Chief Operating Officer- Greenwich

The Healthier Greenwich Partnership (HGP) Chief Operating Officer (COO) will provide senior leadership and strategic oversight to the design, development and delivery of the objectives and subsequent plans for Greenwich 'place' within our Our Healthier South East London Integrated Care System (ICS).

The COO will drive the local system wide strategy for sustainable, high-quality health and care services across Greenwich for the people in our communities. As a system leader, the COO will provide leadership across organisational and professional boundaries to facilitate and drivetransformational change for the Greenwich population. Success in this role is dependent on building strong relationships with local patient communities, their representatives, Local Care Partnership, ICS partners and specifically clinical and care professional leaders across health and social care at all levels of the system.

The role represents a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver our HGP Health & Care Plan, which is an ambitious and radical programme of change, co-produced with colleagues from across the health and care landscape and with local people - for the benefit of our local populations.

It is initially offered as an internal opportunity on 2-year secondment or fixed term contract and may become permanent.,

• Lead on the development and delivery of plans with partners, to ensure the implications of place and provider collaboratives are fully accounted for, and to ensure there is consistency in the commissioning and delivery of services across integrated care pathways.


• Lead on the development of effective delivery models through place and provider collaboratives.


• Ensure that there are effective mechanisms for anticipating, identifying, and responding to key operational and performance risks (including risk sharing arrangements) that could impact on the successful delivery of the 'place' plans and the Integrated Care Board (ICB) strategy and objectives.


• Oversee the Director of Primary Care & Neighbourhoods, and Integrated Commissioning Directors of Children and Young People, and Adults, and lead the enabler functions - Governance, Communications and Engagement, Finance, Quality and Estates.


• Be responsible for developing the necessary performance and leadership of functions to ensure the delivery of the ICB strategy including leading and influencing the development of a diverse group of leaders to enhance the opportunities for collaboration across the ICS
  
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The South East London Integrated Care System (SELICS) brings together the organisations responsible for health and care services in south east London, making the greatest possible contribution to the health and wellbeing of people living in our six boroughs.

SELICS is made up of staff working in many different roles, in different settings, employed in different ways, by a wide range of partner organisations, and are at the centre of our collective ambition for greater integration and better care. Employing organisations include NHS Trusts, GP practices, Social Care and Voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises, dental surgeries, pharmacies and optometrists.

We have an ambitious People Strategy that brings these partners together to deliver the 'one workforce' ambition, making the health and care system a better place to work and live.