Associate Director Improvement and Personalisation

Lead transformation and/or delivery programmes operational workstreams aligned to NHS GM strategy, the Locality Plan and national guidance. Deputise for Executive Directors and place partnership leads as required, representing the place partnership at internal and external meetings, including those held in public. Maintain oversight of risk, assurance, and governance for the defined portfolio, ensuringalignment of clinical and organisational governance across the place health and care system. Provide executive-level responsibility for transformation programmes, ensuring compliancewith NHS statutory and legislative requirements. Ensure transformation is based on population health analysis and best practice, integratedinto robust programme plans and models of integrated care. Act with diplomacy while confidently driving change and influencing without formal authority,navigating any tensions between building strong partnerships and ensuring a rigorous focuson quality, value for money and reducing health inequalities. Work collaboratively across the place partnership (e.g. Local Authority, politicians, primarycare networks and individual providers, hospital trusts, mental health trusts and the voluntarysector) to ensure joint working, integrated models of care, and accountability for delivery ofintegrated outcomes. Build strong relationships with local government partners (e.g. adult social care, childrensservices, housing and public health) to develop a shared understanding of the population andwork together to reduced inequalities, improve outcomes and strengthen neighbourhoodhealth. Drive the ongoing identification of underserved communities by assessing the quality,performance and productivity of provision, by integrating person-level data and insights withthe biological, psychological and social drivers of risk and demand. Produce strategic reports and updates for executive oversight (including place and NHS GMforums) summarising performance status, appraising outcomes, monitoring key performanceindicators (KPIs) and evaluation plans. Provide strategic oversight of procurement quality by embedding robust monitoring withinplace based contracts, leveraging contractual mechanisms to drive continuous improvement,and proactively mitigating risks in alignment with National Quality Board standards. Work collaboratively across multiple places and/or across GM as required, engaging withother place partnerships and leading appropriate work across GM, or on behalf of multipleplaces, as required. Support a partnership approach between the statutory Safeguarding accountabilities of NHSGM with place arrangements , providing support, leadership and communication to ensurepartnerships at place are robust and effective for adults and children