Job summary NHS Sussex ICB ambition is to create an inclusive working environment which reflects our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity for all groups. We are particularly under-represented in staff from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities and actively encourage and welcome applications from these communities. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us confidentially during the application process so that we can statistically monitor how fair and equitable our recruitment process is and how well we are reaching applicants from diverse communities and identify where we need to improve. This information is removed before shortlisting. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional leader to make a difference to those people and communities across Sussex, with complex health needs. As Director of All-Age Continuing Care (AACC), you will be responsible for the strategic leadership and operational delivery of our AACC services, ensuring they are high-quality, efficient, responsive and equitable. We are looking for an individual with a proven track record of success in implementing and embedded change, who can inspire and motivate teams, drive innovation, and build strong partnerships with key stakeholders. Main duties of the job NHS Sussex AACC has undergone significant change since the creation of the ICB in July 2022, including moving to one single pan-Sussex operating structure. Over the past 18 months, the focus has been on embedding the new structure, development of robust governance and assurance processes, and development of a new pan-Sussex culture, strategy and mission. NHS Sussex AACC have been recognised regionally and nationally for this transformation, as well as performance against the national quality standards. Key Responsibilities: Provide strategic leadership and direction for the All-Age Continuing Care service. Ensure new policy and processes are successfully embedded. Drive the implementation of new commissioning adjuncts, including the NH AQP Marketing & Contracting Framework, and PHB Indicative Budget Setting tool. Ensure the needs of our people and communities are met, in an equitable manner, in terms of access and choice. Ensure compliance with national legislation, policy and frameworks. Manage and lead the service, ensuring delivery to budget. Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, including patients, families, and partner organisations, including the Local Authorities. Responsibility for other services, including Acquired Brain Injury commissioning, and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. About us NHS Sussex ICB are committed to enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and delivery. We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Agile working is not just related to working from different locations or at different times. It is about effectively utilising technology to improve work practices and to work differently to increase our overall effectiveness to improve health outcomes for our population. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the Recruitment Team at scw.peopleresourcenhs.net to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you. NHS Sussex has committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff you will be encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working that will help us achieve that goal. Working for us - Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk) Date posted 04 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 9 Salary £105,385 to £121,271 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number D9146-ICB-6573KB-A Job locations Sackville House Brooks Close Lewes East Sussex BN72FZ Job description Job responsibilities The DAACC will be responsible for promoting and delivering a consistent approach to the effective delivery of an AACC services, ensuring robust policies and procedures are in place. The post holder will: Create a vision and strategy for AACC aligned to delivery of the ICS strategic objectives and statutory duties. Ensure strategic development of an operating model to ensure commissioning is safe, effective and equitable. Ensure efficient and effective budgetary management and use of resources, including delivery of Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) workstreams. Deliver the service, within budgetary constraints and legal frameworks/guidance. Provide expert technical advice internally and to partners as required. Be up to date with statutory and legislative requirements and frameworks, to ensure decision making is fair, equitable and legal. Work closely with ICB Legal team, when required, to provide recommendations and advice to the CNO, on legal matters relating to service delivery. Oversee service complaints, FOIs and MP enquiries, ensuring the ICB Complaints Policy and timeframes are adhered to. Line manage the Deputy Director of AACC Ensure the establishment is managed and deployed effectively and productively. Work with the regional and national NHSE AACC teams, to develop local and national policy, including the escalation of challenges/risks. Job description Job responsibilities The DAACC will be responsible for promoting and delivering a consistent approach to the effective delivery of an AACC services, ensuring robust policies and procedures are in place. The post holder will: Create a vision and strategy for AACC aligned to delivery of the ICS strategic objectives and statutory duties. Ensure strategic development of an operating model to ensure commissioning is safe, effective and equitable. Ensure efficient and effective budgetary management and use of resources, including delivery of Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) workstreams. Deliver the service, within budgetary constraints and legal frameworks/guidance. Provide expert technical advice internally and to partners as required. Be up to date with statutory and legislative requirements and frameworks, to ensure decision making is fair, equitable and legal. Work closely with ICB Legal team, when required, to provide recommendations and advice to the CNO, on legal matters relating to service delivery. Oversee service complaints, FOIs and MP enquiries, ensuring the ICB Complaints Policy and timeframes are adhered to. Line manage the Deputy Director of AACC Ensure the establishment is managed and deployed effectively and productively. Work with the regional and national NHSE AACC teams, to develop local and national policy, including the escalation of challenges/risks. Person Specification Other Essential Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public. Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values. Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others. Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness. Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others. Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation. Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to- day working practices, but also in relation to management systems. Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness. Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness. Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop. Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values. Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in specialist area Evidence of relevant continuing professional development Experience Essential In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following area(s): Proven and significant leadership experience, engaging with, positively motivating and developing and appreciating team members. Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the ICS, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations. Evident of highly specialist formal ICS system leadership at a very senior leadership level or equivalent Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate masters/diploma or equivalent experience or training Understand the back to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement Significant and extensive management experience at a senior level Evidence of working strategically and driving strategic change across the system. Managing risk and issues Skills and Capabilities Essential Resilient, tenacious and the ability to achieve progress in delivering outcomes and improvements under pressure, managing multiple dependencies and risks across complex situations putting investment and resources to best use to minimise costs. Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations. Experience of writing board level papers/presenting at Board and working closely with board level colleagues including providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiating with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary and ability to make decisions autonomously when required. High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner. Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions. High value budget management and income generation and grant writing experience. Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines. Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues. Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation. Person Specification Other Essential Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public. Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values. Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others. Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness. Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others. Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation. Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to- day working practices, but also in relation to management systems. Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness. Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness. Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop. Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values. Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in specialist area Evidence of relevant continuing professional development Experience Essential In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following area(s): Proven and significant leadership experience, engaging with, positively motivating and developing and appreciating team members. Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the ICS, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations. Evident of highly specialist formal ICS system leadership at a very senior leadership level or equivalent Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate masters/diploma or equivalent experience or training Understand the back to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement Significant and extensive management experience at a senior level Evidence of working strategically and driving strategic change across the system. Managing risk and issues Skills and Capabilities Essential Resilient, tenacious and the ability to achieve progress in delivering outcomes and improvements under pressure, managing multiple dependencies and risks across complex situations putting investment and resources to best use to minimise costs. Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations. Experience of writing board level papers/presenting at Board and working closely with board level colleagues including providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiating with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary and ability to make decisions autonomously when required. High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner. Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions. High value budget management and income generation and grant writing experience. Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines. Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues. Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation. 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. Employer details Employer name NHS Sussex ICB Address Sackville House Brooks Close Lewes East Sussex BN72FZ Employer's website https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)