Strategy Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen - the Strategy Team at North West London Integrated Care Board is looking for candidates who are passionate about strategy and transforming healthcare. The post holder will be joining a small, enthusiastic team working at the heart of the ICS to transform the healthcare of 2.1 million residents.

As a strategy lead within North West London Integrated Care Systems strategy team, you will play a significant role in shaping the development and delivery of long-term health and well-being strategy in one of the most complex Integrated Care Systems (ICS) in the country., The strategy lead will support the head of strategy to undertake four main responsibilities:

Support the NWL Integrated Care Partnership to prepare their overarching strategy for health and care across NWL.

Structure and coordinate production of the statutory five-year joint forward plan that spans the ICB and NHS providers. This includes advising the ICBs board on priorities for the coming year and beyond.

Support the ICS programme teams, borough-based partnerships, corporate functions, and other teams to develop long term strategies and plans that will deliver the ICSs strategies and objectives.

Shape the organisation and architecture of the ICS in order to deliver the strategies and plans.

The post-holder will be expected to:

Contribute to the development of a highly effective strategy team that is focused on developing high-quality strategies that support the ICBs and ICS key objectives.

Support the head of strategy to build a strategy team that is celebrated in terms of diversity, skill-set, experience, and expertise in the team.

Manage strategy team activities on a day-to-day basis to deliver work to agreed outcomes and timescales.

Develop, refine, and implement strategic frameworks to support the ICS prioritise key activities and track success.

Formulate hypotheses required to support the development of ICS strategies and identify evidence and tasks required to support the hypotheses.

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (NHS NWL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in eight boroughs across North West London: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.

The local population is large and diverse, with a wide range of health and care needs that are evolving all the time. Working with our partners including Councils, NHS provider Trusts, GPs and voluntary and community organisations, we plan and allocate NHS resource to deliver a wide range of services including urgent and emergency care, mental health, primary care, elective hospital services and community care.

Working for us, you can help ensure that our residents and patients have access to the right services when they need them and assist them take greater care of their own health to ensure they live longer, healthier lives.