framework Essential
Understanding its applicability to the ICB and Providers and the changes for 2026/27
Experience of working in Multi-Disciplinary Teams Essential
Evidence of being the performance expert in organisational committees whilst also contributing to the wider agenda
Experience of contracting Essential
Experience of working with providers to support planning and recovery
Strong report writing skills Essential
Experience of producing reports for Boards and their subcommittees
Strong data analytic skills Essential
Experience of sourcing, analazing and reporting on complex data, enabling non-technical users to be able to interpret and act on the reports
Working with finance and quality teams on integrated reporting Essential
Understand key metrics and integrating performance metrics with the wider factors to produce a single organisational assurance report
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Address Gail House
Maidstone
ME15 6NB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)