Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
Dear Colleague
Thank you for your interest in the Chief People Officer position at Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (CWICB). This is a pivotal leadership appointment, and I am delighted that you are exploring the opportunity to apply for this important role.
We are already making real progress in Coventry and Warwickshire towards our four key objectives of improving outcomes in population health and health care; tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access to services; enhancing productivity and value for money; helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
Coventry and Warwickshire are committed to developing and investing in our workforce, culture and clinical and professional leadership. Working with the People Board and education partners we recognise as anchor organisations the opportunity to build effective employability interventions and create opportunities for disadvantaged groups as we develop career pathways and workforce education and training strategies.
As part of the wider Integrated Care System collaboration with our partners is key to delivering great results for the benefit of our population. One example of this is our employability project launched in September across the System to create meaningful and accessible education, employment and training opportunities to ensure diversity and inclusivity in our recruitment and supporting local communities to access jobs within local health and social care organisations.
Supporting staff is key to our work and our system-wide People plan has delivered wellbeing initiatives including health care kiosks, psychological first aid and menopause resources, supporting a reduction in rolling absence rates. Our Adult Nursing growth project has increased placements for student nurse, increased nurse associate training places and developing further apprenticeship opportunities working with university and colleges which, along with retention initiatives including flexible rostering pilots and legacy mentorship, have led to adult nursing workforce growth and reduced system turnover. However, we know there is much more to do.
We are seeking a People Leader to join our system at a critical moment for healthcare services. There is no shying away from the facts; the NHS continues to operate with significant financial, performance and workforce pressures. That said, this role represents an opportunity to channel your strategic influence. Working with system, regional and national leaders to help scale approaches, you’ll help cultivate our mission through support and promotion of integrated working for the benefit of our population. If you have the ambition to work at scale and drive improved outcomes for patients and for our colleagues as well as the facilitative leadership skills to work across organisational boundaries to bring people together for the greater good of patients, I would very much like to hear from you.
We hope you find the information below helpful and naturally, if you’d like a confidential conversation about your possible candidacy, please contact Heather I’anson at Anderson Quigley on 07743 935 502 or contact her at heather.ianson@andersonquigley.com.
In Coventry and Warwickshire we are working to help everyone lead healthier and happier lives, be part of a strong community and benefit from effective and sustainable health and care services where and when they need them most. To do this we work together in partnership across health and social care, removing the barriers between services and joining up care around people and populations.
We have well-established ICS leadership and Governance arrangements for our System, along with well-developed, distributed Place based activities which include all key NHS and local authority partners, Primary Care Networks, our Voluntary Community Sector and our communities working together to tackle inequalities.
The two Health and Wellbeing Boards across the two local authorities are a strong asset to our system and provide strength through the cross-sector activities and experiences the members bring. The group work to improve the health and wellbeing of local people with a shared aim to reduce health inequalities and regularly come together, collaborating across the ICS area to reduce health inequalities and strive for better health outcomes for our population.
The system has worked together to develop the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Strategy through our Integrated Care Partnership and the associated Integrated Health and Care Delivery Plan, led by the ICB. This Strategy, informed throughout by the views of local people, partners and stakeholders, identifies our priorities as a system, shaped by local people and communities and the Integrated Health and Care Delivery Plan outlines how we intend to tackle these challenges head-on and deliver on the ultimate aims of the ICS, to improve outcomes in population health and health care, to tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access to services, to enhance productivity and value for money and to help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
Our service transformation is grounded in our strong clinical leadership, including the Out of Hospital arrangements, integrated discharge teams and more. We continue to foster a strong commitment to support and develop our workforce so that they can offer the best care to our patients and communities. We value diversity across our workforce and our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. We strive to be a local employer of choice, using employment, education and training to improve health and lifestyle choices as an important part of our strategy.
We’re committed to making things better in Coventry and Warwickshire, and we’re looking for someone who is ready to help us lead the way.
You can find out more about our ICS and our story here.
As a system, we are fortunate to have strength and variety across the local health and social care organisations who make up our ICS. We have developed a strong working relationship which has been demonstrated in recent service transformation and COVID-19 response.
Our Integrated Care Board
Our Integrated Care Board is coterminous to the Local Authority boundaries of Coventry and Warwickshire.
Our Local Authorities
There are two local authorities within the ICS boundary, Coventry City Council and Warwickshire County Council.
Our Providers CQC Inspection rating
Coventry City Council services Good-Outstanding
Warwickshire County Council services Good
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Good
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust Outstanding
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Good
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Requires Improvement
Wider partners and stakeholders
Our GP practices are an integral part of our system, taking the clinical lead jointly with secondary care services within our Place functions. Coventry and Warwickshire also benefits from a large and active voluntary and community sector with representatives from a range of organisations working with ICS partners to develop and deliver services.
The People of Coventry and Warwickshire
Our current operating model
Coventry and Warwickshire offers huge variety and many great places to live and work. It is home to two of the top 50 universities in the country, one of the oldest castles in history and the city of Coventry is UK City of Culture for 2021.
Coventry is the second largest city in the West Midlands and the heart of England. It is surrounded by public parks and rural countryside. As well as showcasing the great outdoors, Coventry is full of history such as the ruins of the Coventry Cathedral.
Warwickshire is one of the most historical and cultural counties in England with visitors from all over the world. The area is also home to the towns of Warwick, Rugby, Nuneaton, Stratford-Upon-Avon and Leamington Spa. These are a mix of large market towns and have rich history and plenty of things to do from urban to rural activities.
The area offers a range of properties for all budgets and lifestyles, from city centre living to suburban family homes, and from new developments to older buildings. The town of Rugby, for example, is an ideal commuter town for both Birmingham and London whilst still having affordable housing prices.
For other useful links to information about living in Coventry and Warwickshire, please visit www.coventry.gov.uk and www.warwickshire.gov.uk.
General
Anderson Quigley is acting as an advisor to the ICB, an executive search process is being carried out by Anderson Quigley in addition to the public advertisement.
The closing date for applications is Monday 24 June, 2024.
Applications should consist of:
Should you wish to discuss the role in strict confidence, please contact Heather I’anson at heather.ianson@andersonquigley.com, or 07743 935 502 or Helene Usherwood at helene.usherwood@andersonquigley.com or 07719 322 669.
The ICB is actively working to achieve a diverse, gender balanced and representative workforce where diversity is actively valued and celebrated, including at board level. With this in mind we welcome applicants from all backgrounds to ensure that our Board reflects the diversity of our communities and encourages diversity of thought.
Preliminary interviews with Anderson Quigley | Friday 28 June to Tuesday July 4 |
Stakeholder Panel | Tuesday 16 July |
Final interview | Thursday 18 July |